DoubleTwist is a new, open source, universal media manager in beta for the Mac. It gathers music, videos and photos, supports tons of devices and has a P2P/social networking component. Will it be great? Read more…
Archive for February, 2009
Can the Web 2. 0 community come up with applications that change people’s lives for the better? Yes, it can, experts say. Read more…
In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves. Read more…
The “database state”, counter-terrorism laws and press freedom are among issues to be discussed by campaigners at a convention. Read more…
When Rita Bryer sees 300-foot-tall wind turbines sprouting up from the prairie near her home in western Oklahoma, she can’t help but wonder about the view from the top, where blades the size of semi-trucks spin. Read more…
Imagine climbing 276 steps to change a light bulb. That’s all in a day’s work for Rian Harford. Read more…
Astronaut John Phillips (foreground), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata and astronaut Richard Arnold, all STS-119 mission… Read more…
It’s an ideal time to break out your binoculars and explore the profusion of open or galactic star clusters. Read more…
This first of its kind three-dimensional picture of Mars’ north pole, taken in 1999, enables scientists to estimate the volume of its water ice cap with… Read more…
It has been a superb winter for viewing the queen of the planets, Venus. Read more…