[Yahoo Tech] Even if you don’t exactly know what Adobe Flash is, this is important news. Whether you know it or not, odds are pretty high that Adobe Flash is on your computer right now, possibly putting your system and your personal information at risk.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via Yahoo News] “You can just listen to it, but you can’t control how you listen to it,” said Chris Danielsen, a spokesman for the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), about Kindle e-books. While it’s not difficult to convert digital text into speech that the blind can listen to — as is possible with many Kindle books — students require more tools to learn from a text, he said.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily – via NBC] So what’s CBS worth? Ultimately, it’s worth the smallest amount that people can manage to pay for it. And no dispute with one cable company will hold it hostage. [Read the rest of What’s TV Worth? It Depends How You Watch]… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily via Yahoo News] At least 1.3 billion people have no access to a power grid, according to the International Energy Agency. And many others can’t count on 24/7 electricity service.
A New York City startup called Mpowerd is trying to change that — not with giant power plants, but with a little $16 combination solar-powered lamp, cellphone charger and Wi-Fi hotspot called Luci.… Read the rest
[TechNewsDaily via Yahoo News] Forget Al Gore. The Internet — at least as a concept — was invented nearly a century ago by a Belgian information expert named Paul Otlet imagining where telephones and television might someday go.
That was one of the topics in a wild discussion on the history of the Internet, and its future, at the recent World Science Festival in New York City.… Read the rest
