Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
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Mapping the globe
Do you wonder how services like MapQuest and gadgets from TomTom get their mapping data? Keith finds out during a ride around Las Vegas in one of Tele Atlas’ mobile mapping vans.
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Cool products from DEMO
Here are some cool products that launched last week at DEMO 2007 (produced by Network World’s events team).
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See or feel who’s calling your Bluetooth headset
BlueAnt Wireless launched its latest Bluetooth headset, the V12, with a backlit LCD screen and the ability to vibrate when a call is received. The V12, now available for $79.99, also includes a 12-digit caller ID display, ambient noise reduction technology, and a history of the last 10 numbers received.
Win your own Pleo robot dinosaur
The folks at UGOBE recently announced that they are delaying the arrival of Pleo, its robotic dinosaur (click here for cool video), until summer 2007, but that pre-orders will begin in the spring. In addition, the company has announced its “Future of Robotics Life Forms” contest.
Wyse hopes N10 will revolutionize thin client computing
It feels like we’ve been hearing about the promises of thin client computing for a decade now, and while improvements have been made, a lot of enterprises and end users still insist on having “fat PCs” at the endpoint. Wyse Technology hopes to change that with its N10 architecture, which it announced today at DEMO 2007.
