Archive for December, 2005

Spend the Day Playing With this. Monday, December 19th, 2005

 

The iR 3100C is the B W Multi Functional Printers (MFP) with Smart Colour. Communicate clearly, share information effectively, scan and send electronically, spend with control and enjoy the smart use of colour within your black and white documents. This product offers affordable use of colour.

Features

True MFP with copy, print, fax, scan & i-send functionality.
Controllable colour as & when you need it
Initiate, preview & monitor jobs easily using Canon’s familiar control panel
Full finishing options for professional looking business documents
iW Publishing Manager software makes light work of collating mixed documents.

Link:
http://www.canon.co.uk/for_work/products/

Tech Industry Decide on Icon for RSS Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Its a really good sign to see Microsoft accepted someone else’s concept and for once did not steam roll over them. Basically they have adopted the Mozilla Firefox icon for RSS feeds.

From the IE Team Blog Post
http://blogs.msdn.com/rssteam/archive/

My last post shared some of our conceptual designs of the feed icon and expressed some of the criteria that we are using to select the right icon. Several of the comments liked icon #4 simply because it looked liked the Firefox icon, and many (like this one) suggested that we work with the Firefox team to standardize on an icon.

This seemed like a very good idea, so in November, Amar and I took a visit down to Silicon Valley to meet with John Lilly and Chris Beard from Mozilla to get their thoughts on it. We all agreed that it’s in the user’s best interest to have one common icon to represent RSS and RSS-related features in a browser. And the winner is…

Digital Life Episode - 22 Saturday, December 17th, 2005

 

Is a downloadable tech tv show. Its hosted by Patrick Norton who was a TV host of G4TechTV.

 

Ruby on Rails 1.0 has finally shipped–of course, programmers have been using the popular open-source framework for months.

IE and Mozilla collaberate on a new RSS Icon. Apparently they all agree that the best way to ensure consistency is to change the icon.

Can Brasso clean iPod scratches? It can, and Patrick demonstrates why you should only use it in a well ventilated environment.

Noise isolating headphones work–sometimes too well. Good places for isolating ‘phones: airplanes, buses, and construction sites. Bad times for isolating ‘phones: while flying airplanes, driving buses, or working in construction sites.

Traffic bites: but, if you live in SF, Seattle, or LA the TrafficGauge can help you avoid the gridlock.

Viewer Question: Nikki from San Francisco, CA asks “How do I go about finding an ISF-certified tech that can calibrate my LCD TV without ripping me off?”
Answer: Well, as long as Robert passes the ISF test he might help you out. Otherwise, use your best judgement!

Gamers rule… Child’s Play raises toys, games, and cash for sick kids in Childrens Hospitals. Hillary? Mr. Lee? Are you listening?

Viewer Question: Chris from Germany asks “Can I connect a VGA output to the HDMI port on an HDTV?”

Answer: No, and it definitely pays to get a video card with DVI output: they’re cheap, and you’ll have a much cleaner signal for your HDTV.

Plus, all the critical geek news, your latest viewer questions, and much more!

Link:
http://digitallifetv.com/

Bill Gates is One of “Time’s People of the year Saturday, December 17th, 2005

 

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1140301,00.html

Gmail now Mobile Phone Friendly Friday, December 16th, 2005

Get Gmail on the go!
Now you can access your Gmail messages from the web browser on your mobile phone or device. Read and reply to your Gmail messages any time, anywhere.

It’s free. (But your wireless plan might still charge, so you might want to check with your provider first.)
It’s smart. It can handle attachments like photos and .pdf files.

Try it out now!
Gmail Mobile should work on most web enabled mobile phones and devices that have a wireless data plan. Try it out for yourself.

http://www.google.com/glm/gmail