On July 27th Microsoft Live Labs unveiled Photosynth, a software program that takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space. The photos can be captured by different photographers using different cameras and then linked together using the internet.
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Microsoft Photosynth - Creating 3D Virtual Environments by Seamlessly Marrying Digital Photographs and HSL's Thoughts and Analysis
July 31, 2006 | HSL
On July 27th Microsoft Live Labs unveiled Photosynth, a software program that takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space. The photos can be captured by different photographers using different cameras and then linked together using the internet.Productivity Breakthrough: Perpendicular Recording and Hybrid Hard Drives
June 7, 2006 | John Serrao
Today Seagate has announced they will release a 160 GB perpendicular recording hybrid hard drive for laptops. This comes hot on the heals of Toshiba who announced yesterday that they have pushed the storage capacities of laptops even higher with their new 200 GB hard drive for laptops. While 160 and 200 GB storage amounts probably don't sound like much in today's mega-storage market where 400 and 500 GB drives are common and 750GB drives are now available, rest assured these are significant developments. Laptop hard drives have been at the forefront of a hard drive revolution.HPL Kewl Tewls Review: Best Treo Accessory - SD Card and USB Jump Drive Combo
April 28, 2006 | HSL
If you have a PalmOne Treo, PDA, or other SD Card equipt camera or gizmo then the 1 GB Sandisk Ultra 2 SD memory card/USB Jump Drive is a perfect companion. It's a 1 GB SD Memory Card that fits in the standard SD slot in the Treo (or other SD device) that doubles as a 1GB USB Jump Drive. Snap the card in half to expose an USB connection which then becomes another drive when plugged into your PC.
Read 1000 headines in under 1 minute with 1 mouse click: Meet Firefox's Live Bookmark
April 20, 2006 | John Serrao
It is time for a stroll down productivity lane, HPL style. Being an aspiring technologist you undoubtedly keep you ear close to those news wires. But with stories flying around at the speed of light these days, it can be hard to keep up the myriad of news sources and blogs. Lucky for you these is a great solution that will allow you to scan the headlines in seconds instead of minutes or more.
