http://www.blaqkmarket.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 19 May 2008 17:51:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apple may be putting together a new apparatus to make Apple TV even more awesome.   There rumor is that Apple is developing a mulitouch keyboard. From CrunchGear: There’s a rumor currently making the rounds suggesting that Apple could release a multitouch keyboard for Apple TV. The Bluetooth keyboard, as the above mock-up ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/19/apple-releasing-multitouch-keyboard-for-apple-tv/ Where would we all be without computers, cell phones, laptops or PDAs?  If it were not for the men and women on this list of the Top 50 tech visionaries, what would the world look like?  We'd likely all still be beating rocks together in our living rooms, pretending it ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/19/top-50-tech-visionaries/ If you've been hanging out on the internet for any extended period of time, you know a thing about open source software.  Whether you're using Pidgin for all your IMing needs or Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer, the world of open source has really stepped out from the ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/19/bbc-on-open-source/ Now that Americans are finally getting with the program and accepting that Global Warming is real (and it only took a blockbuster movie to get them to accept it), we have these findings from NASA about the human contributions to our changing climate.  I highly recommend the entire article, as ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/16/nasas-findings-on-global-warming/ I used to say I believed in aliens.  I really did.  I would watch Star Wars and Star Trek and read books about the stars.  I dreamed of aliens, to the point that I had all the Aliens toys long before my parents would ever entertain the notion of allowing ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/16/vatican-declares-aliens-our-brothers/ In a story about something I've known for years, apparently Generation Y is expected to totally change the web (who still calls it that?).  The Gen Y-ers are taking over, as has been recently evinced by the grassroots Barack Obama and Ron Paul political campaigns - a charge led mostly ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/16/gen-y-to-change-internet-world/ The Passively Multiplayer Online Game is live, people. What does that mean?  Well, if you have Firefox and you're willing to download their add-on (it's really cool anyway), it means that you are in for a totally new internet experience.  The PMOG gives you points for being on the internet, and ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/15/pmog-goes-live/ This is the sort of story that shouldn't shock anyone, but is still incredibly important nonetheless.  It seems that many Americans are getting rid of their landlines in favor of cellular phone service.  While we have definitely seen the writing on the wall for awhile - my university stopped offering ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/15/americans-eschewing-landlines-in-favor-of-cell-phones/ I don't know about you, but I love aliens.  When I was a kid, I used to harbor ridiculous dreams of becoming an astronaut and shaking hands with Martians.  I was way into things like constellations and Star Wars and all of that.  Needless to say, I was not the ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/15/talking-to-space-people/ Powerset is finally going to give us all a chance to check out their supposed Google-killer.  This new search engine alleges that it will totally destroy Google by offering a much smarter and more efficient search model.  If this turns out to be true, it would be akin to the ... http://www.blaqkmarket.com/2008/05/13/google-killer/