Monthly Archives: October 2006

Wikipedia articles on Google earth

Nice idea: grab all wikipedia articles which are enriched with geo-coordinates and make the information accessible within Google Earth. That’s exactly what Stefan Kühn has done! The KMZ-file can be downloaded from his website and you can easily import that … Continue reading

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IE7 final release, now comes with add-ons

As announced earlier this month, Microsoft was ready to release a final version of Internet Explorer 7. Well, they’ve kept their word. It is available for download since a couple of days ago. I’ve just installed it, not a real … Continue reading

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Google’s pagerank: why all the excitement?

It often surprises me how much excitement a pagerank update still causes. The start of an update is always directly followed by an enormous amount of blog and forum posts. Not to speak about the number of people who are … Continue reading

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Logitech diNovo Edge

Just found a new gadget which is directly on top of my wishlist! Eventually a keyboard that will look nice in your living room: Logitech’s diNovo Edge. It uses Bluetooth, which gives you extended range over RF keyboards, so controlling … Continue reading

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Exalead launches enhanced website

Exalead has just launched a new version of their search engine on www.exalead.com. I was one of the lucky who was given the opportunity to test the beta version of this release and I am quite impressed. I think they … Continue reading

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Internet Explorer 7 to be released this month

Microsoft recently announced that IE7 will be released this month. Although I’m a firefox user, I must say that I am very happy to hear this. I like to build webapps in some spare hours and there are times when … Continue reading

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Google has officially bought YouTube!

It’s official now! Google has bought YouTube for $1.65 billion (in stock)! This is definitively the biggest and probably the most important acquirement in the (young) history of Google. It is now Googles turn to show how they will make … Continue reading

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Fujitsu turntable PC

Fujitsu presented a few prototype PC designs at the Ceatec 2007. One of their ideas, a turntable PC, looks really cool! The Turn Table PC represents one possibility for a home entertainment PC that can switch between being used as … Continue reading

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25 euro additional taxes on MP3-players in the Netherlands

The dutch government is about to approve a proposal of a Dutch copyright foundation which wants to add 25 euro of extra taxes on every MP3 player sold here. This should compensate the missed income caused by illegal MP3s. Well … Continue reading

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Les Blogs 3 announced

Loic Le Meur just announced Les Blogs 3, december 11 and 12th 2006 in Paris. Last year about 450 people attended the conference, this year there is space for 900! I can’t find any info about the program or speakers … Continue reading

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