Future phone: NTT DoCoMo moves toward bio-sensing cell phone

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated one part of an molecular level system that might one day enable cell phones to keep watch on their owners' health. The proposed phone will contain "DNA chips," capable of analyzing molecules from the user's body, to provide a warning about a possible virus, high-levels of stress, and other health factors.

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A long wait for Skyfire's cell phone browser

Skyfire, a new cell phone browser demoed in February, hit such demand in its closed beta program, the company split participation into two rounds. According to a Skyfire statement, those lucky ducks who signed up before March 1 made the cut for Beta 1 and will receive the golden invitation to join the testing in phases from now until.

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Is too much innovation a bad thing?

Innovation expert Scott Anthony in the excellent post Innovation Gone Overboard. His point: Companies often try to freshen their existing products with too much innovation; the 37th button on the remote. But their mistake is your opportunity.

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Adobe releases Photoshop Express beta, a web version of Photoshop

It's called Photoshop Express and despite the name is probably more like iPhoto for the web than Photoshop. It's based on the Flex platform and is free for up to 2GB of images stored. Free and Photoshop in the same sentence, that's a new one!

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Lessons Learned at 37 Signals

Interview with the employee of 37 Signals, showing the secrets of productivity of one of the leading personal productivity software development companies.

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BigDog - Boston Dynamics robot

Boston Dynamics released video of it's "Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth". It is amazing and worth to see. It moves like a real creature and makes you think is it alive or artificial. Amazing.



See full video here.

В Киеве открылась мобильная парковка

В Киеве открылось три парковки, места на которых можно зарезервировать через мобильный телефон. До 2 апреля место на парковке можно заказать бесплатно.
Веб сайт службы - www.516.com.ua, проект реализован с помощью европейской компании "NOW! Innovations", специализирующейся на разработке систем электронных сообщений преимущественно в транспортной отрасли.

Gadgets for Google Docs

Make visualization gadgets and Google Docs and import them to your iGoogle page.

"...Today we're starting a new path to better enable developers to customize and build on top of Google Docs with two new tools we are releasing today: Gadgets-in-Docs and the Visualization API."

See full article at Google blog.

Google Talk chatback

Google launched "chatback" - a badge for your web site, where visitors can chat with you over Google Chat. And visitors don't need Google Chat account for that.

Do you have a blog, online profile, or some other personal web page? Would you like to communicate more with your visitors? Today we're launching a new Google Talk feature that lets visitors to your web site chat with you. We call it "chatback" because instead of you doing all the talking on your blog, your visitors can talk back to you. Sure, they could leave comments, but those are public and hard to use for a real conversation. With chatback, it's a real instant message session.

See full article at official Google Talk blog.

ASCII Curtains redefine interior design

ASCII as an interior art.

Reportedly hand-crafted by designer / artist / undiscovered genius Nieke Sybrandy, these nerdalicious curtains feature a light gray tree motif that is compiled entirely from code. Breathtaking, no?

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Яндекс пересмотрит свое отношение к SEO-ссылкам

Когда наша поисковая система формирует ответ на запросы пользователей, она старается учесть все доступные ей полезные признаки. Одним из источников признаков для Яндекса являются ссылки. Яндекс ценит ссылки, которые ставятся для того, чтобы помочь посетителям сайта. Такие ссылки, как правило, свидетельствуют о доверии к источнику информации, или о ее значимости, и это, в целом, повышает качество работы нашего поиска.

К сожалению, учет ссылок в алгоритмах ранжирования поисковых систем приводит к тому, что ссылки часто ставятся только для влияния на поиск (SEO-ссылки). Более того, в интернете существует немалая индустрия их покупки и продажи.

Полная статья тут.

Microsoft лицензирует Flash Lite и Reader для Windows Mobile

Microsoft и Adobe анонсировали, что в состав Windows Mobile будет входить проигрыватель Flash Lite и Reader LE.
Смотрите более полную статью на ReadWriteWeb, так же на сайте Adobe размещен официальный пресс-релиз.