PlayStation Eye and PlayStation Move

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Shortly after my post on Project Natal, I suddenly thought of how PlayStation had something similar nearly ten years ago, namely EyeToy for PlayStation 2. I am sure that others have had the same thoughts. And with the PlayStation Move coming near the end of this year, I figured it is worth writing about.

Project Natal’s release date

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Project Natal, Microsoft’s future technique that enables Xbox 360-gamers to play games without the controller is expected to hit the stores this autumn!

HTML5 is the future?

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With HTML5, a major revision of the HyperText Markup Language, around the corner and the recent critiques by Apple and Microsoft towards Adobe’s Flash, we might be facing a battle between HTML5 and Flash.

Our Connected World

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Shortly after my post on Twitter, I stumbled upon this funny comic by Horsey which I think quite fits contemporary situations.

Twitter: over 105 million users!

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Ever since the start of Twitter in March 2006, Twitter has always kept silent about its users. However, the company finally revealed its amount of users during Twitter’s Chirp developer conference. Biz Stone, co-founder of this micro-blogging service, showed an impressive number of 105,779,710 registered users, and it is still growing by 300,000 users each day!

Google Maps Street View

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Google Maps offers a wide range of features. If you are searching for a hotel, Google Maps will tell you where they are located. If you are unfamiliar with an address is, just type it in Google Maps and it will gladly aid you. If you want to know how the environment of location B looks like, Google Maps’ Street View will show you what it looks like.

UseITM Metamorphosis

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UseITM underwent a dramatic metamorphosis today; going from "Ah, my eyes!" to "Look at all those pretty colors..".

Many changes have been applied, tweaks have been made, posts have been beautified, and some other small stuff.

No Three Strikes policy in the Netherlands!

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You may or may not know that in 2009 France accepted a so-called Three Strikes policy in an attempt to stop “illegal downloading” of copyrighted material. The official name of this initiative is Graduated Response. In general, this anti-piracy measure holds that users who are caught downloading pirated content will receive a warning letter from their ISP (Internet Service Provider). If you continue to infringe copyrights online after two warnings, your internet connection will be terminated and it can even result in litigation.

Tilburg University recruiting on Facebook

Source: Tilburg University

Tilburg University decided to recruit Master Service Engineering students by campaigning on Facebook! The universities of Stuttgart and Crete are joining in on the campaign “Hello World” as well. The reason for doing so is because they believe that this target group is usually found on online social networks.

The State of The Internet

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The following video by JESS3 shows you the state of the internet in an amusing and cleverly designed way. The animator shares with us some fun facts like the number of Zombie computers or what social network is popular in which country. It really gives us an insight on how immense the internet truly is.

Google Buzz

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On February 9th, Google expanded its Gmail service with Google Buzz; Facebook’s new rival. With Buzz it is possible to follow online activities of friends on other websites. For example, updates on Twitter and new posts on friends’ blogs. Buzz also allows its users to share own statuses, pictures and videos with their friends. Friends then can react on these messages. Check out Google’s official blog for more information: Official Google Blog

UseITM

Welcome to UseITM, where I will share new and interesting stuff related to use of media.

This blog has been set up as part of a course assignment. I will (try to) update this blog on a regular bases, so come back frequently to see what is new! Follow UseITM on Twitter ;)

Do feel free to share your opinion, experience, and whatnot. Though, mind your manners =)

Enjoy your stay!