TechnologyThe taxonomy view with a depth of 0.Online service lets blind surf the Internet from any computer, anywhere- June 27, 2008 Online service lets blind surf the Internet from any computer, anywhere: Visions of future technology don't involve being chained to a desktop machine. People move from home computers to work computers to mobile devices; public kiosks pop up in libraries, schools and hotels; and people increasingly store everything from e-mail to spreadsheets on the Web. But for the roughly 10 million people in the United States who are blind or visually impaired, using a computer has, so far, required special.http://www.lisnews.org/node/30457 Dual-display e-book reader lets you flip pages naturally- June 26, 2008 E-book readers like the Kindle may be getting better, but still fall short of the usability of paper books. You can't turn or flip through pages, or compare different documents as you would with paper. A new prototype with two displays can do all that - as the video here shows. The two leaves can be opened and closed to simulate turning pages, or even separated to pass round or compare documents. When the two leaves are folded back, the device shows one display on each side. Simply turning it...http://www.lisnews.org/node/30456 What's Doin' Over At LISWire.com - The Librarian's News Wire- June 25, 2008 It's been a while since I pointed to LISWire.com - The Librarian's News Wire. You can grab the main LISWire RSS Feed Here. You can subscribe to one of our mailing lists and check out all the other feed options Right Here. Here are the latest releases posted. If you spot anything interesting in your travels, let us know! Registration fee waived for librarians attending Atlanta Book Show --- http:liswire.comnode104 Code4Lib Journal, Issue 3 published --- http:liswire.comnode103 LexisNexis...http://www.lisnews.org/node/30449 Twitter Scooped NBC on Russert's Death- June 24, 2008 In the world of broadcast news, it's normally a given courtesy that, when a well known news personality dies, the station they worked for will be the first to break the news after the family has been notified. It's one of the unwritten rules of journalism. In the case of beloved NBC newsman Tim Russert, Twitter scooped the massive network on the big story. Turns out that a minor lackey at the station heard the news and, assuming it was public knowledge, edited Russert's Wikipedia page to...http://www.lisnews.org/node/30437 |