Techmeme @ 3:45 PM ET, March 8, 2006

3:45 PM ET, March 8, 2006

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Brain-controlled device could help the disabled — Researchers in Berlin have come a step closer to developing a device that will enable people to write and manipulate objects by reading their mind. — The so-called mental typewriter that translates thoughts into cursor movements …

Discussion: Gizmodo

gizmag.co.uk:

Hot-swappable micro Fuel Cell System can run laptop for two days — March 8, 2006 UltraCell demonstrated its UltraCell XX25 micro fuel cell system at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco today. Powered by a reformed methanol fuel cell technology, the UltraCell XX25 is a pre-production unit designed for the military.

Discussion: Gizmodo, Ubergizmo and Engadget

Tim Oren / Due Diligence:

Cui Bono? A Case in Point: Yahoo! — Earlier I concluded that the beneficiaries of the 'Web 2.0' movement would be Yahoo!, Google, and other large services platforms. I had not anticipated how well some of today's events at the eTech '06 conference would make the point for me.

Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Conversion Rater, Marc's Voice, Search Engine Journal and Search Engine Watch Blog

IGN:

Top 10 Tuesday: Most Memorable Villains — Meet the faces of evil. — March 7, 2006 - Welcome to IGN's weekly countdown of the exceptional, fascinating, and absurd: something we like to call Top 10 Tuesday. Every week we'll feature the top ten games, characters, fashion statements …

Ryan Singel / Wired News:

Build Your Own PVR, Then Trash It — First, the good news. Plummeting storage costs and the availability of special hardware have finally made it cheap and easy to shrug off the shackles of TiVo and build your own personal video recorder out of an old PC.

Discussion: PVR Wire

Jennifer Slegg / Search Engine Watch Blog:

TeraGoogle, Google's Social Search Aspirations & More From Accidentally Released Analyst Day Notes — Imagine Google "as ubiquitous as brushing your teeth." That's how Google would like you to think of them, at least according to notations accidentally released in their Analyst Day PowerPoint slides.

Discussion: mathewingram.com/work, ClickZ Internet Marketing …, Make Money Online … and Absolute Value

Paul R. La Monica / CNN:

Google's latest goof — Shares slip after search engine discloses that certain slides presented on the Web during its analyst meeting shouldn't have been there. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Search engine Google disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Tuesday …

Discussion: Good Morning Silicon Valley

benqmobile.com:

BenQ Mobile further expands product portfolio at CeBIT — Emphasis on ultra slim design, real materials and an enhanced consumer experience — BenQ Mobile, the new business division of the BenQ Corporation, today announced six new handsets under its BenQ-Siemens brand, including the flagship EL71 …

Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget Mobile

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Touching the Surfacing of Human Potential at TED 2010 — Dan'l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Emerging Business, Microsoft Corporation — At the TED 2010 conference, the Kauffman Foundation will host the World of Entrepreneurs tent.

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What Email Looked Like in 2009 in Numbers — The folks at Pingdom.com posted some interesting stats a couple weeks ago on what the Internet looked liked in 2009 in terms of numbers.

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Design for tables — Years ago, around the time of MIX06, I had a great conversation with a friend who was working on a design for the Microsoft Surface. He said he had to basically re-learn user interface design during …

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Linux and Commercial Software in the Cloud — Hurwitz and Associates just published a new white paper (sponsored by IBM) about how Linux and commercial software are being combined for use in the Cloud (PDF link).

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The AdSense for Mobile Apps Team goes to Barcelona — This month is the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the mobile industry gathers to present its latest innovations and the coolest new gadgets.

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