'Google has confirmed that it will launch free spreadsheet and word-processing software online and take on Microsoft in one of its biggest markets. Under the deal, Google will allow web users to access Sun's OpenOffice from a toolbar.' Slashdot View full entry

Autodesk to Buy Alias for $182 Million | Autodesk | discussion View full entry

The MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop””a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has been created. The initiative was first... View full entry

Archinect team member and photographer extraordinaire Ludwig Abache launches a new site called pointingit. The site takes advantage of Google Earth to track down the earth's more interesting architectural coordinates. View full entry

More on the Google front - three authors filed suit against Google yesterday for massive copyright infringement regarding Google's ongoing library project. NYT And a computer programmer in Rome finds lost Roman villa using Google Earth software. BBC View full entry

Online search leader Google is preparing to launch a wireless internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company's website Tuesday. Wired View full entry

Google Blog Search . Clean and simple. But useless compared to the bloglines autosearch feature. It's missing something akin to the Google news alerts. via Slashdot View full entry

For those of us who wanted a shuffle and a screen... Apple View full entry

Make Things! - with virtual LEGO® Digital Designer software. Perhaps if your good enough you can be in the hall of fame. View full entry

Cites Slashdot: "The deal, announced in early April, is slated to close this fall pending government approval. On Thursday, the companies said nearly 99 percent of the outstanding Adobe and Macromedia shares voted were cast in favor of the deal. Adobe's powerful PDF franchise and Macromedia's... View full entry

Cities re-mapped from a "pedestrian point of view" at 30 frames per second. Is it film, is it mapping, is it better than satellite? The new maps rely on "calculat[ing] time and speed between recorded GPS points," which "can determine the path in between those fixed points, effectively defeating... View full entry

Microsoft wants to "bring clarity to your world" through Vista, maybe in 2006... View full entry

Uber realistic robot named Repliee Q1 debuted at the 2005 World Expo in Japan earlier this month. l NGeo l View full entry

Disposable technology leads to toxic environment. Ted Smith, the founder of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, explains why manufacturers should act preemtively. WNYC View full entry

Back to the great mapping craze, Future Feeder finds this project: Enronic. Built by Jeff Heer (a PHD student at Cal) this visualization tool explores the social networking trends of Enron employees according to the corporation's email dataset, and analyzes the spread of information through an... View full entry