China will install a surveillance system for all Internet cafes in the country by the end of this year, according to a talking head from China's Ministry of Truth, er, Culture. The system will force all Internet cafe customers to enter personal information -- name, age, national citizen ID number -- before being allowed access.
Fuji Xerox Photocopier Copies What's On Screen With Single Touch
Fuji Xerox Co. has built a prototype color photocopier that lets you copy what's on a computer monitor by touching the part of the screen you want to copy.
Sneak Peek At Latest Longhorn Build
Neowin has published (once again!) screen shots of the successor to Windows XP, code-named Longhorn. This latest batch will be unveiled Tuesday at WinHEC.
Wyoming Cowboys Using Bluetooth, Palm PDAs to Track Herd
Cowboys in Wyoming are using Bluetooth tags on cows, wanding them with a custom reader and zapping that info to Palm organizers running WYTrax custom cow software.
JVC Unveils Tiny Notebook with DVD Multi Drive -- World's Smallest
JVC rolled out this week the MP-XV831 notebook, which should ship in June an which sports a DVD Multi Drive in a tiny 235x43.2x214mm form factor. It's powered by Intel's 1GHz Pentium-M processor and Windows XP. It has built in Wi-Fi and an 8.9-inch screen.
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Rock Club Lets You Take Live Music 'To Go' on USB Drives
A small rock club in Hoboken, New Jersey, will enable customers to download the live music they just heard onto a USB memory keychain drive starting May 21. They'll sell you a reusable drive for $20, then charge $10 for each set you download thereafter. Who says you can't take it with you?
VISA Working On Credit Card with Built-In Monitor
Visa International is developing a credit card that features a small display on which you will be able to view your current balance, recent transactions or external data like currency exchange rates. Now credit card thieves, waiters and others can get a more complete picture of who they're ripping off.
Found Video: A Vision of the Future of American 'Nation Building'
The Embassy Visual Effects has posted a very real-looking documentary style vision of what American "nation building" policing might look like in hostile occupied countries in ten years or so. Here comes the video.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Big Brother Is Watching You in Florida Town
The wealthy Florida town of Manalapan plans to install surveillance cameras all over the town, and run computerized background checks on every car and driver that passes through.
Great Reason For a Japanese Vacation
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., says they will launch an international "roaming-in" service that will enable mobile subscribers of DoCoMo's 21 international partners in 19 countries and territories to use DoCoMo's 3G network while visiting in Japan starting May 1.
World's First: Tiny 2.5-Inch Hard Drive Holds 100 Gigabytes
I want this thing in my next cell phone. Toshiba announced the world's first 100 gigabyte 2.5-inch hard drive. Poetically named the MK1031GAS, it's shock resistant and features very low power consumption. Did I mention that it holds 100 gigabytes of data?
New Mike's List Posted
A new Mike's List has been posted. Read it here.
Monday, April 26, 2004
French Weather Sensor Looks Like a Frog
A peripheral you plug into your PC works as a combination barometer, thermometer, hygrometer and data logger. On one end of the device's cable is a serial port. The other end goes into a rubber frog's butt. Why this product was even created is a complete mystery.
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