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Archive for September 2007

Richie Rich

Posted by: Admin on: September 25, 2007

Company Founded by 12-Year-Old Gets $6.5 Million in Funding
by: Jerry Liao
If you think Richie Rich can only exist in a comic book – think again because it can happen in real life as well, actually it already happened.
A 12 year-old 6th grader by the name of Arjun Mehta from Silicon Valley founded a company [...]

Ready for Primetime

Posted by: Admin on: September 23, 2007

INTELLICAD – The Intelligent Alternative for CAD Developers
by: Jerry Liao
When OpenOffice was introduced to the market, nobody gave it a chance to survive except for the open source advocates. No way can OpenOffice reach half the success of what Microsoft Office has reach they say. They don’t have the marketing machinery like [...]

Say It Sign It

Posted by: Admin on: September 18, 2007

From Speech to Text to Gesture
by: Jerry Liao
The power of using a database to provide humans the much needed information is beyond imagination. Most of you are familiar with applications like dictionary, thesaurus, encylopedia, references, search engines and more – all powered by database systems and algorithms. But most of these applications are [...]

Balance of Power

Posted by: Admin on: September 17, 2007

IBM Adds Lotus Notes Code To OpenOffice Project
by: Jerry Liao
Can Microsoft Office be dislodged as the most popular office productivity in the computing space? Maybe yes, maybe no – but it’s worth a try.
A couple of weeks back, Google and Capgemini announced a collaborative effort for the later to extend its [...]

Car of Dreams

Posted by: Admin on: September 12, 2007

Volvo ReCharge Plug-In Hybrid Concept Car
by: Jerry Liao
We have heard of cars powered by solar energy like the “SINAG” project. Cars powered by water and of course the most popular of them all – electricity. All pointing to two ultimate goal, to save money from that expensive gasoline and to protect our [...]