Articles on the future of computing; a glimpse at our future computing technologies and how we will be effected by them.
Jan 31 2008
The First Fold-able Screen Phone
A refreshable reading screen, the Readuis is a paper-toned film that rolls out of its mobile-phone-sized case to roughly the width of a paperback, launched in Italy later this year it has 4GB of memory and a remarkable 10-day battery life.
It requires no ventilation, laughs at humidity, can easily slip behind a mirror and yet projects crystal clear video onto glass - and when it is switched off, it vanishes completely.
A US customer claims it took Microsoft an amazing 10 years to follow-up on a call he made in 1998. Supposedly, it was a clerical error where the receptionist had keyed a “08″ instead of a “98″ for the year that the call was to be returned.
Mobiles are becoming so complicated to use that the Japanese government has plans to help users by having structured examinations on how to use them!
Rockstar Games have been ordered to have their banned Video game, Manhunt 2 (banned in June 2007 in the UK), to be re-evaluated by an appeals committee.
