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Month: February 2007

  • Watch Ikbis in True Full Screen and kiss your TV goodbye

    The latest little innovation from Ikbis is what we’re calling TrueFullScreen (TFS). Just make sure you have the latest version of Flash installed, find a video you like and click the Fullscreen button on the ikbis player. Then be amazed! In fact you can test Ikbis TFS right now with two of my favorite videos.,…

  • We have Wii!

    Our Nintendo Wii arrived yesterdays, finally propelling our family into 21st century gaming. The last console in our house was a hand-me-down PS1! I ordered the Wii from Cyberport, a German online retailer something like six weeks ago, who were not even guaranteeing delivery in the first quarter of 2007. That’s how frantic the demand…

  • Steorn launches new website and names its technology Orbo

    Regular readers of 360east know that I have been following the new of a Steorn, an Irish company that claims to have invented a magnetic technology that produces free energy. While the story has disappeared from mainstream media, the company’s web forums are abuzz with ardent believers in the company, skeptical detractors as well as…

  • D-Wave: a company claims it has a quantum computer

    The blogosphere is abuzz with news about a company called D-Wave, which says it will unveil a computer that is running on a quantum chip. We are D-Wave Systems, Inc. The Quantum Computing Company. D-Wave is the world’s first — and only — provider of quantum computing systems designed to run commercial applications. Please join…

  • Back from Doha

    I spent the past three days in Doha, Qatar. This was the view from my hotel in downtown Doha. The building on the left of the horizon is the new (still unopened) Museum of Islamic Arts, designed by I M Pei. I will share some photos, videos, experiences and opinions here soon.. I hope..

  • Hey, Jordan.. What’s you favourite radio station?

    Have you noticed how busy the FM dial has become on your Radio in Jordan. I can’t even keep track of all the radio stations launched in the past 2 years! One thing that intrigues me is the question: what are people listening to? So let’s hear it from you: What’s your favorite radio station…

  • My life as an M&M

    Yes that’s me as an M&M. And I just wasted the past half an hour of my life falling victim to M&Ms clever site, where I recreated myself as a candy. Talk about interactive ads! I blame Roba.