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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs - http://www.netflix.com/Movie...
Shipped on 03/04/09. The crew at Planet Express must work overtime to seal a portal between their universe and an alternate universe ruled by the gargantuan alien Yivo (David Cross), whose Earth-conquering plans include making Fry the pope of the alternate realm. Bender, Leela, Amy, Farnsworth and the gang are back in this tentacle-packed feature spinoff of the hit animated series. Other guest voices include Brittany Murphy and Stephen Hawking.
- Bryan
The Snuggie Sutra Brings Sex to the Unsexiest Blanket Around [Sex] - http://gizmodo.com/5347823...
I knew there was a real use for the Snuggie
- Bryan
Super-Tough Solar Panels Could Make Every Road Into a Power Plant [Energy] - http://gizmodo.com/5347896...
This is a really exciting idea but wow the cost alone made me cringe. Hopefully with some further research and funding a way at reducing the cost can be found.
- Bryan
The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy [Satire] - http://gizmodo.com/5311140...
Mark which one of these is your character class? Just kidding buddy congratulations on your new job I wish you the best!
- Bryan
5 Tips on Proper Geek Male Maintenance - http://www.bspcn.com/2009...
Perhaps I should have print outs of this ready when I take their application for relationship. Don't forget to bring the references.
- Bryan
Behind the Scenes with Colbert - http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog...
I definitely have to catch this episode
- Bryan
Eyeglass-Mounted Display Tracks Eye Movements To Manipulate Data [Displays] - http://gizmodo.com/5276163...
okay I can't wait until technology like this becomes cheap enough for mass market!
- Bryan
Obama Pushes for $50 Billion for Automakers, Oversight Czar - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008...
Daniel Rowley, sofarsoShawn, J. D. Ebberly and 7 other people liked this
If we give automakers a bailout I want something MAJOR in return. Like 40% electric by 2012.
- Robert Scoble
The automakers will agree to any strings attached to a bailout. After they cash the check they will have the funds to pay their lobbyists to find a way to justify weaseling out of such an agreement.
- scott anderson
@ScottAnderson Nice, hadn't thought about that weasly li'l loophole. Will be interesting to see how much Obama's rhetoric of no-lobbyist-in-my-administration is true. The world would be a better place without these unscrupulous greedy lawyers and PR spin gurus.
- Adam
Agreed Robert.
- David Cook
+1 Robert
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Ludicrous. Give them a loan, fine. Iacocca did it and did well, but don't bail them out!
- Mattb4rd
ditto: after making the obscenely large SUVs that put them in that position today
- sofarsoShawn
Silly. Run your business badly, get bailed out: there's a bad theme here. Agree with the "give us electric by 2012 in return" or some other major change in clean propulsion technology. And stop making cars that can house a cow herd with room for the bull and start making sense.
- Henk de Kruyff
With all of these industries asking for a bailout from debt, I wonder how long it will take for American citizens to demand their bailout from this downturn. If this money is going to change hands for auto makers then we need some incentive from them that they are making a serious effort to try and drive America from it's current oil dependence.
- Bryan
Detroit doesn't deserve to be bailed out. In the long term, I doubt they are going to survive against overseas competition anyway. Instead, why not invest the money in new technologies to get us off our dependence on foreign oil? Electric/hybrid cars, fuel cells, mass transit, etc.
- wrecks
I am not at all into bailing companies out. Once you use the government to prevent failure you are killing the necessary darwinian pressure capitalism counts on. Ont he other side, what government CAN do is remove the current laws forcing the car companies to be at the mercy of their unions in many states. It does put them at a disadvantage.
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
I also don't like the idea of the government bailing them out but attaching big strings. The last thing we need is the government intimately involved int he day to day operations of major industries. If the govt wants to offer incentives to develop otherwise not economically attractive technologies, fine... the companies will either re-organize to win the incentive or they will fail. The last thing we need is a de-facto nationalized auto industry.
- Soulhuntre
this morning i was thinking what about the retirees of these auto companies. so not only would their employees and the companies that do biz with them be in trouble but folks who worked for years would be screwed if they go belly up.
- R. Ferguson
but then again i heard on NPR yesterday that the foreign car makers based in the US is doing fine.
