The Queue: Almost in 3D!

BUT THOSE OUTPOSTS
WON'T NECESSARILY BE IN
WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS
SECOND LIFE...HEY THERE
I'M RICH DEMURO WITH
CNET TV - BETTER UPDATE
YOUR FACEBOOK STATUS -
CAUSE YOU'RE IN THE
QUEUE...LET'S GET YOU
STARTED WITH SOME EYE
CANDY!
THE FIRST 3-D IMAGES OF
THE SUN - COURTESY OF
NASA'S TWIN SOLAR
TERRESTRIAL RELATIONS
OBSERVATORY...BETTER
KNOWN AS STEREO.
THE TWO HIGH FLYING
SPACECRAFT ORBITING THE
SUN AT A SLIGHT OFFSET TO
MAKE THE 3-D IMAGES...
THE NEW VIEW HELPING
NASA BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE PHYSICS OF OUR
UNIVERSE.
FOR THE FULL EFFECT -
MAKE YOUR OWN 3-D
GLASSES - INSTRUCTIONS
ON NASA'S WEBSITE.
IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE A '90'S
HEADLINE WIKIPEDIA IS NOW
AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM...
BEFORE YOU
LAUGH...REALIZE THAT NOT
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD
HAS ACCESS TO FAT
INTERNET CONNECTIONS
AND POWERFUL DESKTOP
COMPUTERS.
THE CD CONTAINS A
COLLECTION OF 2-
THOUSAND ENGLISH
LANGUAGE WIKIPEDIA
ARTICLES ON SUBJECTS
INCLUDING GEOGRAPHY,
ARTS, SCIENCE AND
HISTORY...
THERE'S EVEN A BUILT IN
SEARCH ENGINE.
VERSION POINT 5 OF THE
DISC IS AVAILABLE FOR
ABOUT 14 BUCKS...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
COMES ON THE HEELS OF A
PEW INTERNET SURVEY
THAT SAYS 36 PERCENT OF
AMERICANS CONSULT
WIKIPEDIA.
THE COUCH GETTING A LOT
COMPETITION THESE DAYS
FOR THAT COVETED TV
WATCHING TIME...
THERE'S THE IPOD, MOBILE
PHONE, INTERNET - AND
NOW - THE GAS STATION.
PUMP TOP TV...ADDING FUEL
TO THE FIRE...
WESTINGHOUSE DIGITAL
ANNOUNCING BIG
EXPANSION PLANS FOR THE
NETWORK OF GAS STATION
TVS...THE 19 INCH
WIDESCREEN DISPLAYS
SHOW A FIVE MINUTE MIX OF
NEWS, SPORTS,
ENTERTAINMENT ,
WEAATHER AND
TRAFFIC...WITH
ADVERTISING FOLDED INTO
THE MIX OF COURSE...
THERE ARE 170-THOUSAND
GAS STATIONS IN THE U-S
AND PUMP TOP TV PLANS TO
OUTFIT 75-THOUSAND OF
THEM WITH THEIR PUMP TOP
BOXES.
SAN FRAN, SACRAMENTO,
SAN DIEGO , PHOENIX AND
DALLAS GETTING FIRST DIBS
ON THE FUMES.
TEXT MESSAGING
COMPETITIONS ARE ALL THE
RAGE THESE DAYS...
WE JUST HAD A THIRTEEN
YEAR OLD CROWNED LG'S
TEXTING CHAMP...
NOW A COMPANY CALLED
NUANCE IS PITTING MAN
VERSUS MACHINE.
IT'S ACTUALLY WOMAN
VERSUS MACHINE...
ELI TIROSH - WHO WAS
WEST COAST CHAMP AND
RUNNER UP IN LG'S
NATIONAL TEXTING
CHAMPIONSHIP...WILL FACE
OFF AGAINST MOBILE
SPEECH RECOGNITION
TECHNOLOGY...
THE COMPETITION TAKING
PLACE LIVE AT
CONVERSATIONS EUROPE -
IN CANNES, FRANCE.
NUANCE THE COMPANY
THAT'S BEEN CONVINCING
US TO TALK TO OUR
COMPUTERS FOREVER -
THEY MAKE THE DRAGON
NATURALLY SPEAKING
SOFTWARE.
FINALLY - THE BETA...
WHILE YOU'RE FAMILAR
WITH THE GOOGLE VERSUS
YAHOO SEARCH ENGINE
WAR...WHICH IS PUTTING IT
NICELY...
DID YOU KNOW THERE'S A
SEARCH TWO POINT O WAR
BREWING?
GOOGLE AND YAHOO WITH
BETA SEARCH ENGINES...
YAHOO HAS ALPHA..
WHILE GOOGLE HAS
SEARCH MASH.
THEIR BUNS HAVE
SEEDS....OURS DON'T...
YOU GET THE PICTURE.
BOTH SEARCH ENGINES
PULL RESULTS FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES...ALPHA
LETS YOU CUSTOMIZE YOUR
RIDE WITH OPENSEARCH...
SEARCHMASH HAS A KILLER
FEATURE...YOU DON'T HAVE
TO HAVE YOUR CURSOR IN
THE BOX TO TYPE IN YOUR
SEARCH...
I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE
ELSE HAS DONE THIS - YOU
HAVE TO TRY IT FOR
YOURSELF.
LINKS TO EVERYTHING I
MENTION HERE IN THE
SHOW NOTES..FIND THEM IN
THE CNET TV BLOG...
NOW CONSIDER YOURSELF
ALL QUEUED UP! I'M RICH
DEMURO IN NEW YORK
CITY...DON'T SAY I DIDN'T
TELL YOU SO.

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