Cost of personal genome sequencing plummeting: currently $48k (down from $2mil) and expected to be $5k soon http://bit.ly/CGP3r
Archive for November, 2008
People hype Fuel Cells as the …
Sunday, November 30th, 2008People hype Fuel Cells as the “future of batteries” http://tinyurl.com/6s8st4 but will we really give up “free” electricity for $$ refills?
HD video shooting coming to ce…
Thursday, November 27th, 2008HD video shooting coming to cell phones soon http://tinyurl.com/6nurbq - will digicams and camcorders soon go the way of the GPS?
Nokia exploring gesture-based …
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Nokia exploring gesture-based interfaces for phones http://tinyurl.com/5bunfn - seems a bit like the PS2 Eye Toy (failure) to me!
US Youth fall behind in intern…
Thursday, November 27th, 2008US Youth fall behind in internet usage statistics http://tinyurl.com/5836ne
Canadians to allow ISP throttl…
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Canadians to allow ISP throttling, eh? (sorry couldn’t resist!) http://tinyurl.com/6juzgz
Fiber connections for individu…
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Fiber connections for individual residences good idea http://tinyurl.com/6fenje but will it come too late and be overtaken by 4G?
Incoming touchscreen netbooks!…
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Incoming touchscreen netbooks! http://tinyurl.com/6g3pzn
Blockbuster takes pay-per-rent…
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Blockbuster takes pay-per-rental approach but now also offers streaming movie rentals http://tinyurl.com/5exrwd
New 256GB SSD great for laptop…
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008New 256GB SSD great for laptops http://tinyurl.com/5kzfju -but I can’t see flash-based SSDs giving more GB/$ than their platter-based rivals
Hackers plague US govt. + NASA…
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008Hackers plague US govt. + NASA http://tinyurl.com/5plbqj perhaps it is time for an open-source rethink of government infotech?
