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Nokia’s first touch-screen based phone for the mass market! My first peek shared here.

MC-ee Denise Keller

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Isabella shares an uber nice technology with us on CNET Asia. I dig it so much I’m reproducing it here.

Real spaces, digital memory

Sep 13, 2008 21:27

Check this out: http://www.gpsfilm.com.

The basic premise is this that “using a GPS-enabled PDA or mobile phone, artwork selects clips based on
location. As the viewer travels, the movie is revealed. The result is a
new type of film experience that is tied to the movement of the viewer.

“Similar to a game, GPS Film tells stories by exploring an environment…
but by taking it off the computer and back into the real world”.
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First it was drinking. Then it was cell phones. Now text-messaging is the latest behind-the-wheel activity lawmakers are trying to curb.

“All of my friends do it,” says Sonalie Patel, 17, who lives in Elk Grove Village, Ill., and admits that she too occasionally sends texts despite a ban on cell phone use for drivers under 19 and adults with learners permits. “It’s like an epidemic.”

Indeed, a Nationwide Insurance survey found that 18% of cell phone owners text and drive and that drivers between the ages of 16 and 30 are the most frequent texters. Young adults have even posted videos of themselves texting while driving on YouTube, and nearly 600 people have joined a Facebook group called “I Text Message People While Driving And I Haven’t Crashed Yet!”

Read Full Story on Time Magazine here.

p.s. Get a free HP Touchsmart PC simply by commenting on this post!

You know I’ve knew about this for more than 2 years now… I really have to talk about it now :

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Check out Air Piano!

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And I’ll get to share one of them with you, the best commentator on this post!

And we’re not talking just any ole’ computer - we’re talking about possibly the computer of the future - the HP TouchSmart IQ500 complete with 22inch multi-touch display!

So where’s the catch?

They will only give me the computers if YOU come up with some nice kick-ass comments on

“What will your life be like with HP TouchSmart?”

You are encouraged to respond with ideas on creative/ innovative/ productive/ interesting uses of this multi-touch screen computer!

And it’s only open to Singapore-based readers! Hurry! Contest closes on July 12th and results will be announced on 18th July!

p.s. More info on the HP TouchSmart on my CNET Blog.

With the week and month fast coming to an end, here’s some tech news that caught my eye this week :

Free SMS in Philippines?
Apparently, telco operators charging for SMS might be outlawed in the SMS capital of the world.. interesting impact it’d have on the rest of the world too!
CNET Asia Blogs : InfoChat - Free SMS : Is it really feasible?

CBS acquisition of CNET
Serious Editor-In-Chief Dan Farber got into a silly interview… does that make my job more safe?
ZDnet - Silly media interviews serious media: Dan Farber talks about CBS CNET

Did the Australians invent the internet?
Here’s an interesting one with this australian company going around serving legal letters..
Cobalt Paladin - An Australian Invented the Internet

Bill Gates says bye to Microsoft and Windows 7 demo-ed
Looks like there’s nothing much to expect outta Windows 7 (supposedly due a few months away) except Multi-touch and a sleek interface? Maybe too early to tell? But then again, with Bill retiring…
ZDNet - Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?
All things Digital: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, CEO Steve Ballmer and Windows 7 Preview

DELL support in Asia still not up to mark?
Friend of mine contemplating to get a notebook checked out Dell’s support here in Asia and gave the thumbs down, for now.
Unique-Frequency.com - Why I’m Not Buying Dell In Asia… Yet

Firefox 3.0 RC1 critical bugs
Caught this news on ZDnet earlier in the week… maybe they’ve fixed this already? We wish..
ZDNet - Firefox 3.0 RC1 contains critical bugs

Artist ‘Prince’ doesn’t get it on social media?
Prince really has to learn a thing or two about social media from the guys at Radiohead..
Mashable - Can Prince Learn from Radiohead?

2 of World’s richest nations playing catchup with VCs?
Well at least this seems to be true when it comes to cleantech investments!
ZDnet - Two of world’s richest nations crawl to catch up with VCs

Sentosa technical glitch cancels show and incur wrath of visitors
A technical glitch lead to a cancellation of one of Singapore’s most spectular shows and poorly managed PR incurred the wrath of many disappointed visitors, some of whom may not have the chance to catch the show again in a long long while, let alone talk about getting back their refunds. Story came up on Asia’s top online news media site STOMP.
STOMP - SingaporeSeen - Sorry for glitch, we will honour cash refund, says Sentosa

IT audit software on SaaS?
Seems like everyone’s catching on the SaaS bandwagon? Even this company that came up with an IT audit software. Can you really run an IT audit software on a SaaS model? Sounds like early days to me.
ZDNet - Paglo launch talks SaaS and an open source process

Grand Theft Auto IV Easter Egg of Hillary Clinton?
I tried this game but obviously didn’t get that far to this easter egg Well, at first I thought this was part of Hillary’s secret social media strategy..
=}{ot¬dEv1L 666=-’s HQ - Grand Theft Auto IV - Statue of Hillary?

Author of Gamer Girl Friday has game-like nightmares
Singapore’s ‘gamer chick’ has game-like nightmares and describes her dreams to us.
Sheylara - Games giving me nightmares?Warning - Post is rated Matured

Asian Blog Ad Network CEO dating his staff?
The CEO in question was not named but I don’t think it’s the Singapore office… what to do? When you run a blog ad network, you have to deal/work with bloggers and their criticisms like ShadowFox’s.
ShadowFox’s HideOut - Nuffnang CEO should have some respect for his girlfriend, colleagues, clients and company. Warning - Site is rated Matured

Will we get our hands on a Tablet Mac soon?
I highlighted this rumor earlier in the week. But guess it’s too big to miss and worth a reprise so here it is again
ZDNet - Rumor: Tablet Mac coming this fall

Yesterday, I was just hammering a buddy over his buying a nice Jaguar. Why? He doesn’t have a driving license.

Reason for buying a Jaguar? To motivate himself to get a license.

Anyways, he was asking me if driving was really that simple, coz he feels kinda lost when sitting behind the steering. In the same breath, he was also telling me what a good driver he was, on his Sony PSP.

A funny thought came to me, what if we replaced all the driving controls in the car with console gaming controls? Read more…