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Veterans Find Companionship Online

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Honda's new robotic walker

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PlantSense

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Texas Instruments Cuts Jobs

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My Index Web Page

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The theme for my image is the places that I have been. My photos came from openphoto.com and from creativecommons.com. I used 5 layers in it, and I used the following filters and effects:

Miami- adjust color
NYC- motion blur/ increased brightness
places- find edges
Las Vegas- Gaussian blur
San Fransisco- sharpen more

Also, for the Miami picture at the top I changed the opacity to 86 and the opacity of the San Fransisco image to 83.

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We used fade in and fade out. The ocean sound came from findsounds.com. We both recorded our voices at different times and then used the ocean sound in the background.

Security and Flash Drives

In the article, "Tiny flash drives improve their security," by Ron Harris, an Associated Press Writer, he gave a review of two new flash drives and a new software that help protect users. These new devices have extra security features that make only the owner have access to important documents. Out of the three products he gave: Pocket Safe, IronKey, and TrueCrypt, I think i like the features and how easy IronKey is. Although, it is the most expensive out of the three, it is password protected, has it's own Firefox browser, and has large storage space.
I think in today's time, security is a very important feature for anything that stores important information. Since the world revolves around computers and technology now, it is crucial that everyone keep their private information and documents safe and protected. I will definitely look into this product and possibly the TrueCrypt free software to protect my flash drive information!

Obama on iPhone

With only a month until the election, the Obama iPhone application was announced on October 2, 2008 according to The New York Times online. It has the typical news about the candidate, position papers, and campaign videos. A nice addition to it is that it provides users with information on local events and near-by recruiting volunteers. The best feature of this application, in my opinion, is that it organizes and identifies people in your address book who live in swing states. This allows the user to call his or her friends to tell them to vote for Senator Obama.
It's crazy how much of the Presidential election revolves around media and technology. I personally think that this application for the iPhone is great! If i had an iPhone, i would definitely put it on there. I think it is really interesting how the Obama campaign is using this application as publicity and marketing. The people who put this Obama application on their iPhone, will then be a campaign volunteer if they spread the word of Obama to their friends in the swing states.

Mashup- Celebrity Pictures

This celebrity mashup allows users to search for their favorite actress, model, or singer. The site uses Yahoo, Google, and YouTube. For every female celebrity, people can look up their profile, pictures, videos, and recent news about them. Personally, I do not see any real purpose for this site, other than learning simple facts about your favorite female celebrity and looking up racy pictures of her. In my opinion, it might be more of a site for men since most of the pictures are a bit too sexy for a woman's taste. Under videos for singers, the site has video clips of their performances; this is really the only useful thing I can see with using this site. The layout and structure of the site is nice and inviting, but the actual content is unnecessary and pointless.

Link to mashup:
http://www.sexy-celebrity-picture.com/sexy-models.php

Google Phone

According to The New York Times online, the first Google phone should be announced next week on September 23. T-Mobile will be the provider of the Android software cellular phone. The phone is being produced by HTC but will most likely not be available for sale until October. But, details of the new phone will be released at a press release in New York. This Google phone is expected to become a direct competitor for Apple's iPhones and the BlackBerrys. I think all three of these high-tech phones are great, but they are only great for the people that are tech-savy and "cool hunters" when it comes to technology. I, for one, am horrible when it comes to figuring out how to work these fancy phones and would much rather like one that is simple and does not have internet and extra features. Dont get me wrong, i think having internet and email access is good for certain business and busy people, just not everyone. Altogether though, i think this new Google phone should be pretty cool to see next month. I'm predicting it could have as much success as the iPhone did when it first came out since Google is an extremely popular and well-known company like Apple.

Electronic Newspaper

Technology has come a very long way from even just a decade ago. In The New York Times article, “New E-Newspaper Reader Echoes Look of the Paper,” by Eric A. Taub, he discusses how newspapers will soon be able to be in an electronic version. This is not just by email and Internet though! Plastic Logic is coming out with “an electronic newspaper reader.” It is made out of plastic and has a lightweight screen but can be read like a real newspaper, with paper turns and everything. It can be updated whenever via a link and can store important documents and even books too. However, this product and the newspaper companies that subscribe to this electronic paper are kind of kicking themselves in the rear end. The newspaper’s websites provide news information for free, so why would people want to buy the electronic paper device when they can just go on the Internet? Personally, I would rather read a paper version of a newspaper because I can just comprehend more than on a computer or tiny plastic screen. Also, the younger generation these days would rather get their information off the Internet anyway. However, it is a very cool concept to have a smaller paper that won’t smudge or leave marks on your fingers and that can be portable.

Chrome

According to CNN.com, Google just released a new web browser called Chrome. It is in direct competition with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The browser works with Microsoft Windows and is still working on making the browser compatible with Apple and Linux systems. However, it is a little ironic that Google is coming out with their new browser a week after the Internet Explorer 8 was released. Google's Chrome is supposed to be a more sophisticated Web browser. Although the product might be great, it sounds to me that the tensions between Microsoft and Google exceed the story of the new Web browsers. This story suggests that since Chrome is more sophisticated, it will be easier for people to customize their online preferences. I am curious to see what Chrome really is and what makes it stand out from the rest of the Web browsers out there.