It seemed to me that the video iPod didn’t make much sense unless there was a way to download about any TV show you wanted to it. So now TiVo is working on it. The pioneering digital video recording company, based in Alviso, plans to announce today that it is working on a service upgrade that will automatically transfer shows ...
Read More »A laptop for the world's children
This news from the UN this week gives a window into the future of global access to information. According to the news released, MIT and Wired magazine want to give very child in the world a laptop computer that costs next to nothing. Says Digital Divide Network, "If tech luminary Nicholas Negroponte has his way, the pale light from rugged, ...
Read More »Toe in the water of Google Base
Trish Snyder and I have taken a peek at Google Base. It’s a general purpose database they’ve started in which you can post information about anything. I guess it’s supposed to make eBay nervous. I posted a notice for FISpace. Trish posted about her Relay blog, Relay for Life: Blogging for a Cause. Here’s an interesting thing. If you enter ...
Read More »ACS Staff Blog About Quitting
I know it’s the day after the Great American Smokeout, but our efforts around this area really do have to continue each and every day. Check out the American Cancer Society’s Eastern Division staff blogs (current ACS staff that used to smoke) as they blog about their experiences quitting. Our staff know firsthand just how hard trying to quit can ...
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