November 16, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under Software, Videos - written by Elliot Gibson
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If you havn’t already seen Minority Report - The movie, you should probably go and see it now. This new operating system mimics the one in the actual movie. One of the science advisers from the film and along with some other “visionaries” has created a real-life and working example of the computer system used in the film. It is called G-Speak and was created by Oblong.
This fancy piece of software combines “hand gestures, recombinant networking, and real world pixels. The creators dub it as “the first major step in computer interface since 1984.” This video pretty much sums the whole thing up. Imagine using Google Earth with this! Wouldn’t that be fun?
November 12, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under Microsoft, Software, Videos - written by Elliot Gibson
Only just yesterday, marked the 25th anniversary of Microsoft’s first ever Operating System “Windows 1.0″. It’s hard to believe that without it 1.0 we wouldn’t have XP/Vista or the new Windows 7. Windows 1.0 was one of the first Operating Systems to feature a proper Graphical Interface. It also included some advance features (for its time) like being able to copy and paste, a calender, a note filer, a clock AND one of the first games ever to be integrated into the earlier operating systems, Reversi!
Wow! So many features. For only $99! Here’s a funny video of Steve Ballmer the chief executive of Microsoft (one of the more enthusiastic employees). He was the second person in the world to become a billionaire, see what he was like before he became rich in this video:
November 11, 2008 at 1:00 am · Filed under Software, Videos - written by Elliot Gibson
Put short: Shazam Basically listens to the song that’s playing and recognizes it and gives you the name, artist, and album. So its really a “music recognizing” application that can be installed on to your iPhone.
Once the song is recognized It also shows a list of YouTube videos of the song. For example as a song plays on the radio, lets say “New Soul” by Yael Naim , Shazam listens to the song for about 15 seconds then identifies it and shows you all the details you need to know on how to find it. Shazam even shows you where you can buy the song!
I would say this applications is probably most useful when you’re listening to the radio and hear a song you like, but don’t know the artist or song name. Shazam can get that precious song information you need! So far I have not heard of Shazam ever failing in trying to recognize a song. So its pretty reliable. Shazam has over 6 million tracks and is also available on Google’s Android!
