Microsoft just created a new browser-based demo of it's Windows 7 operating system.

Check it out @

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=946646609&ids=0Vc3oSd3oSd3AId3kRdP8Od3gVb38Sej0PdPsPeiMOczkQczsSd3AIcPARdj8Od3gV&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-4&ut=0PCuxSgYwmnR01

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112911WarmUp

Microsoft's business could be on the verge of collapsing!

That's according to Steve Balmer's nightmare.

Read about it @

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=931283407&ids=0SdP0Ud3wOd3AIcj4Qc34OczgVb3sMd3cUcz4PeiMOdzAMcPsTcPAIczwOdj8MczgV&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-2&ut=2cai0L2Owdml01

What do you think?

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dmac

NASA just launched a new Mars Rover. Check it out @:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/msl-launched/

Take a look at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-LudR2pQyU

What is this rover supposed to do?

Look it up @

http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/science_tech/NASA-launches-super-size-Mars-rover-to-red-planet

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dmac

112311WarmUp

It's Thanksgiving tommorow.

Here's a few fun websites about the holiday:

http://www.plimoth.org/media/olc/intro.html

http://akidsmath.com/flashes/mgames/thanksgiving.swf

http://www.akidsheart.com/flash3/turkeyswap.swf

http://www.akidsheart.com/flash3/diffgame/diffthanks.swf

http://www.akidsheart.com/flash3/thbounce.swf

http://www.winslowpress.com/perkyturkey/games/toomany.html

http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/searchword/cornucopia-word-search-15x15.swf

http://www.highlightskids.com/media/kids/highlightskids/import/Magazine/Nov06/h1magazineFlashObjects/h11106NovemberArtist.swf

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112111WarmUp

Well, i'll bet you wouldn't mind living in this house:

http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/fallingwater_htm/fallingwater_movie_index.htm#

Now, design one of your own.

Check it out @:

http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/design_studio3d.html

http://30elm.com/

http://myabodo.com/

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dmac

112111WarmUp

Interesting article in yesterday's New York Times: War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat

Read about it @http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/science/28robot.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=robots%20war&st=cse

Check out the new generation of robotic weapons @http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/27/us/ROBOT.html?ref=science

What are the problems?

Any ethical issues?

What do you think?

dmac

111811WarmUp

Are you the type that has to have the latest gadget? Do you find yourself pre-ordering the newest widget?

Let's look at some things you would have stood in line for:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/9-gadgets-that-prove-youre-a-hard-core-early-adopter/

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dmac

111711WarmUp

Today, help create Julius the Monkey!

Take a crack at:http://www.paulfrank.com/plannedpines/#/rec-center/

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111611WarmUp

I knew it!

Outsourcing software overseas wasn't going to be so cheap once everyone got better at it than we were.

Here's the proof:

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=908132495&ids=d38Sd3wRcz4Vb30RdPcScjcMeiMRejgOcP4Uc3AIe3sMc3wTcP0V&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-1&ut=3UG_xUSEAZ4501

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111511WarmUp

What's a startup?

Look it up @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company

Here's 20 of the most innovative:

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=898391072&ids=0OdP0NejcUejwIdzAVczcPd3AUb34OczkPdPgVe2MUdzcScPoRejwIdjkNd3wUd3AU&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod-b-all-4&ut=1aca44j1dU2B01

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dmac

1114WarmUp

What's some of the geekiest destinations to go on vacation?

Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/ff_hotspots/

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dmac

Adobe is abandoning Flash for mobile devices? What?

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/adobe-kills-mobile-flash/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2059892/Adobe-dumps-Flash-Player-mobiles--Steve-Jobs-wanted.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/09/adobe-flash-mobile-dead

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/idINIndia-60423220111110&sa=U&ei=2d-7TtqTGo7tggffzo2jBw&ved=0CAMQ1A4oAjAA&sig2=9-FrgEeVp2EtUj2PyumXgA&usg=AFQjCNGb5TlNXv1LXitqbfOTgCcO8PdDGg&grcx=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/09/adobe-flash-mobile-dead&grb=2

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/us-adobe-apple-idUSTRE7A84NO20111110

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/11/10/bloomberg_articlesLUELIU6K50XS.DTL

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1109WarmUp

We just missed getting hit by a meteor--again!

Check it out @

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/01/30/man-snaps-photo-of-meteor-over-harvard-square/

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70A1FF9385B13738DDDAA0894D9415B838DF1D3

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dmac

Ever hear of Big Dog? How about Alpha Dog? How about PetMan?

Check it out @

http://techland.time.com/2011/10/31/new-robot-from-bigdog-makers-moves-eerily-like-a-human/

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_bigdog.html

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_petman.html

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dmac

Apple has developed a new OLED screen.

Take a look @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/apple-patent-oled-display/

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dmac

110111WarmUp

What is Mark Zuckerburg biggest regret?

Read about it @ http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=877740719&ids=czwSdPoSe3oUb30Od3kNcP0Te2MMdP0Uc3gMdPwIej4Tc3gTdPsU&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod-b-ttle-4&ut=1f8FT8Zw0VKQY1

We have sent millions (billions?) of software work over to India in the last decade. What is India sending us back?

Read about it @ http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=870315420&ids=czwSdPoSe3oUb30Od3kNcP0Te2MMdP0Uc3gMdPwIej4Tc3gTdPsU&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod-b-ttle-4&ut=0nc-Q4_YI-KQY1