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• June 30, 2006avsp, general, General

  Q or text balloon

  Quiznos. the sub joint, has these bizarre little trays that are supposed to be Q shaped I guess. They are much more useful as text balloons in my opinion. That […]

• June 28, 2006general, General

  Texas Redistricting Decision – Legislators can redraw maps whenever they like

  Well, the Supreme Court decision on the case of the Texas congressional re-districting map is in and, while there was a small victory for Democrats and minority voters, the real […]

• June 12, 2006general, General

  BBC NEWS | Google targets mobile future

  BBC News has an interesting article on Google’s foray into mobile (aka location-based) technologies. As always there are a couple of points that I would have liked the author to […]

• June 7, 2006general, General

  See Inside Storms

  With Hurricane season begun here in the US and the after effects of Katrina still being felt, Live Science is reporting a pretty cool new technology. A new radar satellite […]

• May 22, 2006general, General

  Spatialized Audio in Games

  There has been some research to date on spatializing audio in 3D environments. While we have 7.1 and beyond sound to give us directionality for sound there remains a need […]

• May 15, 2006general, General

  One Really Big Game

  We don’t normally post computer game information here, but this one is noteworthy, I think. You play the part of a secret agent who runs around a geographic area doing […]

• May 10, 2006general, General

  Peer to Patent – public review of patent applications

  In effort to at least do something about the current state of affairs with regard to the patent process, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is starting an online […]

• May 8, 2006general, General

  Silicon Graphics files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

  MercuryNews is reporting that Silicon Graphics (SGI), once a giant in high-powered computing and the company whose supercomputers were used for everything from Hollywood special effects to NASA research to […]

• May 4, 2006general, General

  Government-funded venture capital and geospatial technologies

  A recent article posted at Federal Computer Weekly discusses the emerging role of government-funded venture capital in investing in innovative technologies. The article notes that, at one time, much of […]

• May 3, 2006general, General

  Kickin’ it Old School!

  Anyone remember ASCII art? What happens when you combine it with Google Maps? ASCII Maps! It’s a pretty impressive what people with too much time on their hands are capable […]