Archive for March, 2008
Best Buy Prepares for Digital TV Conversion »
YeOldeTechy received an email today from Best Buy.They are preparing for the conversion of television to digital in the following ways:+++-Beginning in early 2006, Best Buy began providing consumers with in-store and online information about the DTV broadcast transition including brochures and a dedicated page at BestBuy.com/DTV.-In October 2007, [...]
Adobe PhotoShop Express »
What is Adobe PhotoShop Express?It is a free web-based version of PhotoShop with a limited set of features. Here is the web site.What are some of the Features of Express?There are quite a few very cool features for editing a photo (cropping, red eye touch up, sharpening, balancing, sketching, distorting, and more), embedding a photo on a blog or [...]
Proclaim by Netbriefings News »
In a previous blog entry I took a look at Proclaim which I consider one of the best streaming applications around.Today I received an email with this link. Take a peek, it is very interesting. Short corporate messages are becoming more and more important (and you can save $$ on travel, save the environment...DUH).I really need to use Proclaim a [...]
Telepresence »
There is a lot of talk and hoopla about "telepresence". To most, the current definition of telepresence has evolved to mean: A very expensive room-based super-high-quality videoconferencing capability. And you need to buy two. Many years ago (starting in 1992) we developed a concept called "Personal Telepresence" . This was based on your [...]
Cell Phone Earpieces »
"Hello, how are you" says the stranger you just walked by. "I'm fine, how are you?" you reply. The stranger gives you the evil eye as he or she continues talking. You feel like a dork. My daughter, Kristen, and I have been thinking about how the world will look with millions of people wandering around seemingly talking to no one. I must [...]
