I gave a talk today at the #prorubyconf on Ruby Deployment, past present and future. You can view my slides below. We will start doing some private beta testing of our new EY platform in December s ....... Read more 1 day ago
Fujistu's Wraparound Exterior Car Video Gives Bird's Eye view, World's First [Driving]
Fujitsu's taken the handy exterior cameras found on high-end, larger vehicles today and applied some nifty video processing to make them a driving aid par excellence. In fact, Fujitsu's saying it's th ....... Read more 3 days ago
Parallels 4 Released, 50% Faster than Parallels 3 [Featured Mac Download]
Mac OS X only: The original Windows-on-Mac virtualization software Parallels—which we've used to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side, set Windows programs as defaults on a Mac, and boot our Bo ....... Read more 8 days ago
Apps for Democracy
Vivek Kundra, the District of Columbia's CTO, isn't just talking about transparent government and participative democracy, he's working hard to make DC's massive data stores transparent and inviti ....... Read more 6 days ago
Navigon's 8100T GPS Has 3D Terrain-view Maps [GPS]
Navigon's just announced a new high-end GPS unit, the 8100T, that actually displays the right terrain in its map representations. Dubbed Panorama view 3D, the system uses NASA-derived height data to a ....... Read more 10 days ago
15+ FREE iPhone Apps to Navigate Your World
There are a lot of iPhone apps. Thousands of them. And a good percentage are location-aware. They function with the help of cellular tower spotting or GPS to give users real-world perspective on what ....... Read more 10 days ago
Turning Google Street view Into Art
I didnt know the Google Street view Team works on invitation, but apparently its possible to stage parades, sword fights and historical reenactments on the streets and invite them to photograph it f ....... Read more 14 days ago