The company I work for, MP3Car.com released our StreetDeck software at CES a few weeks ago. It's clever in that it uses gestures, not fixed-position buttons, on a touchscreen to control stop, next, rewind, and other functions of the navigation and media playback. Next stop is the DEMO conference...

This is awesome. The perennial question is "what is the videoblogging business model?"

Well here's one of them: build an audience of over 100,000 viewers then sell one million ad impressions... on ebay.

I've snapshotted the ebay link here ; the ebay link will go away after a while.

Yet another phishing email arrives, and it's bugging me more and more just to hit delete or the Spam button. I'd like a toolbar item (or a Favorite to add to my browser toolbar) that does something a little more useful with them--any suggestions?

Silicon Valley’s vaunted technology showcase was designed to “engage people of all backgrounds.” So why is it failing miserably?

This movie is very illustrative of where our database culture is going. I actually have a very high personal tolerance of privacy invasion, especially on an opt-in basis.

What will be funny is when we watch it and say, "I dont' get it." in about 5 years.

Of course if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. I've got the VC's lined up - who wants to join me in a startup to developing the application shown here?

Finally, we'll be able to use our EVDO cards via a USB connection!

Just days after Google Inc. refused a US Justice Department demand to turn over data on its customers' searches, the company has revealed it will cooperate with China in censorship. The Google marketing department is no doubt ready with a re-engineered company motto: Just Be A Little Evil.

"Chances are you have never heard of the neural code. And yet, from both a practical and philosophical perspective, the neural code is the most important remaining scientific mystery. Analogous to the machine code of a digital computer, the neural code is the software, set of rules, syntax, that transforms electrical pulses in the brain into perceptions, memories, decisions. A solution to the neural code could – in principle – give us almost unlimited power over our psyches, because we could monitor and manipulate brain cells with exquisite precision by speaking to them in their own private language."

If we ever discover a human soul or other postulated independent consciousness, this line of research will not pan out, as the orders to the organism will not be coming from neural code. However, under the brain-as-a-system-bus theory, if such a soul exists then this research could also help find it, as the location of a supposed soul-to-brain interface would inevitably show up.

I need a 3W signal booster for my home. I remember when I had a 3W analog cell phone that couldn't drop a call if I drove underground and wrapped my car in tinfoil. I met these guys at CES - put one of these in your home or car, and get the repeater going. It's technically a mini-cell tower repeater I think.

Although web technology has evolved over the years, for the most part, it has remained silent. Will faster and cheaper bandwidth or the partnerships of Internet giants and entertainment conglomerates bring us an audible web? Do surfers even want sound-enhanced websites? Do You? Let your voice be heard!