HP Web-Connected Printer Without PC

>гардеробиett-Packard on Monday introduced an Internet-connected inkjet printer that lets people print coupons, movie tickets, maps, and other items from Web sites without having to turn on a PC.

The HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web has a 4.33-inch touch screen for navigating to sites. The printer includes software for accessing Web content from HP partners, including USA Today, Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Fandango, Coupons.com, DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon, Web Sudoku, and Weathernews.
HP also launched HP Apps Studio, a site for downloading future applications for the printer. HP has included application programming interfaces with the printer’s software platform for third parties to build software and make it available through the Apps Studio, a strategy made popular with Apple’s launch of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Uganda ICT users create ICT consumer lobby

A group of Uganda ICT enthusiasts have moved to create a consumer lobby that will help address concerns of dissatisfied users of computer products and services. Members of the private sector, civil society and the media have joined to create the Uganda ICT Consumer Protection Association.

ISPs in the country are widely known for poor customer service, and up to now customers have not had a consumer group to help them troubleshoot problems with PCs and computer peripherals.

“The association is here to awaken responsibility among users of ICT products and services, providers of the services and regulators, considering that users pay a lot of money for these products and services,” James Wire Lunghabo, the chairman of the new lobby said in an interview. Continue Reading…

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Google announced the launch of ocean in Google Earth

Google announced the launch of ocean in Google Earth, a new feature that enables users of Google Earth to dive beneath the water surface, explore 3D underwater terrain and browse ocean-related content contributed by leaders in ocean science and advocacy.

The new version of Google Earth also introduces Historical Imagery, a feature that enables users to virtually travel back in time through archival satellite and aerial imagery, Touring, which makes it simple to create a narrated tour in Google Earth and share it with the world and Google Mars 3D, which features hi-res imagery and terrain of the red planet. Continue Reading…

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Delaying data could cut net’s carbon footprint



Juggling the way information flows in computer networks and putting idle machines to sleep can dramatically cut power use

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AT&T Says Internet’s Current Architecture Will Reach Its Limit By 2010

“Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, warned that the current systems that constitute the Internet will not be able to cope with the increasing amounts of video and user-generated content being uploaded.”

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How much would you pay for a memory chip in your brian?

How much would you pay to have a small memory chip implanted in your brain if that chip would double the capacity of your short-term memory? Or guarantee that you would never again forget a face or a name?

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Shakespeare goes digital

LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare’s plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.

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Dell and HP see laptop battery shortage

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price increases.

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Google holders seek human rights, censorship review

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shareholders of Google Inc will propose that the Web search company take steps to ensure freedom of Internet access and establish a review of its operations’ effect on human rights, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

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Netflix resumes DVD shipping after online outage

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said it resumed shipping DVDs on Tuesday after a technological breakdown knocked out its site for much of Monday.

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