Monthly Archives: April 2007

All Things Digital has launched

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Raanan Bar-Cohen

Tonight we launched allthingsd.com ! It’s the new home home of Walt Mossberg (plus his 2 year archive of WSJ columns), Kara Swisher and John Paczkowski (aka ‘Digital Daily’). The project was an amazing team effort, and it was a … Continue reading →

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“A Morphable Model of 3D Faces”

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Raanan Bar-Cohen

via wired.com’s blog table of Malcontents: Volker Blanz and Thomas Vetter of the MPI for Biological Cybernetics in Germany have come up with a morphable model for three-dimensional faces. What their system does is build a single master face out … Continue reading →

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miniature earth video

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Raanan Bar-Cohen

If the world’s population were reduced to 100, it would look something like this this video has made the rounds lately (including on Don Loeb’s blog), and has been put to music most recently — definitely worth seeing: Share this: … Continue reading →

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left lane hoggers

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Raanan Bar-Cohen

Just a quick follow-up to my fun drive to DC w/ GPS. I drive rarely, but when I do it’s often more than a quick spin — usually to DC, NJ, or someplace like that. The rest of the time … Continue reading →

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Why I love in-car GPS, and how it can be made better

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Raanan Bar-Cohen

Last week I drove down to DC and made sure the Hertz rental car had GPS. The drive from new york to DC is fairly straightforward, but I still don’t know my way around DC that well, and after living … Continue reading →

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ringtones: ideas on making them more useful

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Raanan Bar-Cohen

Ringtones are a huge business. According to BMI (via wired.com’s Listening Post blog), revenue exceeded $600M in 2006, but is now in a slight decline for 2007. So why the downturn, and does this model of charging for a short … Continue reading →

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FPS games, a look back and why I seem to still need a keyboard + mouse

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Raanan Bar-Cohen

First Person Shooters ( FPS ) games are great, and it’s the genre that I really got into for a while — mostly in my late high school / early college years. The first game in this genre that really … Continue reading →

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