Pooya Karimian
Tech News
May 07, 2008
Techvibes Blog: Death To “Honest Work”!
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http://www.techvibes.com/blog/death-to-honest-work/
about the types of jobs in BC and how they are mostly hardworks with people outside receiving the earnings. the linked article there also has some interesting facts: BC's median wage fell 11% in the same period that Ontario's median grown by 8%.
April 26, 2008
Copyright crazies gaining steam in Canada
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/26/copyright-crazies-ga.ht...
Boing Boing
April 21, 2008
Cutting down solar costs with satellite imagery
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9922124-54.html
They use Microsoft's Virtual Earth to get semi 3d views of houses and offer solar panels for them. on CNet's Green Tech blog.
March 11, 2008
Sxip Access sold to Ping Identity
http://www.sxip.com/newsitem-sxip_access_acquired_by_ping_id...
and here is Ping Identity's press release.
July 28, 2007
British Columbia To Charge Electronics Recycling Fee
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/28/193210
April 11, 2007
Photos: Nigerian students power up their laptops
http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6175025-1.html?tag=ne.gall.p...
One Laptop Per Children (OLPC) project in Nigeria.
January 12, 2007
Building Vista buzz with a puzzle | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Building Vista buzz with a puzzle/2100-1...
An alternate-reality game, with a suborbital flight as the prize.
August 24, 2006
Tableless optical mouse: Soap mouse
http://www.patrickbaudisch.com/projects/soap/index.html
An easy to build pointing device, from Microsoft Research. Link via Hack A Day.
June 06, 2006
Dell, Others Join AMD in Green Data Center Push
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1957020,00.asp
May 04, 2006
Photos: Worst tech of 2006 (so far) | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6056647-1.html?tag=ne.gall.p...
Read the descriptions too. quite funny!
September 01, 2005
Semapedia - the physical wikipedia
http://www.semapedia.org/
The goal is to combine the physical annotation technology of semacode with the availability of high quality information using the free encyclopedia Wikipedia. Imagine your cellphone as your smart travelguide. Promise is to provide free relevant ad-hoc high quality information to mobile users in the real world.
August 26, 2005
Swallow that probe | CNET News.com Images
http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-5842685-1.html
Players swallow a capsule that contains a telemetry system, transmitting device and battery. While in the gastrointestinal tract, a crystal sensor vibrates at a frequency relative to the temperature of the body surrounding it. This produces a signal, harmless to the body, that can be picked up by an external data recorder. The pill stays in the body for 24 hours or more and the battery works for about seven days. The pills cost around $30 each, depending on volume purchased.
July 12, 2005
ABC News: Man With $6 Million 'Bionic' Arm
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/MedicalMinute/story?id=895590
July 04, 2005
Swim goggles to count on | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-5771921.html?tag=ubind.bld
June 02, 2005
RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode When You Try to Microwave Them
http://www.prisonplanet.com/022904rfidtagsexplode.html
May 04, 2005
Microsoft offers free licensed versions of Win XP Pro | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Microsoft plans to give some pirates a b...
April 08, 2005
AeroVironment's "WASP" Micro Air Vehicle Sets World Record
http://www.aerovironment.com/news/news-archive/wasp62.html
April 07, 2005
U.S. slips lower in ACM contest | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/U.S. slips lower in coding contest/2100-...
2004 ACM ICPC World Finals Official Standings
http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/Finals/Standings.html
Sharif and Amirkabir got 17th while SFU is only in the Honorable Mention list!
Update: Here is the 2006 results
March 02, 2005
Less Impact from the "Slashdot Effect"
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2005/tc200...
February 18, 2005
Photos: Patent protesters take to the streets | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Photos Patent protesters take to the str...
November 29, 2004
Netcraft: SCO "own all you code" (SCO Hacked!)
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/11/29/sco_own_all_you...
July 31, 2004
Slashdot | Remote-controlled Bolts and Screws
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/30/1848224.shtml
July 24, 2004
MP3 creator returns with 3D sound | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/MP3 creator returns with 3D sound/2100-1...
July 23, 2004
Slashdot | Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/22/2215252.shtml
"UCLA is reporting progress on the quantum computing front by announcing success in controlling the spin of a single electron using an ordinary transistor."
July 21, 2004
Gadget Buzz, CNETAsia's hot list of cool toys out there
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/gadgetbuzz/0,39033339,39185914,...