Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out...
A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Nov. 3
- By Ken Denmead
- November 3, 2011 |
- 12:01 am |
- Categories: Armchair Geek, Projects and Activities, Science and Education, The Internet
Google Slips Gmail Into Business Suit
Google unveiled its new-look Gmail this week. And like all new-look web services, it’s sure to piss off as many people as it pleases. At least in the beginning.
The change is part of a sweeping effort to overhaul the interfaces of myriad Google services, including parts of the company’s online office suite, Google Apps. Last month, Google Docs got the facelift. And now it’s Gmail’s turn.
Google will roll out the New Gmail over the next few days, but if you still have the Old Gmail, you can make the switch manually. We made the change yesterday,...
World's Largest Glasses-Free 3-D Display Debuts in Japan
The ideal 3-D TV watching experience should be effortless. Walk into a room with a functioning 3-D TV, and the 3-D content is visible for all to see, no glasses required. Today’s technology isn’t quite there, but a giant glasses-free 3-D display that Japanese researchers have recently developed brings us one step closer.
Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) and JVC Kenwood teamed up to develop a massive, 200-inch glasses-free 3-D display. They’re claiming it’s the largest auto-stereoscopic full HD 3-D display in the world.
The display’s glasses-free 3-D effect i...