- R. Ferguson
USA today increasinglky reminds me of UK in the 1970s. We spent millions over 20 years in successive bail-outs for no-hope car manufacturer British Leyland because no-one could face the truth that they were a lost cause. The end result was just the same -- they went bankrupt after 20 years -- people still didn't want to buy what they built.
- Tim Ostler
It sucks, but bad companies who make stupid decisions need to go out of business. That's the only way we all win in the long run.
- David Risley
I think the big lie here is that this is a "bail out". What it is is a temporary stay of execution
- Brian Sullivan
There is a case for assisting the automakers. But, like Robert says, some hefty strings are going to be attached. Electric to normal is one stick. But the re-hiring of auto workers would do wonders. The government needs to do more to encorage people to buy american. That's what's going to really help GM and Ford and the rest.
- Roberto Bonini
Roberto: the government can't convince people of that. Wrong goal. The right goal is to make the US Auto industry the most innovative again. Do that and the consumers will buy again. I know I would. I just drove a brand new Ford Flex. Awesome car except it got 17 MPG. Turn that electric and I'd buy one tomorrow (if priced reasonably).
- Robert Scoble
Well, yeah Robert. Thats the only way to do that. But the foreign car companies that will undercut even the most innovative electric ford force consumers to look at alternatives. I'm Not saying that the US should go all protectionist, but economic health and stability is a national security issue.
- Roberto Bonini
GM cost to manufacture $78 per hour, Toyota in US, $43. One is failing, one is not.
- Robert Hafer
What if GM went into a bankruptcy to reorganize, shed itself of retiree pensions/healthcare ($1200 per car), union mandated employment rules and compensatiion levels. Would GM become a lean, effective company, building consumer-driven products, or would GM continue to build lackluster crap but sell them cheaper?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Roberto: The *only* way any auto company "bail out" is going to save any American auto company is to immediately impose tariffs and barriers to foreign cars and car companies and effectively force Americans to buy inferior product. Doing that would have a whole set of new consequences. All the "bail out" will do is delay GM. Ford and Chrysler death by a year or so. It will allow the companies to "put their affairs in order" as the euphemism goes.
- Brian Sullivan
Electric-Powered Future Two Years Away? - very interesting article - http://tinyurl.com/6jb2dw - the main issue is of course getting all the stakeholders to "invest".
- SnakeDoc
@Robert hafer: let's look at the difference between toyota and gm and what they pay labor wise per car and that would be a large part of the difference in the cost
- Jonathan Jesse
It would have serious reprecussions, yes. But letting them go under also does. At what point do we draw he line? Do we let hundreds of thousands of people lose their jobs? And , BTW, make things worse in the wider economy in terms to machine tools, steel, rubber, etc. It's a choice to two evils. And it is impossible to think that globalization can be reversed.
- Roberto Bonini
The elephant in the room: The world needs a Global, Financial Reset but no one is brave enough to push the big, red button...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Roberto - these thousands of people are going to lose their jobs regardless -- all the bail out could do is give them time to prepare
- Brian Sullivan
A discussion on American cars vs. foreign cars and US auto industry bailout should also address the "inner layers" - here is an example - the Chevrolet Equinox, which is assembled in Ontario, has an engine made in China and a transmission from Japan, which brings its domestic content down to 55 percent. The Chrysler PT Cruiser is assembled in Mexico, has a Mexican-made engine and only 37 percent domestic content.... there are scores of other examples....
- SnakeDoc
For a while the Toyota Camry was the top of the list of domestic content. 97%. Ford F150's are assembled in Mexico. Then there is the NUMI assenbly plant that is a joint venture between Toyota and GM...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
It really won't matter if the government bails out the auto industry or not, because the US population will not have the money to buy the new products. This money needs to go to the US population so that they can start putting more back into the economy.
- Wizetux
I would rather see the consumers helped in a more meaningful way now and rather morph away from auto dependence. We need to look to office virtualization expansion now that we have the collaborative (video and audio) technology to do that. When we can minimize the amount of travel, this helps minimize a number of parallel and tangential problems we face now. Our families should be our main concern right now. We are falling behind in that area in America.
- Melanie Reed
One of the many advantages we have yet to tap its full potential with technology is to reverse the trend of putting the concern of business over that of family. There is much more to be said on the intangible infrastructure damage to our society this has caused but there is not enough space for that here.
