Google invites users to join Wave

"Google Wave, which combines e-mail, instant messaging and wiki-style editing will go on public trial today."

This new web communication tool encompasses a variety of aspects a user would use several websites or programs for everyday.

If you have to e-mail a friend, co-worker, or boss or maybe all three you can simply create a 'wave' with them involved and your 'e-mail' in lack of better words is shared by all three. No 'cc' or 'bcc' but rather a platform where you all three can see what the other says and respond immediately or if need be a longer period of time.

Not just as simple as email but photo sharing, bulletin board mach-ups, and many other uses are capable with Google wave. Whether you prefer to bulletin board (such as myself) or Instant Messages, as others do the 'wave' can handle both. What's really interesting is that you can also see real time typing from the other user. So as they answer you back in your 'IM' or bulletin post you see what they are writing, how bad they type, etc... lol

One big set back is for IE users. This platform uses HTML 5 and again with the horrors of IE it cant keep up. So instead if your an IE user be sure to add the 'frame' provided upon download (which is basically Google Chrome) so you can experience all the great features. ( I suggest downloading Firefox, Flock, Chrome, etc... -_-)

One more great feature I know of and kinda like is the fact that you can edit anyone's message on a wave. As I understand it you cannot delete or change what they have but only add to it? Nonetheless, the original poster will still have an opportunity to undo the edit and return to the original post. Also, as a fellow person in the wave you can pick out specific parts of the conversation and reply to that instead of quoting and such. <-- Very kool! ...

If you wish to join Wave now you must do so in a hurry ( I've already sent a request but I dunno if I made it!) because they have only released a limited amount of openeings to the public:

"It will be open to 100,000 invitees from 1600BST, each of whom can nominate five further people to "join the Wave". "


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Veoh - Free Videos/Clips and TV Online

Veoh Networks was founded in late 2004 by Dmitry Shapiro. Their vision is to: "To make Veoh the most valuable video experience on the Internet."

The site allows users to watch videos, clips, music, and tvs shows online. They also allow users to upload their own videos provided they abide by Veoh's terms. One neat feature is the ability to subscribe to someone else's group or channel so that if you think this user is uploading supurb content you can follow that user's content and look forward to seeing their next great media.

Veoh has compiled for main services for its users and has begun perfecting every detail to the best of their abilities one by one.


Below is a list and a short description about each service information provided from the Veoh website.

• Veoh.com: Popular video portal, where you can access tens of millions of videos from major content publishers like CBS, ABC, WB, MTV Networks, ESPN, Sony/BMG and Lions Gate, other video sites like YouTube and Hulu, as well as thousands of independent filmmakers and content producers. It's all on Veoh.com.

• Veoh Video Compass™: Browser add-on that instantly generates relevant online video recommendations as you visit some of the most popular sites on the web. These video recommendations - which are tailored based on the viewing behavior of millions of online video users - make it easy for you to find videos you may have forgotten about, watch things you didn't know existed, or uncover something new.

• Veoh for iPhone: Veoh is also available on the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Simply navigate to Veoh.com and we'll automatically route you to our iPhone/iPod Touch web application. In a matter of seconds, you get access to our most popular hosted videos whenever you're on the go.

• Veoh Web Player: Lightweight, downloadable application that allows you to watch full-length videos directly in your browser, download videos from Veoh and other popular video sites for offline viewing, and organize your videos in a library to watch later.

I see veoh all over the net as a source a premiere video services. Many websites use their services to improve their own sites and services. Even if having to download their Web Player to watch full length videos at times it is totally worth it.

I have had great experiences with veoh and I will continue to do so. I hope that you will decide to check them out and share my views about the services of Veoh.

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The Appendix: Useful and in Fact Promising

Once an organ destined to be nothing more than a pest may actually have a place in everyday life. The appendix could be a great thing for those people that have ever experienced Gharida ... that's for sure.

This organ was once said by Charles Darwin that it is a left over organ used when our digestive systems needed it. However, he may not have come to this conclusion with the information provided in today's times. With information of other species having this organ and it's associated cecum organ being attached to it scientist have been able to discover more and more about this organ.

Some of it's basic functions would be to store or house "good bacteria" for when our body may need it .. hint at the Gharida statement ...lol... also to make, direct, and train white blood cells.

One last thing about this organ is that it has been said that about 1 out of 20 people you may know may have had this organ removed due to an illness known as appendicitis. Appendicitis is a potentially deadly inflammation of the appendix. With modern medicines however, scientists believe that if they could cure this illness that would also help out in the process of seeing far less cases of allergies and autoimmune disease.

