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The initial listing of news on how technology is used by consumers or in popular media was culled from a variety of sources, including the NY Times, PC World, Technology Review, InfoWorld, Wired, etc.

Please use the edit link above to add more (see format notes), or add comments on how or why you think they may be or may not be important. As is the convention throughout the Horizon Project Wiki, we ask you to identify items you think are of high interest to us, as I have here [LJ], as a means of helping start the sifting process.

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• Broadcast Your Life Online, 24-7
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18782/
  Cheap, easy-to-use live video-streaming technology could stretch your 15 minutes of fame to 15 years.
  • [AL]

• Building onto Facebook's Platform
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19122/
  Developers search for killer apps for the social operating system.
  • the concept of a socially based operating system promises to change the way we think about computing once and for all. they are not "computers" -- they are "connectors" and it is not about what you can do -- it is about who you can do it with. [LJ]

• A Free Mesh Network for San Francisco
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19260/
  Can tiny Meraki bring Wi-Fi to a city where Google and Earthlink have failed?
  • a bottom-up approach to creating large-scale wireless networks. Interesting approach, but is it viable outside of San Francisco? [LJ]

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• A Better Gauge on Battery Life
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/19323/
  A new battery-gauge chip could make mobile phones more reliable and help them last longer on a single charge.

• A Practical Internet for Your Phone
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/18239/
  A new startup combines multiple Web services in order to painlessly glean a simple answer from the Internet.

• A Richer Trip to the Mall, Guided by Text Messages
  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/technology/05ecom.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
  Search engines made it easy to find items at online stores. Now the Internet is poised to solve a more vexing problem: finding items while you are at the mall.

• An Alternative to the Computer Mouse
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18254/
  A user interface that tracks eye movement may provide an alternate way to use a computer.

• The Big Picture, Made Easy
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18974/
  New software makes it easier to manipulate and share images.

• Calendar Songs
  http://www.calendarsongs.com/
  I write one song a month. You remix and feedback. We make a record.

• Casual Immersive Worlds
  http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/casual_immersive_worlds.html
  A Comparison Chart by TechCrunch

• Computer Chips Send Jabber to Tokyo Strollers in Technology Project
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/18268/
  It makes for a jabber-filled downtown stroll -- getting deluged by chatter over earphones from some 1,200 tiny computer chips embedded in lampposts, subway-station ceilings and road cement, beaming maps, tidbits of history and store guides.

• Connecting Your Brain to the Game
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/18276/
  Using an EEG cap, a startup hopes to change the way people interact with video games.

• Google creates new avenue to unite mapping mashups
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/19038/

• Google Phone Is in the Works, Say Insiders
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031801143.html
  Google Inc. is developing its own mobile phone, according to industry insiders and analysts, while a Google official in Spain last week acknowledged the company is "investigating" such a project.

• Google, Sprint Team Up on New Wimax Network
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072700009.html
  Sprint has a vision for the next generation of on-the-go Web surfing, and it has nothing to do with cellphones or WiFi-powered coffee shops.

• Home Cells Signal Mobile Change
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6916125.stm
  Standing in the corner of the room; being exiled to the bottom of the garden; or teetering precariously on a chair.

• Intel Plans Chip for iPhone Rivals
  http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/05/technology/otellini/index.htm?section=money_technology
  No. 1 maker working on ultra-low-power chip suited for multiple-application devices to compete with Apple's.

• Jam Online in Real Time
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18783/
  New music software could make online jams nearly as good as rehearsals in the same studio.

• Just thinking moves toy train with new technology from Hitachi
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/18964/

• Marking Your Territory
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19107/
  Plazes lets you leave electronic bread crumbs for friends.

• Mobile Web Searches Using Pictures
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18368/
  A new Microsoft application lets people search the Internet on their cell phones using a camera instead of a keypad.

• PEPSI NEX DANCE
  http://pepsinex-dance.jp/
  Interactive commercial?

• Re-Cut Trailers
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-cut_trailer
  a parody trailer for a movie created by editing footage from that movie or from its original trailers-- a form of mashup.

• The Rise of the Miniblog
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19022/
  The founder of Twitter talks about upcoming features.

• The Rise of the Netjockey
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19207/
  New software lets anyone create live talk shows for the Internet.

• Samsung to help Sprint Nextel bring WiMax to New York
  http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/19313/

• Sony to Launch Virtual Universe
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_hi_te/sony_virtual_worlds_6
  Capitalizing on the popularity of social networks and online worlds, Sony will launch its own virtual universe and another 3-D game built almost entirely by players.

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