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I'm playing with my robots again. This time I want voice control. I discovered that my Bluetooth headset doesn't deliver the quality required by the Windows Vista Speech Recognition function, so I was looking for another headset to use. I can...
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Recently I had the opportunity to write an article for a UK magazine on building a simple PVR using Windows XP Embedded. Nothing hugely special there until I tell you I was running the whole system off a USB memory stick! Yes that's right, the XPe...
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My colleague in OZ, Mr Nick Hodge , has got hold of the new PICO-ITX bundle by ARTiGO. This builder kit is just superb. Giving you a full X86 PC in a 1.8 x 5.9 x5.3in box. Complete with 2.5in IDE Hard drive, 4x USB, VGA output,10/100 Ethernet and audio...
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A Scottish school on the small island of Islay is the first in Europe to become totally digital by equipping all 245 pupils with a UMPC. Having the computer has changed the way lessons are taught and, although the initial cost was over £150k, longer term...
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After a couple of decades wandering the world with no more than a compact camera - given I was digital asap - I have now re-discovered the delights of using a 'proper' SLR. I have a Canon EOS 400D, with the 18-55 standard lens and a 75-300 USM...
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It seems an age already but only last month I was working in Redmond for a week. During this time I got to catch up with former UK colleague Mike Hall now high on the lofty career ladder as Software Archiect for Windows Embedded. Mike showed me a blog...
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While working at Microsoft's Redmond HQ I took some time out to look in the Visitors Centre. Here there are exhibits covering all aspects of Microsoft products as well as its history. One particular exhibit caught my eye - a motion capture application...
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What? Yep sounds odd, and is very difficult to imagine so here is a video courtesy of CNET and the Builder AU site: Pretty cool huh? Microsoft Surface computers are very much targeted at the retail industry at this time. Devices for the home are probably...
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Friend and colleague Nick Hodge explains and demonstrates Microsoft Popfly. Popfly is Microsoft's web mash-up tool which provides a very simple and easy experience for people to access web resources (such as your Flickr photos) and display them in...