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Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

Microsoft has been accused of infringing on patent dealing with the XML programming. This programming language allows the user to format text and to be use the file created on other programs typically in the form of a .docx, .xml, or .docm.

Anyways, Microsoft is said to have to play $290m to a Canadian firm i4i whom which had supposedly had the patent in 1998. Microsoft has 60 days to act and a spokesperson for Microsoft had said that they are disappointed with the judges ruling and they are going to appeal. Not only that but also said by this spokesperson, Kevin Kuts was, "We believe the evidence clearly demonstrated that we do not infringe and that the i4i patent is invalid. We will appeal the verdict."

I find this quite interesting that this is just now coming out seeing that Word has been in business for multiple years and even the newest version of office for a couple. I would expect that this would be taken to court years prior but I do have a theory or two.

Maybe the 'actual' patent owner i4i did have the patent and that they were waiting it out to see Microsoft get big and for Word to be popular so that they could get more and more money from the lawsuit. Hmm. Or, they managed to get a hold of people in special places and somehow turn the evidence around to create a faulty patent which would prove the spokesperson statement that the patent i4i has on the programming is invalid.

No matter what happens I'm sure there are plenty of geeky programmers at Microsoft already coming up with another way to write the programming to get more bang out their buck for the functions Word has. I for one will still use the program for every need I could have from it and I do not feel like this firm should have any claim over it as having waited this long to do so.

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Apple Tablet

The above title is linked to the story which is one of many O.o!


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Apparently Apple is developing a tablet that is a larger version of the the iPod touch with a few more capabilities. The Financial times has also backed this slightly and I'm beginning to wonder how I can make use of it...lol

Anyways there is talk that it could be revealed around October (Some say earlier and others later) for the Christmas season. It is rumored to be priced around $800 and to me that's not such a bad price. Hopefully its got a lot of new features ... I would prefer to have more features with that price lol.

One of the features that may determine it's size will be the screen. Some are saying a 10" touch screen and others say just under at 9.7". Either to me is a completely new interface and makes me think of 2 things, one good and the other eh, not so good.

Firstly, with a new technology of its sort more and more design aspects open up and hopefully apple will allow others to use this touchscreen capabilities in the near future. I could definitely find ways for it to improve my design engineering field of study.

Secondly would be security and damage control. With this being a larger and more delicate piece of technology not only could possible thieves see the item and be even more temped to steal it but with it having such a large touchscreen protecting it may be a hassle. I'm sure there will be plenty of ways to protect the screen via case and larger film protectors but with a much larger screen it gives a larger target for any flying objects or whatever you could think of.

All in all I can't wait to see if the rumors are true and if they are I would like to give it a go and try it for myself to see what I could get out of this newly crafted device.

- I do believe they have a little competition however. But I do not think that the capabilities of that machine could compare to what apple may have in store.

New7Wonders

The same campaigning group that after 2200 years determined a new set of the 7 Wonders of The World bring you the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

These campaigns are held worldwide and the last campaign for the 7 Wonders of The World accumulated over 100 million votes. You are able to cast your vote by going to their website (link posted above), through telephone, and by text messaging people all over the world can be a part of this historical uprising.

As for myself ::

Amazon

Black Forest

Dead Sea

Grand Canyon

Iguazu Falls

Komodo

Sundarbans

:: These were my picks! .... You should check it out as well!

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Facebook Violations!

Okay, so Canada's Privacy Commissioner says that Facebook has multiple privacy issues that need to be taken care of. The commissioner set a "probe" to check out Facebook's privacy practices in response to a complaint received.

It appears that there are at least four main areas of concern:

• The excessive amount of personal user information given to third party application developers from all around the world.
  


• The inability of a user to delete their account, which would eliminate their personal information from Facebook servers permanently. Currently, users can only deactivate their account.
  


• The lack of information provided to users about how their friends can gain access to their personal information.
  


• The fact that personal information about non-users is collected and used within Facebook.
  

One point that was shocking to me a statement within this report said, "For example, a user is not made aware that if they enter their date of birth on their profile page, that date of birth is shared with advertisers. "

I know this happens many of times all over the place on the net but typically it is written in the fine print of their TOS(Term of Service) that you are allowing them to do this. Thus the reason they have words in bold nearby to such things telling you to READ THIS!

So from that Facebook has conjured up a statement released Thursday, the company said: "As part of our continued leadership in developing privacy tools that advance user control over their information, Facebook will soon be introducing a number of new additional privacy features to its service that we believe will address any remaining concerns the privacy commission may have."

I suppose we'll see in the upcoming future?