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My Review of Google Talk

I have to admit, I was expecting more from Google with the launch of Google Talk. The basic white and primary color of the design does not surprise me at all, and I like how simple the design is. What did surprise me is the lack of options and features. I’m not an annoying smiley type of person, but basics should be included. There is no file transfer option. I do like how easy it is to send email to your contacts or call your contacts. The sound quality on the calls is amazing and is as clear as the phone in your house.

I have been looking for a nice IM program to replace MSN and its overblown advertising interface, and with time and essential features, I think Google Talk will be able to do that. The question is, does Google have time to develop a product for an already established market?

Fujitsu hails e-paper breakthrough

Fujitsu has been displaying a form of electronic paper at the Fujitsu Forum 2005 show in Japan that can display images without using electricity.

The paper is only 0.8mm thick and is made of red, green and blue reflective strips twisted to reflect colour and then lock in that position, displaying the image without power consumption. Read more

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Bad News

So, I don’t know when the next time I’ll update is. The storm last night caused several power surges AS my computer was shutting down. I tried to turn the computer on this morning, and it won’t boot up. Hopefully, its just a HD problem that can be easily fixed. If not, there is no telling when I will be back. I’ll keep checking my sites and updating from work.

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Whoa, Reproducing Robots

This is very interesting, and scary in a way as well.

US researchers have devised a simple robot that can make copies of itself from spare parts.

Writing in Nature, the robot’s creators say their experiment shows the ability to reproduce is not unique to biology. Read more

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History of the Internet

I was reading random blogs when I found this link, posted by Heilemann, and found it to be rather funny.

History of the Internet