Dogear Nation

Michael and Michael welcome Pranab Sharma from IBM’s Virtual Universe Community. We focus on Signing Avatars, Real Race cars, Cool Software and $5 Dollar Water.

Communication Section:
Tuba Hero - http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales?utm_source=digg_1
IBM Creates Signing Avatars - http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
Mastor Speech to Speech Translation - http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.uit.innovation.html
40 Watt Club - http://www.40watt.com/
The Man Cave - http://www.baekdal.com/design/architecture/qube-private-space/

Virtual Worlds Section:
Cisco Virtual Worlds Blog - http://blogs.cisco.com/virtualworlds/
ePredator’s real world drive - http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
IAC Acquires Majority share of GarageGames - http://www.garagegames.com/news/13587
Only a Lad Paroday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD7aI45cRrE

Software Section:
Notes code added to Open Office - http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YQUYWPGKNHSQCQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201805296
Lotus Symphony - http://tahoe.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa
Graphics for Mac - http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Environmental Section:
$5 Bottle of Water - http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html
Eco Drive - http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/09/12/frankfurt-2007-fiat-and-microsoft-announce-ecodrive-datalogging/

Listener Tag -
Google Zietgeist - http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

 

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