- Melanie Reed
how about 100% electric fleet by 2018
- Erik Weese
Yeah, 100% at least by 2018. We need an Apollo project type approach. I want to be able to buy electric for my next car. In my lifetime.
- Rolf Schewe
How about a car purchase tax credit? That way maybe I could afford a car. A subsidy for the wealthy leaves me without a car.
- Chuck Baggett
chuck there is a car purchase tax credit if bought B4 end of the year.
- R. Ferguson
As the world is only 6000 years old - http://www.bspcn.com/2009...
...wow...no other words can describe it
- Bryan
The Fourth Reich Takes Flight In Space [Nazis In Space] - http://io9.com/5252809...
Wow I think i have to see this, I mean Nazi zombies was great but this just seems too over the top to pass up!
- Bryan
Bucky Balls Are Like Silly Putty Made with Rare-Earth Magnets [Science] - http://i.gizmodo.com/5226084...
This is about the coolest toy I've seen in a long time! The name is a little weird though 8)
- Bryan
One Always Looks Neat With a Card Made of Meat [Networking] - http://i.gizmodo.com/5225776...
Now I want this as my business card, however I'd be tempted to visit a Vegan convention with these in tow.
- Bryan
Virtualized Windows XP coming to Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate users - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
if this turns out to be true then this could really help bridge a gap in compatibility, however I may still run into issues since Win 7 I plan to finally go 64-bit.
- Bryan
Cardapult: Score a New Job With The Business Card That Transforms Into a - http://i.gizmodo.com/5200377...
I think I just found my business card!
- Bryan
Beyond Life Hacks: Reusable Solutions to Common Productivity Problems [Mind - http://lifehacker.com/5193134...
An excellent blog post that gives many tips for anyone that wishes to get more things done.
- Bryan
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs - http://beta.netflix.com/Movie...
Shipped on 03/04/09. The crew at Planet Express must work overtime to seal a portal between their universe and an alternate universe ruled by the gargantuan alien Yivo (David Cross), whose Earth-conquering plans include making Fry the pope of the alternate realm. Bender, Leela, Amy, Farnsworth and the gang are back in this tentacle-packed feature spinoff of the hit animated series. Other guest voices include Brittany Murphy and Stephen Hawking.
- Bryan
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs - http://www.netflix.com/Movie...
The crew at Planet Express must work overtime to seal a portal between their universe and an alternate universe ruled by the gargantuan alien Yivo (David Cross), whose Earth-conquering plans include making Fry the pope of the alternate realm. Bender, Leela, Amy, Farnsworth and the gang are back in this tentacle-packed feature spinoff of the hit animated series. Other guest voices include Brittany Murphy and Stephen Hawking.
- Bryan
LEGO Mindstorm Ogre Autonomously Detects, Targets, and Destroys Other LEGO - http://i.gizmodo.com/5162330...
My son has been asking about building robots, and he loves legos, ah what a wonderful mix I need to look into these when he's a bit older to appreciate what Mindstorm can do
- Bryan
Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection: Disc 2 - http://www.netflix.com/Movie...
This disc includes the following episodes: "The Demiurge,""Isthmus Crypticus,""Reraizure,""Chronophasia" and "End Sinister."
- Bryan
How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook [How To] - http://i.gizmodo.com/5156903...
Can't wait for my Dell Mini to get in. Once I upgrade the drive I'll be doing a partition of OSX and Win7
- Bryan
Five Best Movie Cataloging Tools [Hive Five] - http://lifehacker.com/5153795...
I know some of you with rather large DVD collections would appreciate a way to track that mess.
- Bryan
Space Battleship Yamato Cruises into Lego Form [Space Battleship Yamato] - http://i.gizmodo.com/5151166...
Simply Awesome
- Bryan
10 Confessions Of A Cash4Gold Employee - http://www.bspcn.com/2009...
I figured something sounded fishy with this company. It plays on the fact that most people are either lazy or don't want to make waves to get the things they are entitled. Granted the "service" is a joke to start with.
- Bryan
Should I Have Drunk This? A Health Potion Live Review [Review] - http://i.gizmodo.com/5144909...
Heh that about sums up everyone's experience with this and the Mana Potions at the store.
