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Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram|Alpha is launching tonight.  It looks to be another step forward in Search.  Billed by Wolfram as the “computational knowledge engine” the reviews so far are good.  You can watch a powerful screencast showing the power of Alpha here.

Wolfram|Alpha search engine
Wolfram|Alpha search engine

The launch does not mean Alpha is a Google killer as many have written, but rather a step forward in our ability to tap vast amounts of data in new ways.  I’m looking forward to utilizing the power of Alpha.

Tags: Search Engine, Wolfram, Alpha, advanced technologies, trends

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The new $500 Kindle DX

With a bit of hype and fanfare Amazon.com launched a bigger Kindle DX today.  The new ebook reader has a price point of $500 and supports native PDF files and bigger screen that rotates.  Cool.  The announcement however is not showing up at CNN.com or the NYTimes websites.  Digg had it posted 1.5 hours ago.

Kindle DX
Kindle DX


Tags: Amazon, Kindle, eBook, Globalization, reading, community, trends

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Internet2 Spring Meeting netcast

Doug Van Houweling

Today begins Internet2’s Spring Member meeting.  The hot topic of conversation? Broadband stimulus funding.

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Grandma’s iPhone

Did my 95 year old Grandmother think about this when I showed her my iPhone? Could she have imagined such a device as a child? Wonder what my little son will write about the future…

Tags: smartphone, IPv6, network, advanced technologies, trends

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Brainstorm 10.0

brainstorm 10.0Attended Brainstorm 10.0 today and had a chance to hear PC industry pundit John C. Dvorak.  Brainstorm had a great number of technology sessions for K12 Technology Directors.

The most surprising session was “HD video over IP for Distance Learning” because the original presenter did not show up….so I decided to try an Unconference session that ran two hours long.  Lots of great learning about how K12 Districts around the Midwest want to bring distance learning and HD video into the classroom.