The future
Why software is eating the world
An excellent article published in the Wall Street Journal, written by Marc Andressen who is co-founder and general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen-Horowitz. He also co-founded Netscape, one of the first browser companies and now is in the board of HP. The article points out a few key facts from what today the [...]
200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
A very interesting video published by BBC Four about the world’s countries and their level of health and wealth. I’m wondering how long can Earth sustain this ever growing need of resources from our healthier and wealthier civilization.
Google works on self driving cars
Well it seems that not only i think that automobiles have a way too primitive technology and usability. You should read my 2008 article and see what i was requiring for a modern car. Now Google just announced that they are working on a technology for cars that will allow them to automatically drive from [...]
I have some Google Wave invitations
I’m testing Google’s new revolutionary product Google Wave wich is in closed preview and i have 2 invitations left. If you want an invitation drop me an email at laci[at]lacisoft[dot]ro Update: I have sent them out, so for the moment i have no invitations left. I will post an update here if i have more.
Chrome Experiments and Extensions
Or could i call this post just Javascript is the future ? It seems that Google indeed has big plans with Chrome. That’s why they built in a very advanced and fast Javascript engine called V8. This Javascript engine will allow developers to create highly advanced applications that run directly in the browser without any [...]
HRP-4C – the japanese robot fashion model
As a kid i often watched Star Trek and one of my favorite characters was Data, from the Next Generation series. I always wondered when we will be able to build an android just like Data. Well, it seems that we are one step closer. Although far away from Data’s capabilities, HRP-4C, the 158 cm [...]
How much Google knows about you?
I’ve read just now an excellent post about the ways Google is gathering data about you, about us. And if you think about you came to realize that indeed the amount of data Google knows about you is scaring. Even for me, a Google fan. They know what you searched, what you bought, what sites [...]
Do we need a stupidity filter?
It seems that rampant stupidity that sometimes flows through the web will slow down once Stupidfilter will be ready.
The future of internet browsers
An interesting concept presented by Chris Beard from Mozilla Labs. It is interesting to see how they imagine the future of web browsers. The mix of 3d rendering and user interaction is in the focus of this so called Aurora project.
