Links for 08-13-08

dodom by Drew on August 13th, 2008 in Closing Thoughts

Links for 08-11-08

dodom by Drew on August 11th, 2008 in Closing Thoughts
  • Perhaps Apple was a bit overzealous in pushing out the 3G iPhone and, in extension, the MobileMe platform. Yesterday Mac Mail was down for a few hours causing a loss in communication for a number of users.
  • Do you want to impress your friends on the next night out by ordering your food in the native language of the menu? Well, if you have an iPhone Google is ready to help you do just that.
  • Geotagging has become increasingly popular with photographers and especially Flickr addicts. I guess you can’t like about that picture of the “African mountain lion you were 5 feet away from in lower Ghana” if you actually took the shot at the San Diego zoo. But seriously, Nikon has just launched the Coolpix P6000 point and click has amongtst other things a full size ethernet port, GPS capabilities and 13.2 megapixels of digital glory.
  • Windows Media Player 11 is availble for download on the Microsoft site if you don’t already have it. Borrowing from the cult classic Spinal Tap, MS ensures us that you can now “turn it up to 11.”
  • If you’ve tried to catch the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics you may have noticed that many of the videos have been removed and a photographic montage put in its place. While quite annoying it has left many watchers wondering what is behind the censorship. With no concrete answers you may find it interesting to read about the onslaught of copyright infringement suits that have been implemented in less than a week.