Attended this years LeWeb in Paris. Big hype, much buzz and about 3000 attended the event. I am not going…
I remember back in the summer of 2002. I bought my first iPod from Apple (on their Apple Store). If…
When you are in Helsinki what is better than to take some photos of old men – better known as…
NYPD Helicopter on top of Empire State Building, NYC. Taken Spring 2009. The photos is lisenced under a Creative Commons…
Twitter is one of the hottest tech-companies on the web right now. The 3 year old company is reaching mainstream and is growing with a breath taking speed. Twitter.com grew 131 percent between February and March to 9.3 million visitors (US). It seems that they will pass LinkedIn in a very short time – just…
On the 17th of February 2009 FINN.no – one of the largest websites in Norway put out a signal to all it’s Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) users (I’ve just taken the translation from an article in The Register, it’s about 99% correct translated) : Heads up: You’re using an older version of Internet Explorer. In…
In the past years, Google has increased the focus on directory listings (yellow pages). OneBox is a product that combines links to paid content and ads with the usual information in the search results. The search is developed around the needs of the user, and are about to erase the distinction between promotional advertising and…
I have been using Amazon S3 with Jungle Disk as a Client for the last couple of years. This is a great solution though the cost is pretty high if you compare it to just buying an external disk. What is Amazon S3, and Jungle Disk Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that…
This year there have been some developments related to the challenges we have with many different and closed social networks. Facebook, MySpace, Reunion, LinkedIn, Xing and many many more gives me a headache. There are several problems and challenges related to your identity online and technologies that make up the ‘Open Stack’ like OpenSocial, PortableContacts,…
A few minutes ago FINN and Sesam launched what could be the biggest revolution in map handling for a decade, at least from an end-user point of view! The worlds biggest and most realistic 3D model is launched. Take a look at it here. The 3D model includes Oslo (the capital of Norway). The maps…
The FOWA conference 2008 held in London, has just ended and using my weekend to absorb the impressions from the conference gave med a couple of interesting things. One of the more interesting presentations was held by Kevin Rose the founder of digg.com. The presentation was not strictly about “The Future of News”, but more…
After using my iPhone 3G for some time now, I find my self confused when it comes to organizing all my applications. At first glance the look & and feel of the iPhone was great, but now I tend to think that Apple sure has forgotten something important. When you estimate to sell billions of…
So, yesterday, Google launched several new languages for their online translator, including the Scandinavian languages (Google Translate Becomes the Best Free Online Translator). Testing it for the Norwegian language with my own blog was cool and it seems that the translation module is very good. Try out the following (if you understand my natural language)…
So, I finally got my hand on a HDTV decoder from my local television provider (Get) today. The box handles digital signals from the cable or television provider and supports HDTV, enabling higher TV quality and services. The decoder supports the following signals: 576p, 576i , 720p and 1080i The manual tells me to set…
So, yesterday I installed an upgrade of iTunes and QuickTime (7.6.1.9) for Windows. When I upgrade a software I usually do not read carefully the instructions and often I just click the “install” button without any glimpse. But this time I did stop one moment before I pressed the install button. What is that? Safari??…
Just got back from London, with an overwelming cinema experience in my bag; The U2 3D Film. The British Film Institute (BFI) IMAX is home to the UK’s biggest cinema screen – more than 20 metres high and 26 metres wide, 12.000 watts of digital surround sound and the most sophisticated motion picture projection system…