Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Author: Kendall Whitehouse
The blogosphere will be all abuzz today about Microsoft's offer to acquire Yahoo! this morning. It will be interesting to watch people tally the pros and cons on this one. Here are my initial thoughts. Yahoo would provide Microsoft with valuable online properties in a number of major categories: Flickr for photo sharing, Yahoo Finance, … Continue reading Microsoft and Yahoo! (and Adobe)
The Australian Centre for Visual Technologies has developed a prototype of VideoTrace, a tool for creating three-dimensional models from video footage. It will make more sense if you watch their video demo at http://www.acvt.com.au/research/videotrace/ Although it's a bit routine at the beginning, hang in there until the midpoint when the capabilities of this technology become … Continue reading 3D Modeling from Video
There were a number of interesting announcements at this morning's MacWorld keynote presentation by Steve Jobs including software enhancements to the iPhone and iTouch, and a very thin Mac notebook computer. Also noteworthy are the newly announced movie features of iTunes and Apple TV. Apple's iTunes Movie Rentals will include the option to view both … Continue reading The Amazing Steve Show
If you haven't yet seen the Bill Gates "farewell" video from the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, it's available on MSN Soapbox -- in Flash video rather than Silverlight. If you're reading this in a feed or can't see the embedded video, here's the link: Video: Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
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