OCR in google docs

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/06/optical-character-recognition-ocr-in.html

Now you can convert your scanned images (JPEG, GIF, PNG) or PDFs, and Google Docs will extract text and formatting from the scans for you to edit away.

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Chrome DevFest Israel

http://code.google.com/intl/iw-IL/events/devfests/2010/israel.html

TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010

Where? Avenue Convention and Events Center Airport City Israel

Curious about what's new in Google Chrome or what makes the open Web so exciting?

The day will focus on the open web, HTML5 and how it relates to Google Chrome. We'll give you the tools and means to develop the next generation of applications for the web, covering topics like Chrome Extensions,Chrome Apps, HTML5 and Chrome's Developer Tools. Once everyone's filled with ideas, we'll spend a few hours hacking, so you can try out these technologies for yourself.

A special track will be dedicated to webmasters and will include sessions about web compatibility and Chrome Frame.

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Google caffeine is out

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

The new search index Caffeine provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than our last index.

Caffeine takes up nearly 100 million gigabytes of storage in one database and adds new information at a rate of hundreds of thousands of gigabytes per day. You would need 625,000 of the largest iPods to store that much information; if these were stacked end-to-end they would go for more than 40 miles.

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2010 go live

http://www.microsoft.com/israel/2010golive
The Office sharepoint virtaul event in israel will be take today in 10:00 am isreal time

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IPHONE 4

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/

Face TIme – 2 cameras

Sharpest display screen

Multi tasking

5 Mega pixel  camera with led flash give you ability to record and editing in HD – iMove app for 4.99 $

iPhone 4 arrives on June 24, and you can pre-order or reserve yours on June 15

Size and weight¹

Height:

4.5 inches (115.2 mm)

Width:

2.31 inches (58.6 mm)

Depth:

0.37 inch (9.3 mm)

Weight:

4.8 ounces (137 grams)

Cellular and wireless

• UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology

Location

• Assisted GPS
• Digital compass
• Wi-Fi
• Cellular

Power and battery²

• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

• Talk time:

  Up to 7 hours on 3G

  Up to 14 hours on 2G

• Standby time: Up to 300 hours

Internet use:

Up to 6 hours on 3G

Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi

• Video playback: Up to 10 hours
• Audio playback: Up to 40 hours

Mac system requirements

• Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
• iTunes 9.2 or later (free download fromwww.itunes.com/download) 
• iTunes Store account
• Internet access

Windows system requirements

• PC with USB 2.0 port
• Windows 7; Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
• iTunes 9.2 or later (free download fromwww.itunes.com/download) 
• iTunes Store account
• Internet access

Capacity³

• 16GB or 32GB flash drive

 

Price

16 GB 199$

32 GB 299$

for developer see http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/news/monday.html

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Bing bar from bing.com

Bing bar from bing.com
Windows Live toolbar is out bing toolbar is in
http://www.discoverbing.com/toolbar/
I start using bing bar seems very simple and nice (big buttons)
see http://www.discoverbing.com/
Altohugh I think google toolbar is much better and with more functionality.

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Make your pet tweet

 

Do you love your pets?

Now you can buy a collar that allow you track your pet movements/actions :)

Cat@Log allows cats to tweet, signals end times

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/06/01/catlog-allows-cats-to-tweet-signals-end-times/

Puppy Tweets: Tweeting Dog Collar Lets Your Dog Share On Twitter

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/15/puppy-tweets-tweeting-dog_n_462455.html

A new Twitter-enabled dog collar called 'Puppy Tweets' from Mattel will allow Fido to broadcast its everyday actions on Twitter.

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