Joost - Free online TV - Comedy, cartoons, sports, music and more

Joost, a free TV streaming software by Kazaa & Skype founder Niklas Zennström, is finally available for download to everyone.

Just make sure you have fast internet. On my 512Kbits line it doesn't really work. My guess is that a 1024Kbits/1Mbit line would work.

Joost - Free online TV - Comedy, cartoons, sports, music and more - Download today

Stephen Petranek on TEDTalks: 10 ways the world could end

Well exploring the possibilities of world ending scenarios is at least in its abstraction, as Hollywood commonly does, engading and fun but if taken seriously we could minimize our chances of extinction.

TED Talks Stephen Petranek: 10 ways the world could end (video)

Gruk.org's eMule/eDonkey Serverlist

Gruk.org's eMule/eDonkey Serverlist

Peerates.net's eMule/eDonkey Serverlist

Peerates.net's eMule/eDonkey Serverlist

Google Talk 1.0.0.104 [Beta]

Google Talk is a wonderful little application. The features it has are great but there is much room for Google to make it even better.

What is Google Talk:
http://www.google.com/talk/about.html

Feature Updates:
http://www.google.com/talk/whatsnew.html

Client Download:
http://dl.google.com/googletalk/googletalk-setup.exe

Flash version:
http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/popout

or just go into your
https://www.gmail.com/

Google Talk Blog:
http://googletalk.blogspot.com/ [RSS feed]

Google Acquires JotSpot

JotSpot is a three year old wiki hosting system that has over 2000 corporate customers that enables its customers to share spreadsheets, calendars, documents, photo galleries and other files.

For now it is still unknow how much Google paid to aquire JotSpot. It is very clear how it fits into its service offerings. Personally I am very excieted. I had used JotSpot for a trial period and was very impressed. As a private user their fees were too high for me but now due to Google it will be free of charge.

Google will probably integrate JotSpot into Beta Blogger, Google Documents and possibly Google Pages. With JotSpots' superb functionality and ease of use, I would argue that Blogger will be the best Blog service available. Google Documents would gain much better integration into websites. For example imagine creating spreadsheets and easily publish them on your blog or Google pages without any technical knowledge. In addition there are hundreds if not thousands of add on features that can be used with JotSpot and with their help it will remain very flexibility and power.

Official Aquisition FAQ

Helen Fisher on TEDTalks

Helen Fisher is an anthropologist who has studied gender differences and human emotions for over 30 years.

Many think that men & women are alike but she says we are more like two feet who are dependent on each other with the many similarities and differences. The brain itself is hard wired with big gender differences between men & women. And she talks about what romentic love is all about.

She talkes about 3 basic brain systems used for mating and reproduction.

1. Sex drive / Lust (attrack humans to a range of partners)
2. Romantic Love (focus the mating energy onto one individual)
3. Attachement (tolerate the human being one is in love with)

This is a podcast from TEDTalks by Helen FisherTo download high quality click here

The Future of Online Operating Systems

No hard drives, no Windows installations, just a browser that opens the door to your online OS is for the most part only fiction for now. YouOS.com has released their Alpha version of their online Web OS. It is not trying to copy Windows but definitely feels like an operating system. It has different kinds of applications that you can use and configure. For now I cannot this is not yet useful nor too user friendly and still too limited. It is good that some are investing their time to push such ideas forward but it is still a long way to go. Go try it out if you like at www.youos.com

String Theory in a Visual Format

Ever wonder what the 5th, 6th, 7th ... 10th dimension looks like? Maybe you have the same difficulty imagining such a high count of dimensions as I do. On Bob Bryanton's website that is promoting his book called Imagining the Tenth Dimension he has a short animated visual explanation of all the dimensions. Click here to go to the website and click on Imagining the Ten Dimensions on the navigation bar to view see and listen to the explanation

Update: Google Desktop

Google Desktop (v4.2006.1002)
(http://desktop.google.com/)

With Google Desktop you can search your computer, emails, and web history as efficiently and as quickly as you do the internet. You can add Google Gadgets can can let you share pictures, view your calendar, weather, play games, display news, ... you name it.

Size: 2.03MB (installer)

click here to download