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  • Advertising turns to SPAM on MySpace

    When a good idea appears in the Internet space, it attracts people, a lot of idle people and a lot of marketing people. Of course, with marketing comes its shameful brother: SPAM. This is exactly what is happening right now on MySpace, the virtual social network where teens have been spreading and sharing for months…

  • Reading poetry in Paris

    In the evening of November 25, a poetry reading happened in the Equipages bookstore, rue de Bagnolet in Paris. It was organised with the help of Editions L’improviste. As I was in the public and that I had my camera with me, I shot a few pictures:     Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them.

  • Cover your iPod nano in paper

    Some people wish they could cover their precious iPod nano with a decorated paper. The first solution is merely to go and buy to Sector29. But, I really think that $19,95 is a little too much for a piece of colored and folded paper. The solution? Do it yourself without spending so much. Use the…

  • AntiGravity: Toilets flush and Microsoft

    AntiGravity: Toilets flush and Microsoft

    There is no end to jokes about what Microsoft did wrong (they’re the number one target for many jokes and many grievances, just from their being #1 software company). Today, I want to point you to an excellent little paper by Steve Mirsky published in his excellent column in Scientific American magazine. In the October…

  • From Bras to Bag in 10 seconds

    Ok! We already knew that Japanese people were not thinking exactly like the rest of the world (it makes them both loveable and totally foreign to us Westerners). But, this time, I admit they caught me by surprise with this major (?) technological innovation serving what is at the core of every woman in the…

  • HD-Ready, crooks are out

    HD-Ready, crooks are out

    We already wrote here about it when the HD-Ready and HD-TV programs were launched, the nice black and white little logos supposed to bring the guarantee of compatibility of electronic devices with High Definition (HD) video are only adding to the confusion of the consumers. At best, the buyer wonders what is really covered by…

  • Penguins on YouTube

    A nice little video about penguins, found on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/nBzF8pXSnx0Â The next one, titled “Do penguins fly?“, is a special offer for photo amateurs. Wildlife photo may be difficult in some cases: http://www.youtube.com/v/EnlCz1P95WM

  • Exploding batteries kill Sony profits

    The last figures have now been published: Sony finished counting the beans after several months of news of exploding laptop PC batteries and of worldwide product recalls. instead of 130 billion yens, they forecast to dive into a loss of about 50 billion yens. It is left to be seen what impact it will have…

  • AllOfMp3.com has trouble with online payments

    AllOfMp3.com, the MP3 music web site publishing from the territory of Russia is in real trouble. Probably really pissed of by the very low prices found there and because AllOfMp3 does not include Digital Rights Management (DRM) in the downloaded MP3 files (some of the copyright holders even tell that the sale is completely illegal…