Category: technology | 技術 | 기술 | テクノロジー
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Shrook RSS reader
How China’s internet regulations got me thinking about the Shrook RSS reader and service. I got unfettered internet access during a trip across the border from Shenzhen , China to Hong Kong. I briefly checked my Bloglines account and found that I had over 11,000 unread posts to catch up on. This got me thinking…
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Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and The Great Secret of China by Simon Winchester
Bomb, Book and Compass Simon Winchester’s Bomb, Book and Compass delves into the history of science and innovation. The old adage of the victor writing history applies not only to wars but also the history of innovation and science. Everything you were taught in school about the history of science is likely to be wrong.…
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The Playful World by Mark Pesce
The Playful World was written by Mark Pesce. Pesce was an early pioneer of the web. He was instrumental in bringing a 3d interface to the web through a standard called VRML. This was an early attempt to provide the kind of immersive ‘matrix’ experience envisaged by the likes of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson…
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New approach to China + more
New approach to China Official Google Blog: A new approach to China – According to Google, IP theft from Google and Gmail being hacked prompted a new approach to China. That’s very reasonable on the face of it, especially given that the IP theft also affected several other companies as well. However Google is uniquely…
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The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil
The Age of Spiritual Machines was written by Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil is a technological rock star, responsible for great music synthesisers and much of the developments around optical character recognition and speech recognition. This is what makes him a good futurist. The fact that he has had his hands dirty. The Age of Spiritual Machines:…
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Friendfeed & more news
Friendfeed Revealed: why Facebook acquired FriendFeed – Brand Republic News – Brand Republic – Will McInnes talks about the Facebook | Friendfeed deal. Business Delicious Founder: I Wish I Had Not Sold to Yahoo Consumer behaviour Kids want to own, not stream, their music says survey – The Next Web Design Little Art Book –…
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Mirrorshades – The Cyberpunk Anthology edited by Bruce Sterling
Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction that has been very influential in the creation of the web as we know it. As with most predictions about the future, the now has both over-and-under achieved. Since we are at an economic inflection point, I thought I’d revisit one of the seminal publications of the cyberpunk…
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Forest girls + more news
Forest girls News on Japan – New-old ‘Forest Girls’ fashion of Japan – mori girls or forest girls are based not only on a look but a lifestyle. While their layering might struggle in a Japanese summer, the forest girls idea of a more naturalistic lifestyle will likely have a longer appeal China Conversationage :…
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Sun Microsystems + other news
Sun Microsystems Oracle in shock $5.6 billion takeover of Sun – Computer Business Review : News – Sun Microsystems is a Silicon Valley icon. Cisco built their first routers around a Sun Microsystems motherboard. Dot com companies hosted their fledgling online businesses on Sun Microsystems servers. Quant analysts in banks built their models on Sun…