- Bryan
How to Deal with Being Dumped - http://www.bspcn.com/2009...
some actual decent advice
- Bryan
Best Obama Action Figure Ever Battles Darth Vader, Terrorists, Karaoke - http://i.gizmodo.com/5136576...
okay there is something nerdily weird and very cool about this figure at the same time. I kinda want one for the oddity of it all
- Bryan
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish [Letter From The Editor] - http://lifehacker.com/5132674...
A great site that has largely impacted my productivity. Glad to see Gina isn't moving on but just going back to her roots with the site.
- Bryan
Funcom Closing Over Half Of Age of Conan Servers - http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin...
Wow this is a massive closing of a game that was widely accepted as the next WoW killer. I played for a brief time but just couldn't get into it. Problem with current modern fantasy MMOs is that they are all trying to re-invent the same wheel rather than innovate and try to bring something new to the genre. Time will tell if developers/publishers will learn but I suspect with the recession we will see more massive closings to come.
- Bryan
#ces09 Microsoft releases new tag system for cell phones
LonelyBob, David Ward, Diana and 76 other people liked this
http://www.Microsoft.com/tag This is the coolest thing I have seen so far. You can add these color tags to things and any phone can read them. They released an iPhone app today! Free!
- Robert Scoble
from email
Cool, if people will use it. Kind of like web slices, it has to be implemented. We'll see.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
is that like those QR codes?
- David
I like this idea. It's the same principle as scanning a supermarket barcode. We need more of this; Japan has it, after all! Thx for the post.
- Allen S.
Interesting but do we really need another one? I have three of these apps on my phone already. Barcorama seems to be the most versatile but I doubt it will have MS's new stuff. These "Smart pox" systems have been around for years in Asia, do we really need to reinvent the system?
- Kalidor
after looking at the site, it is like the QR codes, except colorful and by proxy hip
- David
yeah, QR Code is already well established in Japan.
- Toni @ NavinoT
Oh, neat! Just wish there was support for crappy old WinMobile devices like mine. (Mine runs 2003SE, and I can't afford to upgrade to something modern at this time.)
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
This was actually one of my startup ideas from a while back. Seemed inevitable. Print Biz card with QR (or QRcode like) and use the cameraphone to scan. Additionally you would never be without a business card if you had your phone since you could use the screen to display the code, the other phone takes a pic of your screen presto.
- mikepk
also, you use the geo data in the phone to assign a location to when / where you "met" the person
- mikepk
meta data gets attached by the very act of scanning
- mikepk
chris, that was one of the things I thought was cool about this startup idea, you don't need a fancy phone (although it helps). Just snap a photo with cameraphone and email it to an online service to process. (or upload after the fact) makes it much more accesible.
- mikepk
very cool spin to something that is already in wide use in Japan. Kudos to Microsoft for seeing the applications of this. I'm going to have to try this on my phone.
- Bryan
the zune tattoo guy is going to need some more ink :-D
- Karim
++ Karim LOL
- Mona Nomura
Would this not be just like 2d bar codes that nokia has been doing for some time? http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/ Cool but not new for the masses just new for Microsoft possibly.
- Sloan Bowman
I thought this failed years ago...
- Bwana ☠
Hey, I was the second follower of their abandoned-looking @microsofttag account. This program looks cool but appears to be a typical MSFT rush job on all ends. Program launched a blank website, and when I tried to report the bug the form said "Special characters (< and >) are not allowed in full name." (Of course there are none in my name)
- Carl Black
Another iPhone app from Microsoft. I grabbed it, but oh yeah - I don't have any of these brand new proprietary tag images around to try it out...
- Josh Bancroft
Worked the very first time on a BB 8330 with what I thought would be an inferior photo. Very interesting. I think I'll try making a tag.
- Dave Holle II
David: yes, these are like QR codes but that work much more accurately and can be far smaller than QR codes.
- Robert Scoble
Here's a video demoing it: http://www.kyte.tv/ch...
- Robert Scoble
I'd like quantification of accurate and smaller. QR codes can work with over 50% of it damaged, and I have once working that are 3/4'" on each side? I wouldn't mind seeing smaller if it becomes a standard. I notice MS's website doesn't have this info? What do they say?
- Kalidor
What is the name of the iphone app?
- Amani
Kalidor: the microsoft tags are smaller in size and can be read without special lenses on your cell phone. They seem to work a lot more accurately here.
