Latest Cool Tool blogs: Controlling robots via brain-power The evidence keeps mounting that someday the robots will control the world. Or maybe I'm just being paranoid... From the IDG News Service comes today's robot video, in which Honda's research wing and Japan's Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International are showing off a brain machine interface system that lets a person control a robot through thought alone (BUM-BUM-BUM-BUMMMMM) (emphasis added). Latest Newsmaker of the Week podcast: The Graying of Consumer Technology A new Accenture survey shows that Baby Boomers are embracing popular consumer technology at a higher rate than their Generation Y counterparts. Keith Shaw talks with Kumu Puri, a senior executive with Accenture's Consumer Technology industry group, about the graying of consumer technology, and the new opportunities created by this trend. (12:45) Latest DEMO podcast: Crowd wisdom or mob mentality? Carla and Keith discuss whether peer pressure caused Facebook's about-face on its redesign, whether some industries are not suited for social networking, and why Keith can't find a good pair of blue jeans. (20:49) Latest Twisted Pair podcast: Hey kids, what's Colonel Klink up to? Jason and Keith discuss possible IBM layoffs, Baby Boomers finally adopting technology, and why Keith has 87 episodes of Hogan's Heroes on his DVR. Latest Network World Panorama podcast: Avoiding the 5 Traps of eDiscovery Is your data retention and e-mail archiving system up to date with the latest rules and regulations concerning electronic discovery (eDiscovery)? Keith Shaw talks with Rick Dales of Proofpoint about some of the hidden pitfalls surrounding eDiscovery. Find out if you're ready before the lawyers come calling. (14:27) Latest from The video library: CTIA: Skype goes mobile with iPhone, BlackBerry versions Skype's peer-to-peer VOIP software is now available on the iPhone and a beta version will be coming soon for the BlackBerry. CTIA: Samsung shows mobile WiMAX device As the CTIA Wireless trade show got off the ground in Las Vegas, the South Korean electronics giant unveiled the Mondi, a mobile Internet device that will run on Clearwire's WiMax data service. Dell's new server and storage products Dell promised to cut IT managers' ongoing costs with a set of server, storage, and management products it unveiled Wednesday in San Francisco. Europe probes online tracking methods European Commission officials launch investigation into the growing use of deep packet inspection techniques that let broadband providers track online activity, even if consumers delete tracking cookies. EU agrees on single telecom market European Union lawmakers have finally agreed on the shape and powers of a new pan-European telecom regulator. They hammered out a compromise deal to create BEREC, the body of European regulators of electronic communications.
Ontario program aims to double recycling of e-waste A coalition of electronics retailers and vendors kicked off a program this week in the Canadian state of Ontario that hopes to more than double the amount of old electronics products collected for reuse and recycling. FujiFilm camera goes 3D Japan's FujiFilm is hoping to add a new dimension to photography this year: the third dimension. A prototype camera, on show at last week's Photo Imaging Expo in Tokyo, is two cameras in one. Latest cool news from Microsoft Subnet The folding Microsoft Arc mouse...Redmond's coolest piece of hardware Microsoft Subnet talks up Microsoft's Arc Mouse Special Edition as one of the best piece of hardware to come out of the software giant. April giveaways galore Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. |
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