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A new video from the DASPTV video site. You know about DASPTV, right? If not, get on over there now and take a look. The primary wrangler of DASPTV is our friend Mark Wisecarver, enthusiast,...
View ArticleDemo of Seamless Computing by nsquared
Check this out. The following video is a demo showing an example of how you may be able to seamlessly move from Windows Phone 7, Windows tablets, Surface, Kinect and the flat screen TV. The demo is...
View ArticleSQL source control, Team Foundation Server and deep fried chick peas. What...
Our friends at Falafel Software (why do I always feel hungry when I talk about them?) published a video earlier this month that demonstrates SQL Source Control using Red Gate (for which our own Joe Jun...
View ArticleEver wonder how Google updates their search algorithms?
Just wanted to share this fascinating look inside the process of tweaking the Google search algorithms. Follow @John_DASP
View ArticleWow! Advances in Augmented Reality at Microsoft Research
Microsoft Research showed off some of the advances in augmented reality combining tablet, Kinect motion sensor and cloud computing. You have to check out this demo. This is wild stuff. It’s preliminary...
View ArticleHoloDesk – More Microsoft Augmented Reality
Hard to describe it – just got to check it out. We used to think talking to oneself while walking was a sign of dementia but now its totally normal. Next up to become normal - playing with objects that...
View ArticleNokia Flexible UI Prototype
Check out a Nokia prototype mobile device – it’s flexible! This also opens up possibilities to use the “flex” instead of a touching the screen. Interesting stuff. Just don’t bend it too far… Follow...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office Vision of Future Productivity 2011
Here is the latest video from Microsoft Office on their vision of future productivity. Follow @takeshiDASP
View ArticleDiscountASP.NET Affiliate Agreement Update
We have made an important addition to the DiscountASP.NET Affiliate Agreement that may have an impact on the way you manage your online promotions. The change requires you to disclose that there is a...
View ArticleYet More Augmented Reality from Microsoft – This Time Projectors
Wow. You got to see it to believe it. Some more crazy stuff being revealed from Microsoft Research. This is augmented reality with projectors. They are seriously augmenting my reality! Follow @takeshiDASP
View ArticleCrazy Stuff: Holodeck in Microsoft’s Edison Labs
I posted a video on Microsoft’s Holodesk previously and that was pretty crazy. But there is even more wild stuff brewing in the Microsoft Edison Lab. Check out this video from On The Verge: Follow...
View ArticleWhat else can you do with Kinect? Music Videos
Here’s something to start your weekend… It’s always cool to see what people’s creativity can conjure up. Microsoft saw the popularity of the Kinect and was smart to release an SDK for it. Here is a...
View ArticleTurn out the lights, the Internet has gone home for the day
Tomorrow some big sites are going to go dark in protest of the proposed SOPA an PIPA legislation. Wikipedia, Craigslist, reddit, Boing-Boing, Tucows, all 50+ of the goofy Cheezeburger Network sites,...
View ArticleIllumiShare: Shared Space Demo from Microsoft Research
Some more reveals coming out of Microsoft Research. Here is something they are calling Illumishare. This type of possibility of shared space is very interesting and can have a lot of applications in...
View ArticleThis Lego Project Deserves a Fist Pump!
This has nothing to do with hosting but more of a celebration of creativity, ingenuity and the art of making. I loved legos when I was growing up but legos have become so much more sophisticated and...
View ArticleNew Microsoft Research on NUI
Some more stuff coming out of Microsoft Research labs. Here is a video on research in Natural User Interfaces (NUI) combining the Kinect sensor and the Samsung transparent OLED screen. This works by...
View ArticleMeet the 8 billion dollar iPod
The TED conference is an incredible gathering of great minds that is held in various locations around the world (including nearby Long Beach, CA, which we always mean to attend, but which is always...
View ArticleHoloflector, Augmented Reality Mirror: Help Me Obi Wan!
More augmented reality coming out of Microsoft Research with their Holoflector – it’s a play between translucent mirrors, LCD screens, the Kinect, and the phone. Follow @takeshiDASP
View ArticleWhat we learn before we’re born
We’re undergoing a kind of baby-boom here in the office, which makes you think about things that have nothing to do with hosting or technology, but everything to do with life. From TED (again), here is...
View ArticleHow Does Google Work?
Raise your hand if you’ve tried to do SEO for your site recently. It is a frustrating process to say the least. First you have to sort through all the misinformation and so-called expert opinionss to...
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