BrowseRank is worse than PageRank

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CNet is reporting that Microsoft and researchers have developed an algorithm that ranks search results not simply on link patterns, but on the browsing patterns of users. They call it BrowseRank. This is in contrast to Google’s PageRank… Full Details

Techno Dummy Episode #1: Preparing for the school year

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Techno Dummy is a new live-chat series highlighting the use of technology in the classroom. We start the series preparing for the school year. Each episode is designed to help teachers manage the requirements of running a smooth classroom. Episode… Full Details

Windows Live Photo Gallery to get face recognition

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News is spreading that Windows Live Photo Gallery is going to be including face recognition for “family members and friends.” Seems like an interesting feature, however, Microsoft needs to be careful here. I’m betting they’re… Full Details

Live Streaming

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Free video chat by… Full Details

Location-based WIFI as the next step

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It’s time to go beyond thinking of WIFI access points as single entities. It’s time to go the next step and leverage access points as part of a location-aware network. Here’s the thing: Access points broadcast and receive signals… Full Details

Is Instant-on a must have feature?

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Splashtop Linux developers provide instant-on. Is this a must have… Full Details

Strange Behavior: FireFox and IE Site Rendering

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Rendering in IE 7.0 and FireFox 3.0.1 are compared for the website Technology Questions. You will quickly see the site headers and width are very different. Cache on the server as well as locally have all been cleared several times. I am logged into… Full Details

What Is New

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Why Google should not acquire Digg

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TechCrunch is reporting that Google is looking into acquiring Digg. I have no idea one way or another, but I can imagine that Google is considering the possibilities. It has to, as do all companies. However, I hope Google doesn’t fall into the… Full Details

The A-list is missing the Marc

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With the news that JKOnTheRun is joining GigaOM, James Kendrick takes a moment to reflect on this past year’s loss of a great fellow contributor and one of the most warm-hearted persons you’d ever meet, Marc Orchant. Reading through the… Full Details

Dave Winer predicts a Mac Tablet too

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The number of people predicting a forthcoming Apple Tablet keeps growing. Dave Winer thinks we’ll see one soon too as the next generation of Apple systems make their way to market: In the next round you’ll see one with two or three USB… Full Details

Test post from iPhone

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This is a test post from the new Wordpress app on the iPhone. The app is quite minimal and missing some obvious features, but one feature is great: It can post images taken with the iPhone to the blog. This is a photo I took last night at… Full Details

A CherryPal “Interview”: Answers to a Few Questions

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While waiting for my order to arrive, I started reading the CherryPal website and a few questions started to take shape. Matt from CherryPal was kind enough to answer them. You may have more questions and so feel free to leave them in the… Full Details

SketchBook: An impressive Tablet application

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I rediscovered SketchBook Pro yesterday. What a great drawing experience on a Tablet PC! Even if you’re as bad at drawing as I am, it’s a great app to try out. If nothing else, you can scribble, erase, scribble, erase without wasting any… Full Details

Will Apple deliver a touch macbook?

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MacDailyNews is reporting another Mac Tabletish rumor. Supposedly there might be something coming by October. Who knows. At some point we have to say “Deliver or Step Aside.” I’m leaning towards the… Full Details

Meet up at Disneyland?

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After Loren’s recent medical news that he needed to go back to chemotherapy, Loren declared that he wants to go to Disneyland this weekend. So, I’m going to call the park tonight to find out about hotel reservation for Loren & friends, Layne,… Full Details

DYI $200 Internet device

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Let’s face it, the OEM community has failed to deliver a knock out mobile Internet device. Microsoft didn’t deliver with the UMPC and its sleek Haiku concept. Even Apple has been unable to deliver a larger version of the iPhone–the… Full Details

Are you planning to purchase an Apple iPhone 3G?

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Are you going to purchase or maybe you have already purchased an Apple iPhone 3G – or you are thinking about it? Let us… Full Details

Will CherryPal Be My Pal?

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For the first time in over 5 years, I am officially tossing my hat into writing a product review. What product has motivated me from the dead pool? The CherryPal. I pre-ordered the unit about a half-hour ago. I’m more excited about this… Full Details

More cancer challenges ahead

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I haven’t been posting much lately. I’ve been taking a couple days off to just go do things. I went to a rodeo. Never had done that before. Kind of interesting. I drove up to the Grand Canyon and walked a bit of Bright Angel Trail…. Full Details

Tablet PC case studies in education

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Last week Lora posted over at WhatIsNew a list of school case studies on Tablet PCs and touch. Wow. Things have sure progressed in the education space. Sometimes I feel like there’s not much going on and then I read this. I’ll say it… Full Details

The iPhone is the most interesting platform

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As a developer I’ll put it simply: If I were at any company working on any product, I’d place developing a well-tuned iPhone app or service at the top of my list–above any other skunkworks projects. Yes, any company. Any product…. Full Details

Why Yahoo!Buzz destroys Google News

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Fundamental business practices can easily be overlooked when a company grows quickly. This is because employees are tempted to forget the foundations of their company’s success. Therefore, management must always be on the alert for sloppy… Full Details

Classroom Technology: Student Learning

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Technology in the urban, public school classroom centers around the teacher’s ability to piece together lesson plans that engage kids long enough for them to learn and retain some knowledge. If the teacher does not know enough about… Full Details

The Great Landrush Fails .me

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Domain names are important. They provide the first clue to a visitor about the website. Years ago, I bought the domain name KillerTux.com because the name seemed clever. After some thought, the site name changed to Tux Reports. The Tux Reports… Full Details

Dell Makes Multi-Touch Technology Available For Tablet PC

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Dell was slow to enter the Tablet PC market but is quickly learning to add features people want to have on a Convertible PC. The multitouch gesture upgrade is an excellent addition for the Latitude XT owners. The two finger operation is a welcome… Full Details

Case Studies: Tablet PC & Ultra Mobile PCs in Education

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Here is an updated list of case studies about mobile PCs with Tablet or Touch technology used in education. Blackboard & Tegrity Colorado Technical University – Sioux Falls British Educational Communications and Technology Agency… Full Details

Evernote on the iPhone

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Robert Scoble: Today I visited two iPhone developers to see how things went. First we visited Evernote, which makes a great note-taking app. This is the most useful app I’ve loaded on my iPhone so far (which has more than 30 apps loaded on it)…. Full Details

Security update for Window Vista (KB 950582)

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KB950582 refuses to install on my Tablet PC. On a reboot, the system crashes and I must do a system repair.Apparently I am not the only one with trouble on this update. Are you having trouble,… Full Details

Wordle: Learning to Communicate

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Reveal the words you use on blog posts or articles. Jonathan Feinberg from IBM wrote code just for that purpose. Visit Wordle, enter words directly to the site or provide a URL. You will be amazed. Wordle is a toy for generating ‘word… Full Details

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