In its new 8th Avenue building, the New York Times is generating up to 40% of its energy needs. Cool deal for an information company to go green…
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Check this thing out. Play the video of it walking…
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Axiotron has put together proprietary technology, a MacBook and a Wacom tablet into something called the Modbook, now making its second (I think) appearance at Macworld. It looks really cool, and probably has a niche market with artists and others who need the screen-drawing capability…booth S-408…
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So says the NewsFactor Network, keying on a report in the Financial Times. Fox will license Apple’s Fairplay DRM software, a first for Apple. iTunes distribution deals are kind of a snooze for me as a blogger, but interesting as a shareholder…
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Krawler is a robotic ‘home inspection’ platform developed by Pacific Parallel Research, which firm also supplies a ‘robot ready’ Cocoa Toolkit to bring real world robot development to the Macintosh.’
Operating over a 802.11/g wireless link, Krawler can send 30 frames a second of video and other data. The kit includes the software, a Macintosh Cocoa objects library and the sturdy, aluminum 6-wheel drive Krawler robot.
You can see Krawler in booth 4348. Cool…
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The S.F. Chronicle weighed in with its speculation on Macworld mysteries this morning, and appears to have arrived at (surprise!) the same conclusions as most rumor sites – iTunes movie rentals and maybe a slim new laptop. The Chron used to have a really good Mac writer – Henry Norr – but nowadays just kind of follows the lead of Mac blogs… Full Disclosure reminder…
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