Horizon2007:Miscellanea
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2007 Press Clippings
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The initial listing of other technology news was culled from a variety of sources, including the NY Times, PC World, Technology Review, InfoWorld, Wired, and our Horizon reBlog. Please use the edit link above to add more (see format notes), or add comments on how or why you think they are important.
- Apple Applies For Touchscreen Gesture Patent
http://extremedigitalpaper.com/article/Apple+Applies
+For+Touchscreen+Gesture+Patent/170695_1.aspx
Apple Computer has applied for a patent on several methods of applying gestures to touch-sensitive input devices, possibly implying a touchpad- or touchscreen-enabled product is in the company's future.
- Digg About To Morph Into Something Bigger
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/digg-about-to-morph-into-something-bigger/2006/06/23/1150845363368.html
Digg.com, a tech-news phenomenon that has readers recommend online articles to others, is expanding to let users also vote for the most popular general news, entertainment stories or videos, the company says.
- First-Ever Virus Hits Mac OS X
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16758
There are many signs that Apple computers are finally becoming vulnerable to Internet-based viruses and other attacks.
- Free E-Books and Documents Coming in July
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16956
Two e-book websites will offer free access to a third of a million volumes next month.
- For Some, Non-Interactive Media Plays Best
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17125
A new psychology study from Missouri U. found that interactive media may alienate some users.
- Gartner Highlights Key Emerging Technologies in 2005 Hype Cycle
http://www.gartner.com/press_releases/asset_134460_11.html
- Historic Websites
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17119
Colonial Williamsburg and other famous national historic sites are using podcasts and other 21st-century technology to educate and attract visitors.
- Humans, Not Computers, Do Search Better
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17140
The collective wisdom of humans -- not computers and algorithms -- may provide an alternative to Google.
- Marvin Minsky on Common Sense and Computers That Emote
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17164
As artificial intelligence research celebrates its 50th birthday, the MIT icon asks what makes the minds of three-year-olds tick.
- Microsoft Ditching Backwards Compatibility
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3151161
Future support for the feature appears in jeopardy.
- Microsoft, Dell Push FCC for Access to Unused TV Spectrum
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/16/78377_HNspectrummsdell_1.html
They want to build new wireless Internet devices that would locate unused spectrum designated for television use, but they can't start designing the devices because of a lack of direction from the FCC.
- Microsoft Ex-Staff to Launch Rival Windows
http://www.ciol.com/content/news/Products/2006/106062703.asp
PI expects to release its software in both open source and licensed forms shortly.
- Microsoft Opens Book on Publications Search
http://extremedigitalpaper.com/article/Microsoft+Opens+Book+on+Publications+Search/163510_1.aspx
Microsoft jumps into the race to make print publications available to its search engine, following rival Google's Print Library effort. Unlike Google, Microsoft is vowing to make sure its effort is well-received.
- Microsoft Unveils Unified Communications Product Road Map and Partner Ecosystem
http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/dotNet/2006/106062601.asp
New 2007 Office system products to break down today's communications solution that unifies voice, conferencing, IM and collaboration
- Neutral Net? Who Are You Kidding?
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71012-0.html
"Net neutrality" could be the most potent rallying cry for internet regulation in years.
- No Neutral Ground in This Internet Battle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/25/AR2006062500735.html
Net neutrality. Sounds benign, but no two words have stirred more passion this year.
- The Technium
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/
Author and Wired Magazine starter-upper Kevin Kelly writes about ways of thinking about new technology.
- The Total Information Awareness Project Lives On
http://alpha.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16741
Technology behind the Pentagon's controversial data-mining project has been acquired by NSA, and is probably in use.[SEM]
- W3C: How to Design for Mobile Devices
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/27/79673_HNwebdesign_1.html
Standards body publishes best practices for building Web pages to be displayed on handhelds.[SEM]
- Why Innovations Score -- or Stumble
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2002/tc20020618_1175.htm
For every triumph, other wonders of tomorrow never take off, and Harvard's Clayton Christensen says the difference isn't just luck
- Blackboard's Patents Online Learning
http://noedupatents.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=3&cntnt01origid=15&cntnt01returnid=15
Blackboard sued Desire2Learn citing infringement of their patent.[SEM]
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