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Both are due out in the first half of 2008. Additionally, the company licenses its search technology to enterprises for use in KM and other applications. SEARCH FINGERPRINTING The signature characteristic of the Collexis search engine is what it calls "Fingerprinting." Collexis creates a thesaurus (or what might be called a search vocabulary) for each database. Using that vocabulary, it creates a "Fingerprint" of each unique document within the database -- a profile of key concepts contained within the document and their weight. When conducting a basic search, this "Fingerprinting" helps ensure a high degree of relevance in the search results. Collexis ranks the weight of concepts within documents on a number of variables, with specific terms weighted higher than general terms, for example, or words in a title given greater weight than words in the text.
OQO e2 ultramobile PC with HSDPA review
An ultramobile PC is a full PC in a nearly pocket-size unit. OQO, founded in 2000 by ex-Apple engineers, is the most distinctive of the ultramobile PC makers, producing over the years a series of increasingly gorgeous-looking devices, leading up to the OQO e2, a European model with HSDPA mobile broadband, that has the potential to be a really mobile networked PC. The OQO 01 had good reviews and, following decent sales from online stores, the company launched a Europan version of its next model - the OQO e2 - in late 2007, followed swiftly by an HSDPA-enabled version, which can get up to 3.6 megabits per second (Mbps) from cellular networks. At the moment, the OQO e2 is available only in Europe, with a typical model costing around £1,200, including 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 120GB hard drive, as well as 802.11abg Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
School laptop program begets writing gains
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Delirious? to release Kingdom of Comfort
The RIAA Certified Gold-selling, globally impacting Christian rock band Delirious? return with their eleventh studio album, Kingdom of Comfort, set to release April 1, 2008 on Sparrow Records. It is the first new studio album since the acclaimed 2005 release, Mission Bell, Delirious?'s Kingdom of Comfort questions everything, from cancer to consumerism, “five star" dreams to slums and poverty. It is an album that calls for sacrifice, social justice and love. Recent tours have taken Delirious? to some of the poorest countries on earth where they've faced encounters with life that made poverty personal and forced hard questions to be asked by each member of the band. The visits have sparked a newfound commitment to social justice and compassionate ministry as an outworking of their being drawn ever closer to the Kingdom of God, as opposed to the kingdom of comfort.
Chris Rock
In a set full of topical material, Rock began with the Democrat presidential primaries and found rich pickings. The face-off between black man and white woman, says Rock, is like a suffering contest. Which oppressed group most deserves a crack at the presidency? This black man won't concede first prize to anyone ("Seabiscuit had a better life than my granddaddy"). But he manages to tread the line between shameless provocation (he suggests that "Barack needs a white woman", because no black woman could be submissive enough to be first lady) and neat new perspective. To what extent is a former presidential wife's claim on "experience" justified, given that "I've been married 10 years, and if my wife came onstage now, y'all would not laugh"? The politics material devolved into good, but predictable George Bush jokes and an unfortunate gag that seemed to consider US casualties as the worst thing about the Iraq war.
Point, shoot, store and organize
In a digital world, shooting, organizing and sharing high-quality photos and videos keeps getting easier and more affordable. Whatever your budget, a slew of cool bells and whistles makes the newest cameras, camcorders, multifunction photo printers, photo-editing software, and portable photo-storage devices worth getting to capture and preserve your special travel moments. While pocket-size, point-and-shoot digital cameras are popular for their handy size and competitive pricing, bulkier, more sophisticated digital SLR cameras, which have higher resolution and accept interchangeable lenses, are gaining customers, thanks to big price drops. A well-performing digital SLR can be had for less than $500, half of what it cost a few years ago. Brag-factor fanatics, take heart. Top-of-the-line models with 20-plus- megapixel resolution can go for $7,000 or more - if you must.
Frusciante is the best musician out of all three.
I had the privelidge of watching an incredible line-up of guitarists perform at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival last weekend. Mayer and Trucks performed and were both amazing! To anyone else who went to the show: I started a Facebook group entitled "I Attended Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007!" Feel free to join and take part in discussion, share pictures/video, etc. .
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