- Robert Scoble
Not sure what you mean by special lenses, the Moto V220 I got from Rogers for free (so you can imagine the quality) had no problem with those squares on salty posters in TO streets? Do some phones need wide angle lenses or something then?
- Kalidor
Amani ... it's TagReader (you can also find via search on 'Microsoft')
- David HC Soul
Absolutely cool, this thing rocks. Tried it on multiple tags and it is able to recognize most of the tags easily. With even 2 MP camera phone it works great. Now the question, how do I make my own tags??
- Deepak Sharma
Isn't this what ShotCode has been doing for at least the last two years? http://www.shotcode.com/home
- Christopher Harley
Oh, please. QR code are exactly the same, they work perfectly well. No news here. And more: it seems that after a period of free beta, creating tag will cost you money. Oh, dear, QR codes are free, instead. Nice try.
- Federico [Kurai]
Federico: they are not the same. Look into it. And not everything Microsoft does is evil.
- Robert Scoble
I'm not saying that this is evil. Just I don't get how this is different from QR codes (except for the fancy colours). But, don't get me wrong, Robert, I'm happy for this idea. QR rocks in Japan, but never really made their way in the rest of the world. Maybe Microsoft will be able to get this technology to spread. I think it's great for games.
- Federico [Kurai]
The Adobe TV demo of Flash doing this in a browser with a regular web cam is very cool. http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f15... Long video but worth it. Jump to 41:00 min and 49:00min
- Andrew Smith
Created my first tag, posted to blog, took unbelievably blurry photo with my iPhone from the blog page on notebook (hand shaking, balanced on lap & low light) it took me successfully in the Safari browser right to the page. Wonderful. I'm looking at incorporating this for a Sports Hall of Fame to link exhibits to a virtual archive with supplemental information.... this will integrate a Second Place of Learning" with a virtual "Third Place of Learning" so that the two can be combined into one experience!
- David HC Soul
This is at least 7 or 8 years old technology. I have early versions of such cards laying in the bottom of boxes in my office somewhere. 2009 off to a rockin' start.
- michael silverton
michael: old cue cat scans weren't designed to be used by blurry cell phone cameras.
- Robert Scoble
I was thinking of printing bar code info on business cards that could be scanned by the G1 code reader. If this works, way cool!
- Greg Birch
I'm impressed, I work in the sign industry and this could have some interesting applications if enough people start to use it. The dialer tag worked quickly even when blurry and slightly crooked.
- Patrick Looney
mkay. but i'm sure you'd agree there's a fairly bright distinction between 'breakthrough' and 'refinement' right? why are we still awake? tomorrow will be a huge day! goodnight! ;-)
- michael silverton
Robert: QRcode worked as a charm with my E61 camera, which is not the best around (2 megapixel, more blurry than the iPhone one).
- Federico [Kurai]
I personally am a MS fan but have to say that in my opinion adding some colors doesn't really mean anything related to innovation. I think the size and ability to be read are depending on the resolution of the consumer device more than the underlying technologies and do you really think that changing the items from squares to triangles and adding some color could increase quality? Is there any academic paper about this issue?
- Kivanc Toker
And why to market a total new product from scratch rather than working together with Nokia? Theye are already embedding 2d barcode readers to their new products supporting the 2 widespread 2d barcode technologies which are QR and Datamatrix.
- Kivanc Toker
QR codes can be scanned, recognized, and stored while working offline. Microsoft tags require Internet connectivity, and they have to go through Microsoft server to be useful. It makes them only marginally better than cool, easy to type domain name.
- andrei_c
QR Codes are also in many products in Asia. Here in Hong Kong almost all products from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Japanese cosmetic brands have QR Codes on them. BTW: @Leather the Google project is called ZXing http://tr.im/36xc
- Vinko
Can't get it to install on my non-fancy phone ;-) Guess I'll have to stick with QR codes for now!
- Nick Jones
it requires an internet connection meaning the data in the tag isn't really stored in the tag itself whereas QR codes hold all the data in their respective code. it's color also so forget about kids using this to advertise their band's party on campus using their cheap black and white printers.
