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"As described by the patent filing, this “ID App” would allow users to identify objects, structures and other features of their surroundings by using information received by the camera, an RFID reader, or an Infrared camera. This information could be combined with current location data in order to more accurately pinpoint the appropriate database for the identification search." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

From The New York Times: Best Buy and TiVo Are Forming an Alliance By BRAD STONE The electronics retailer will advertise TiVo products, and TiVo will return the favor on its subscribers’ televisions.... http://www.nytimes.com/2009... - Alan Cheslow from email

"With the app, you can see live tweets around your location and you can even see how far away they are. To accomplish this, TwittARound uses a combination of the iPhone's compass and its accelerator-enabled GPS to determine the location of tweets and then layers those on top of a live video feed." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

Great. First we have Email n'Walk. Then, as if we don't already look stupid enough, we have this. Wonderful. Really and truely. - Roberto Bonini

"MIT researchers developed light-detecting fibers that could eventually be woven into a "fabric camera." Instead of counting on a single lens, the new system would use a web of the fibers as a distributed imaging surface." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"The touchscreen watch phone is joined with a Bluetooth headset and video-calling capabilities, along with HSDPA internet for high-speed web browsing." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"GPS tracker features a built-in motion sensor and is ideal for movement detection or anti-theft applications with vehicles or other assets. It is so lightweight and compact that it can even be used as a stop-motion detection device for the elderly — with alerts when subjects are not moving." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

update: they "fixed" this! ( Win 7 does multitouch, but from the demos it's not as smooth as iPhone. Rotation for example "snaps" from 0 to 90 to 180 to 360. On iPhone it is smooth continuous increments. Same goes for the back and forward slide animations when flipping through pics. Jerky on win 7 and continuous smooth increments on iPhone. Also iPhone does "rubberbanding" on all transitions while win 7 doesn't. ) - vijay

thanks for the update Tim. - vijay

"Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"A year ago, TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington announced his plan to build a “dead-simple Web tablet for $200,” using crowdsourced designs from his readers. Today Arrington announced the formation of Crunchpad, Inc, a startup company with 14 employees in Singapore. Crunchpad will oversee manufacture of the device, also called the Crunchpad." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"We’ve already seen some of the things, like integration between Mapping and Calendar app in recent Apple patent filings. Some new patent applications from Apple reveal even more." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"Mr. Miller disclosed a hole that would let attackers "run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator's network in order to monitor the location of the phone using GPS, turn on the phone's microphone to eavesdrop on conversations, or make the phone join a distributed denial of service attack or a botnet."" - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"there were 30 million LCD TVs sold in the U.S. in 2008 vs. 4 million plasma TVs" - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

I can't even describe how awful they are. No really, I can't, because the last time I tried they threatened to sue me for libel. - Alan Cheslow

Do a "Business Name" search here - http://dw.courts.wa.gov/index... -- search "Snohomish Superior" court, "Civil" case, "1996" year in/after, "C S" business name - Alan Cheslow

More hotels invest in videoconference rooms to cut costs http://usat.me/?35512384 - Alan Cheslow from email

"New forecast in the latest edition of the WTRS Wireless Sensor Network Technology Trends Report projects strong market growth in the smart metering market for ZigBee chipsets to reach 68% CAGR, over the 2009 to 2014 period." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"Keeping up with the trend of offering external data connections in cars, BMW announced the addition of gas prices, weather forecasts, and stock indices to its existing Google Maps connection." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"Mobile phone sales are going to decline sharply over the next five years, to the tune of 1.04 billion devices, according to Informa Telecoms & Media. In its new report, “The Financial Crisis: Analyzing the impact on global mobile markets,” the research firm has revised its forecast for device sales over the next five years down by 14 percent." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"The 2.4-inch capacitive LCD displays caller ID, call records, and lets users switch between their mobile, desk, and corporate softphones via a spin of the carousel." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"One development that seems likely to accelerate USB 3.0 commercialization is NEC Electronics Corp of Japan's shipment of a host controller - the world's first, according to the company. Samples shipped in early June 2009, and volume production at about a million units a month is expected to start in Sept this year." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"In a shift in its India strategy, Philips Electronics has decided to move away from consumer electronics to medical, health and wellness products." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"this new prototype doesn't need an additional illumination system, instead relying on a lens system to project images produced by an OLED onto a screen or wall -- making it both smaller and more energy efficient." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"The ZigBee alliance has announced ZigBee Green Power, a feature set which will allow energy harvesting, meaning certain devices will be able to to run without battery, amd still support ZigBee/ZigBee Pro." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"Sense crunches all the incoming data it gets from Loopt and other services it partners with, to find insights about “tribes” and “clusters” of people, and their patterns of behavior" - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"Sammy's handset has been put through its paces ahead of release, stacked up against the likes of a Canon A620 and a 350D SLR. The phone does quite well, producing images as good or better than its compact competition" - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

I was just looking at this. Good color and detail at least in relation to a PnS cam. My next phone will definitely be determined by the quality of the camera, as I realize that I take 90% of my photos with my G1, since it's always within reach and can upload to the net instantly. - Adrian Culici

If it's a WinMo phone, I'll be all over it too. - Anika Malone

"The main innovation is the identification of specific users through the swipe of an RFID badge, allowing multiple users to operate the display simultaneously with personalized data and "social" functionality." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"You can monitor your weight patterns by looking at the web site or look at a chart on your phone. But you can also share it with people you know." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"a sparingly-spec'd touchscreen device with a detachable keyboard, embedded Linux OS and impressively low $300 price" - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"The OV5653 enables 720p recording at 60 fps and full HD 1080p at 30 fps" - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet

"81% have less than 10,000 users, and an astounding 54% of applications have less than 1,000 users." - Alan Cheslow from Bookmarklet