Archive for August, 2008
Take photos, build your 3D world with Photosynth
I still remember when I saw videos of this service when it was still in labs. Photosynth from Microsoft is a new technology that is now being open to the public. The technology takes a collection of photos and smartly creates a 3D environment out of them. What’s cool about it is now it’s open [...]
Qualitynet Support – DNE!
OK so I’ve been discussing this yesterday with several others. Qnet is not a charm, but their support seems a bit better than others. I either cursed it or was punished for saying something totally untrue. I renewed for 512 kbps yesterday, which makes me ofcourse entitled for 1024 kbps. However I got a confirmation [...]
What is a must plugin?
There are always those good & bad plugins, and sometimes rise a plugin, where it must basically be a built-in feature. That one plugin is the famously growing WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin by Techie-Buzz. Every now and then, or once a security hole was found and a patch was released for it, we would need [...]
Use Photographs to enhance videos
There are both ups and downs in life, but then comes those strong moments where it hits you hard. Where you just stand there and say, what a joke my life is compared to this. The system built by University of Washington students uses still photos of the scene, to enhance the relevant videos, giving [...]
Careful iPhone 3G Fans…
I always tend to think of iPhone as a cool promising beta product, and with iPhone 3G, it turned out to be no difference. More and more iPhone 3G customers are getting frustrated and some returning their (holy) iPhones for their money because of bad signals and drop calls. The problem seems to be happening [...]
Flying soon? Know your seat with SeatGuru.com
A relative of mine introduced me to this site a while a go, and I have to say it’s a must to check before you pick your seats for your next flight. SeatGuru is the site offering seating information for all major worldwide airlines. How often would you pick a seat thinking it’s good only [...]
What’s better than Amazon Kindle? Sony Digital Reader!
If there is one eBook reader that is promising to me right now, it’s this one It looks fancier, overall bit smaller than Amazon Kindle, cheaper, comes with 100 FREE classic eBooks, and best of all… it’s open. It can be used to view images, unsecured audio, unsecured text books, and for DRM books, [...]