Wed December 15 2004
Google Print: earth's largest searchable library |
11:22 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | News The news spreads quickly all over the web: Google plans to keep its highly trained personnel busy by having them soon scan an insane number of dusty paper books. The holdings of the US' leading research libraries (Harvard, U of Michigan, Stanford, New York Public Library) and of Oxford U library are to be converted into digital files that would be freely searchable over the web. According to Stanford University's head librarian Keller, "within two decades, most of the world's knowledge will be digitized and available, one hopes for free reading on the Internet, just as there is free reading in libraries today." When we talk about Google, don't we talk about search results that only display small excerpts of the whole? What do you guys think? Is that truly the long-predicted global virtual library that Bill Gates did envision 10 years ago? |
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Tue December 14 2004
Review: Trooper (Now Low Heap Version!) |
03:38 PM by Zire in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Features: Requirements: Review: If audio doesn't work for you clie try this http://www.aibohack.com/clie/modclieaud.htm . I tried it on my sister's NX80 and it works fine. |
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Skyweezer - free gateway for mobile browsers |
08:23 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Mobile Sites Skweezer is a sort of free wireless Web "gateway" that allows you display web sites in a way that's optimized for handheld devices. Images are visible and content is intelligently stacked for easier access. Looks good, give it a try for as long as it is free |
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Hi-res e-paper is a feast your eyes |
04:35 AM by Colin Dunstan in E-Book General | News Tokyo-based Toppan Printing, who works in collaboration with electronic paper display maker E-Ink, has demonstrated a stunning 400ppi (pixels per inch) high resolution e-paper prototype. Toppan has also manufactured the highly acclaimed 170ppi display of Sony's e-book reader LIBRIé. Speaking of display resolution: High resolution is as good as the human eye can resolve. Going beyond it would be pointless because the average human eye could not appreciate any finer detail. In a monochromatic image at a normal reading distance, the human eye is not able to perceive more than 250-300ppi. In other words, the 400ppi display prototype easily matches the resolving power of the eye making text as sharp as it can get! Beside featuring a high resolution, in contrast to traditional display technologies on the market today, E-Ink's e-paper technology also makes text extremely easy to read at virtually any angle and under any lighting condition - including direct sunlight. |
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Mon December 13 2004
BetaPlayer 0.095 with aac and mp4 support |
03:53 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Yet another update of the best freeware movie player for Pocket PC. BetaPlayer V0.095 adds: +playlist save It also has the following fixes: If you have a Dell Axim X50v, you can download the updated Intel 2700 accelerator drivers from here. |
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Sun December 12 2004
Sat December 11 2004
Teac's new MP-2000 5Gb MP3-player |
11:32 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Portable Audio/Video Teac seems to become serious in entering the lucrative mobile MP3-player market. Only a few months ago we reported on the Teac MP-1000 player. Now with considerably more storage capacity than its predecessor, the MP-2000 can boost with a 5Gb mini harddrive, MP3-, WMA- and OGG-support, built-in FM tuner, and voice-recording capability. Specs: - 128 x 128 display The player has already hit the stores in Europe and is available for EUR 259.00 (link). |
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Sony promises more power for our mobile gadgets |
10:57 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones Japan's JNC reports that Sony has a new line-up of lithium-ion batteries, boasting the industry's highest level of energy density: The G8 Series, a cylindrical lithium ion battery with a diameter of 18mm and height of 65mm, offers a high capacity with 2550mAh (a 6% increase from the conventional battery) while the A8 series, a a lithium ion polymer battery offers a power supply of 830mAh (a 9% increase from Sony's conventional model of the same size). Both are geared towards mobile products, and shipment will start from December 2004 onwards. A 2550mAh definitely sounds great, but somehow it is hard to imagine a 18mm x 65mm battery inside a handheld. |
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