Segway at the eatery
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I am testing the new Segway i2
Segway i2 For a few days, thanks to the friends at SCM I am testing the newly released Segway i2. I have already driven the old model, but I am glad to have the chance and test it at some length. My intention is that of bringing it everywhere, to see how people react. This
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Will precedent be set in Italian lawsuit against Google’s YouTube?
As reported by Reuters this morning, and by the Italian news agency Ansa more detailedly this afternoon, the offices of Google Italy have been raided today by the Guardia di Finanza police force, and its American legal representatives have been notified of accusations against them of defamation, and omitted control of the content of a
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Italian post-code database liberated from paywall
The Italian Post Office was privatized recently, and they pulled the freely downloadable database of Italian postcodes, right before introducing a new series of postcodes, extensive changes to existing ones, and a new rule by which they would refuse the delivery of any letter with an imprecise postcode on it. Simultaneously they started selling a
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Google AI achieves medical Expert System status
For the last couple of days, one of the top articles, with more then a hundred of others, in the health section of Google News was from The Times Online talking about the proficency of the search engine with diagnosing medical conditions. None of the articles, or even the blog posts picking up on this
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Speaking about the Singularity
I will be speaking about the Technological Singularity at the University of Milan in Crema on November 22 at 4PM. The talk entitled “La prossima singolarità tecnologica: realtà o miraggio?” will be followed by a roundtable discussion, and should be fun! It will also be recorded, and I will be posting as soon as possible
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Google offers downloadable books!
Regardless of the still outstanding legal issues raised by publishers protecting their existing business models, Google is forging ahead quickly in making its Book Search initiative more and more useful. As reported by Bloomberg, based on an email exchange with Google, they have just added the possibility to download full copies of books that are
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fastr is a funny game based on flickr
I keep my photos on flickr, which let’s me share them conveniently with friends. Flickr has always been a fun place per se, and has spawned several creative initiatives. For example the collected photos of ’round stuff’ have been printed on a high quality poster: I have a photo of mine on it as well.
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LibraryThing is great for cataloging your books
www.librarything.com got me a few months ago. It is a great site for cataloging your books, and has several unique features that make management and navigation very easy and pleasant.
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Playing around with Google Pages
I am playing around with Google Pages, and I have created my own, corresponding to my Gmail account. It will be interesting to see how the system will evolve, including really basic web page elements missing now like tables, navigational help, etc. Also an area where clearly the entire concept must shine is the integration
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