Analysts at Butler Group give their viewpoint of what lies ahead in 2007 for Enterprise IT. “Will organisations look to Remote Management delivered from offshore locations? Will Radio Frequency ID tags (RFID) start to be used at the product or item level rather than on pallets and containers.”
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You decide what you want to watch, when you want to watch, ad-free, free, and lots of content (almost all channels in the world) – hasn’t happened yet, but Venice Project looks like a perfect kick-start. Via ars. Concept: IPTV.
DivX, XviD, MPEG, WMV, ASF, Quicktime, Ogg, Matroska, Real, H.263 and the list goes on. What’s your favorite way to play all these files without installing multiple players? Mine:
- VLC media player – recommended by Lifehacker too!
- K-Lite Codec Pack or XP Codec Pack with media player
- Search for x on the web – Google (and others)
- What is x summarised and where does it fit in the big picture? – Social collaboration: Wikipedia (and other wikis)
- What are cool things x; in category y and/or time z? – Social collaboration: Reddit, Digg, Blogs via Technorati or WordPress top list; or RSS aggregation: Client-side (Sharpreader..) or Server-side (Reader, Bloglines..)
- (1) is moving closer to (2) and (3) with searchmash.
- (2) is moving closer to (1) with Wikiasari.
- (3) seems independent at the moment – any opportunities to move closer to (1) or (2)?
Want a wiki for your own project? Can’t be bothered to have your own LAMP setup, hardware/networking resources, admin. security and authentication? And, certainly not bothered to choose amongst 50+ wiki software? Wikipedia founder’s latest venture, backed by several famous angel investors – Wikia is for you! Via PCMag.
No prizes for guessing the top entry, it’s proof for Poincaré Conjecture. The runners-up are thus more interesting. Original link via BBC.
Researchers at University of Pennsylvania have developed a backpack which makes one feel ‘86% reduction’ in the weight being carried. A bungee system keeps the weight suspended at the same height above the ground while the carrier is walking or running, [resulting in a constant potential energy for the suspended weight] hence reducing the strain on the body. Innovative!
Ok, I confess I’ve been late to discover TeX; and merely few decades since it first came out 🙂 I knew about its existence for some time, but never seriously bought into the idea i.e., actually use it myself for some real work. After reading first two pages of LyX Introduction, I’m fully convinced – WYSIWYM >> WYSIWYG; and I’m going to use it from now on!
In case you hit the same installation problem on Windows as I did, here is the solution to it. Also, to change default font from ugly bitmap font to outline font, simply use \usepackage{lmodern} or\usepackage{times} in the document preamble.
Thanks to Piyush for the recommendation.
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Linux distributions timeline (picture)
A nice visualization of millions of Linux distributions over the last decade or so, their timeline and relationships.
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15 unusual ways to use Google
Cool collection of 15 tips to use Google. And here is a 16th: mp3 files for your fav. artist! And a 17th: pdf papers for your research topic from US educational institutions 🙂 Original link via Lifehacker.