A Prosthesis for Speech - Jennifer Chu, Technology Review- July 7, 2008 For more than eight years, Erik Ramsey has been trapped in his own body. At 16, Ramsey suffered a brain-stem injury after a car crash, leaving him with a condition known as "locked-in" syndrome. Unlike other forms of paralysis, locked-in patients can still feel sensation, but they cannot move on their own, and they are unable to control the complex vocal muscles required to speak. In Ramsey'shttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/prosthesis-for-speech-jennifer-chu.html Pulse Pen Perfect for Taking Notes - Behive Standard Weekly- July 7, 2008 A new writing gadget called the Pulse Pen is likely to change the way you take notes. The cigar shaped object allows users to coordinate recorded audio and handwritten notes by using specialized paper. The genius of this product lies in its ability to allow the user to later pull up a digital image of the notes on a computer and point to a place on that image to hear the audio recorded at thehttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/pulse-pen-perfect-for-taking-notes.html Acer launches its first Netbook - Matthew Sainsbury, PC World- July 7, 2008 Tomizone announces independent Wi-Fi for the iPhone PC and notebook vendor, Acer, has made its first steps into the developing Netbook category and launched the Aspire One in Australia. Running on Linux or Windows XP, the Aspire One retails from $599. Acer senior product manager, Henry Lee, said the launch was in response to consumer demand. The vendor recently set aggressive sales targets forhttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/acer-launches-its-first-netbook-matthew.html Adobe Pairs With Google, Yahoo For Better Flash Searches Results - CRN- July 6, 2008 Adobe announced a partnership with Google and Yahoo to make rich Internet applications (RIAs) friendlier to search engines. The enhanced capabilities by search engines are targeted at crawling and reading the Flash file format (SWF). Previously, search engines like Google were able to crawl text and links on static SWF Web content, but the new partnership looks to help bring that information tohttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/adobe-pairs-with-google-yahoo-for.html Firefox 3 Boosts Browser's Market Share Over 19% - Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek- July 6, 2008 Gains came mostly from users upgrading from Firefox 2, while only a small portion came at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Firefox 3 has experienced rapid market share gains since its release in mid-June, helping to push the Mozilla browser's overall share to more than 19%, a Web metrics firm said Wednesday. Since its release June 17, Firefox 3's worldwide usage share has soared tohttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/firefox-3-boosts-browsers-market-share.html Network Simulation and Emulation: Try It Before You Deploy It - Bojan Simic and Tom Karol, TechNewsWorld- July 6, 2008 Network simulation and emulation are essential when rolling out network changes. Using these approaches help companies avoid application performance issues, reduce network downtime and mitigate disruption of key business processes, according to Aberdeen research.http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/network-simulation-and-emulation-try-it.html How to Go Hands-Free - ANDREA SMITH, ABC News- July 5, 2008 As millions of Californians prepare today for "hands-free" cell phone commuting, Americans around the country are readying themselves as the nation's state lawmakers follow suit. Drivers can go hands-free while using their cell phones, using wired or wireless headsets or a speakerphone built into the phone. Soon enough it may became the law while on the road.http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/how-to-go-hands-free-andrea-smith-abc.html Whats the iPhone 3G Worth - Laura M. Holson, NY Times Bits- July 5, 2008 Whats the new iPhone 3G worth Well, if you dont want to sign up for a two-year contract, AT&T thinks its worth $600. Ouch. (And thats the cheap 8-gigabyte model. The 16-gigabyte model costs $700.) A spokesman for AT&T said the company is selling an iPhone without a contract because some consumers wanted it. (An iPhone with a two-year contract, by contrast, costs as little as $199.)http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/whats-iphone-3g-worth-laura-m-holson-ny.html The rising cost of texting - Marguerite Reardon, CNET Blog- July 5, 2008 If you thought gas prices were rising too quickly, check out what's been happening to text messaging. Since 2005, rates to send and receive text messages on all four major carrier networks have doubled from 10 cents to 20 cents per message.... Last October, Sprint Nextel was the first to introduce the new price of 20 cents per text message. AT&T and Verizon Wireless soon followed with their pricehttp://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/rising-cost-of-texting-marguerite.html Apple considering slider-style iPhone - Tom Krazit, CNet- July 4, 2008 Could Apple have a slider-style iPhone up its sleeve That's what The Register thinks, reporting Monday that Apple has shown off prototypes of an iPhone with a hardware keyboard to certain executives at wireless operators. The current iPhone famously comes with only one hardware button that returns the user to the home screen, with the rest of the buttons enabled in software.http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/2008/07/apple-considering-slider-style-iphone.html |