- Stefan Constantinescu
@andrei_c, @Stefan The tags *could* hold all the data in the code; but less data is necessary if everything's routed through what's essentially a "tinyurl" service. I think that's what's going on here. I'm sure using tinyurl or another shortening service w/ QR yields a more legible QR code. A tag of any kind, QR or otherwise, is no good if it can't be read.
- Wade Dorrell
But QR codes *can* be read.
- Federico [Kurai]
@Federico These can be read too. But at what angles? In what lighting? On which camera, at which quality setting? What URL, a long one or a short one? All I'm saying is using a shorter URL probably increases the odds that the code can be read, and I should say, read quickly & easily, both for QR & this tech.
- Wade Dorrell
CueCat, anyone? Still, it seems like an interesting take on QR Codes, and the 2D barcode "data pointer" concept in general.
- Tyson Key
Very cool!
- Matthew Bishop
Never had a single problem with the E61i camera (which is a pretty standard 2mpixel) in every lighting condition. The scan is fast and reliable. I really don't see the need to use a third party server just for a small increase in the reliability. Japanese are using QR for a long time now, it is an open and affordable technology. Microsoft is proprietary and less economic, with few appreciable advantages.
- Federico [Kurai]
I like it, set up a few myself. Will put on my blog that i never seem to update. Showed a friend and he set his twitter picture to it which sends the user to his blog. Be interesting to see it around.
- Simon Wicks
WARNING: PISSING & MOANING - Why must Microsoft pull this crap. There areW codes like QR which are used all over the world. Just because it hasn't caught on in America, Microsoft has to go and create their own tag that they can license for profit. This is why America is behind in tech coolness. Standards exist. Look at Japan, Finland, etc.. I'm envious of what they have and I'm pissed because it's the Microsofts of America that are preventing us from having this kind of tech.
- Pete Barry
Pete, how does Microsoft Neapolitan ice cream "prevent" us from having somebody else's vanilla? :-) if Google was on top of things, they would have rolled out QR and *integrated it with AdWords.* Print ads that drive to website = $$$$.
- Karim
[light bulb goes on over head] now if you'll excuse me, I have to go file a patent. lol
- Karim
wow -- very cool. I wonder what's going on with Google's QR
- Mike
I just wrote up my thoughts here - http://www.centernetworks.com/microso... - this is very disappointing -r eminds me of facebook connect - i really like where qr codes are going and now we get this new microsoft tag?
- Allen Stern
@waded I agree and understand, however, as long as there are places like airplanes, trains, rural areas, foreign countries with expensive roaming, etc, routing through server is a deal breaker. We aren't going to have truly ubiquitous Internet access for at least a decade. And I don't even want to start on how this limits range of devices that can support tags. Basically, it rules out everything except smartphones and laptops with attached cameras.
- andrei_c
I just tried it. It launches the IE browser on my phone (HTC Fuze) instead of the much better Opera browser. Make sure to uncheck the "Always launch IE" in settings to get it working with your default mobile browser. They should have made this the default, at least until they improve the mobile browser.
- Jim Cahill
@yesthatkarim You are absolutely right. There are choices. My fear is that the general public will go with the one that is publicized and that will be MSFT Tag. There are a handful of QR code readers for the iPhone which I've tried out and they work great. I just tried to create a MSFT Tag to try their iPhone app and they required a login. That's a big FAIL. It's just sad to see some tech companies embracing openness while others keep their doors locked.
- Pete Barry
http://www.microsoft.com/tag... for some discussion of QR vs. this tech.
- Wade Dorrell
Benefits for end-users here: http://www.microsoft.com/tag... and publishers here: http://www.microsoft.com/tag...
- Wade Dorrell
@andrei_c supposedly the application can store the scanned tag for later use in a disconnected situation; I read that somewhere on microsoft.com.
- Wade Dorrell
There are some benefits to what Microsoft is doing; less space used for the same amount of data compared to QR/DataMatrix codes., tracking, lots of $ to push the effort. But the BIG problem I see is that Microsoft will be able to track all of these codes. QR and DataMatrix codes embed the ACTUAL data in the image. The Tag just embeds a code that the MS site uses to redirect the browser. Come on MS, just get behind a proven, public domain standard like DataMatrix.
- Mark Simonds
Microsoft Keynote from CES 2009 - http://majornelson.com/archive...
in case you wanted to hear the keynote rather than just read the highlights
- Bryan
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