Microsoft on Wednesday opened up its Photosynth 3D photo offering to the public.

Photosynth takes a collection of regular photographs and reconstructs them in a 3D environment. It could take Flickr photos of a monument like Notre Dame Cathedral from hundreds of separate accounts and compile them into one, continuous shot of the cathedral and its surroundings.

Users can install Photosynth at »photosynth.net/Default.aspx . All photos that are added to the site will be public and visible to anyone on the Internet. It is currently only available on Windows-based machines running XP and Vista, and users will have to sign up for a Windows Live ID to access Photosynth.

said by hayabusa3303 :

Come on cowboys.

said by milnoc :

I have both the Eee PC 900 running Windows 2000, and a Fujitsu Lifebook 810 running Windows XP.

They may be small and somewhat limited, but they do eliminate the feeling you're always carrying around a five pound weight everywhere you go. And as long as you accept and understand their limitations (forget playing processor intensive 3D games or watching 1080p high definition material), you'll wonder how you've lived without one for so long.

said by TK Junk Mail :

Yes, I picked up a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet about 6 months ago. For light on-the-go browsing, email, portable videos & music, GPS mapping, etc. it can't be beat. And when run in power saving mode for WiFi, battery life is about 4 to 6 hours. And even when looking at MP4 videos, I get about 4 hrs of viewing.

»www.google.com/products/catalog?···-sellers

said by Jeffrey :

That's pretty good then. Especially considering the low price of some of these devices.

Do any places like Best Buy or Serve-u Shitty have these on display to pickup and "feel"? I haven't really been in either store in over a year.

said by TK Junk Mail :

Not that I am aware of. But Amazon.com has a good price for them and they are very easy to deal with when returning a product. So, if you are uneasy about a purchase, amazon is often a very good place to buy.

said by Jeffrey :

That's pretty good then. Especially considering the low price of some of these devices.

Do any places like Best Buy or Serve-u Shitty have these on display to pickup and "feel"? I haven't really been in either store in over a year.

said by NY Tel :

I have been in both establishments and there is a world of difference to the naked eye.
The place that fired all of its "higher paid" employees last year has the look and feel of disorganized chaos when you shop there.
Deafeningly loud music blasting over the PA system, sloppy looking staff and a general 'milieu of ignorance" pervades the atmosphere.
The other place gives a great naked eye impression. People look neat and clean and they are at least trained to treat the customer the right way.
Now what happens in reality when the "squad" gets involved can skew the results.

said by Mactron :

Came home to a F-18 buzzing the neighborhood from the local airport.
It's War bird week end. Camera in tow the Air show tomorrow.

Microsoft's Silverlight technology and rival Adobe's Flash format are currently locked in a race over who delivers the world's online video, but the ultimate prize may be who powers the next generation of Web software. Using Silverlight, the NBC site offers a glimpse of what is possible with future Web applications because viewers are able to watch up to four videos at once or follow the action with an online commentary that runs alongside the video.

More than 40 million U.S. viewers have gone to NBC's Olympics site to watch some of the 2,200 hours of live footage from the Beijing games. All those viewers need is a Silverlight player on their browser if they do not have one already. By building up Silverlight's user base, the world's largest software maker is looking to win over developers who see Web platforms such as Silverlight and Flash as a new way to deliver powerful Web-linked programs incorporating rich graphics.

Microsoft plans to expand its reach to close the gap on Flash, which is already running on most of the world's Web-connected computers and powers over 80 percent of the video on the Internet. The next version of Silverlight, being tested now and due later this year, will support Microsoft's .NET framework -- tools used by developers to create desktop applications that work on Windows. Microsoft introduced its first version of Silverlight a year ago, but Gartner's Valdes said the second version is the first real form of Silverlight since the inclusion of .NET support turns the technology into "very different animal."

said by TK Junk Mail :

Both Flash & Silverlight make the delivery of video on the web fast and easy for users and developers. They both run on Firefox and IE.

said by djrobx :

With the dirt cheap prices full systems are being sold for, it's just not cost effective.

A lot of HP machines are pretty close to "home built" systems, down to the standard ATX case/power supply and ASUS motherboard inside. You can even change out the motherboard in them with an off-the-shelf one. Done that a few times.

said by MysticGogeta :

That's why you don't buy computers from Circuit City also never buy one from Best Buy. Building is your friend.

said by JokerCPoC :

Couldn't agree more, Building ones own PC is better.

said by MysticGogeta :

That's why people need friends like us

said by Joe12345678 :

»consumerist.com/5040632/circuit-···t-bought

and what is a systems purchaser for the company he work for. Doing at CC much less buying out advertisement in a local newspaper.

With out the Specifications it may be a weak system for vista any ways.

It is even low for CC to ad the $40 a hidden fee.

said by qazwsx2 :

DSL from 3pm to 6pm suxs so bad I reached an all time low...189 kbps download

said by KrK :

Obviously Qwest needs to roll out caps "to keep those bandwidth hogs" from "degrading your internet experience."

That was sarcasm. Obviously they just suck, royally.