PhotoVu PV1955 19-inch digital picture frame with WiFi

We’ve seen a whole slew of 7-inch commercial digital picture frames, but this is the first 19-inch we can recall with this level of specs. The PhotoVu PV1955 LCD features a 1280 x 960 pixel resolution with a 4:3 aspect, 24-bit color, 800:1 contrast ratio, and can be hung on the wall in either portrait or landscape modes. Images are stored on your USB thumb drive or optional 80GB removable disk drive and pulled directly from your Apple iPhoto or Adobe Photoshop Album/Elements image catalog via Ethernet or WiFi. But for $1,119, maybe they could offer us a skank-free frame with Windows Media Connect and DLNA support, hmm? On second thought, maybe you should just make your own.

source post [Via Macworld]

Sony’s new VAIO SZ laptops

Deciding that yet another VAIO series was needed, Sony intro’d the new VAIO SZ series of laptops. The under one-inch thick SZ’s are wrapped in a lightweight carbon-fiber casing, keeping the weight under 4 pounds. Sony uses a white LED backlight behind the 13.3-inch XBRITE widescreen display to save power, plus you can toggle between on-board or external chip to conserve even more. for up to 7 hours of juice. Other important specs include an available integrated EDGE radio, biometric fingerprint sensor, G-Sensor shock protection, and built in mic and camera for video-conferencing. Expect the new SZ’s this spring starting just under $2,000 for the base and moving on up from there.

source post [Kevin C. Tofel]

New Yahoo! Widgets

Yahoo! Weather

Get up to the minute information about your weather location along with a five day forecast.You can customize the color of this Widget for both day and night.Part of the Yahoo! Widget Engine installation, but offered here in the event you’ve lost the Widget.

Yahoo! Search

The search Widget to end all search Widgets. This Widget not only lets you search Yahoo! Local, Images, Web, Video, Shopping and News, but it displays the results inline with contextual links for the type of search. For example, Local search will give you a link to the map of the location, and Images will show you a thumbnail of the image with a link to the original and the page it was found on.

Day Planner

Get your Yahoo!, iCal, Outlook or Sunbird Calendar events and tasks right on your desktop.If you’re using Yahoo! Calendar, you have the ability to add, edit and delete events directly from your Widget.Part of the Yahoo! Widget Engine installation, but offered here in the event you’ve lost the Widget.

Picture Frame

What started out as a Widget to show you your local pictures as a slide show in a frame has become a complete Flickr and Yahoo! Photos upload and management tool.With this latest version you can upload images or folders of images to your Flickr your Y! Photos account, change name, description, tags, privacy options… you can even blog directly from the Widget.Part of the Yahoo! Widget Engine installation, but offered here in the event you’ve lost the Widget.

Yahoo! Notepad

A Widget front-end to your Yahoo! Notepad. This Widget allows you to add, edit, organize and delete contacts from your Yahoo! Notepad directly from the Widget.Once you’ve saved your notes, you can move them into other categories by simply dragging them from one folder to another.

Yahoo! Maps

Need to find a location quick? This Widget will find where you’re looking for using Yahoo! Maps, and display the result as a map you can pan and zoom directly in the Widget.

Yahoo! Contacts

A Widget front-end to your Yahoo! Address Book. This Widget allows you to add, edit and delete contacts from your Yahoo! Address Book directly inside it.Clicking on specific types of links on the face of the Widget will launch them. If your contact has a Yahoo! User ID and a Yahoo! Avatar it will be displayed in the edit window.Part of the Yahoo! Widget Engine installation.

Stock Ticker

This Widget gives you information on indices, your stocks and funds. Results are delayed up to 20 minutes.You can reorder your list by dragging the thumbs around on the left side of the Widget.Part of the Yahoo! Widget Engine installation, but offered here in the event you’ve lost the Widget.

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Wifi Signal

A little digital readout of your WiFi signal strength. It can also show you the name of the network you’re connected to, or the signal strength as a raw percentage.Part of the Yahoo! Widget Engine installation, but offered here in the event you’ve lost the Widget.

USB Internet Speakerphone

Skype is definitely a hot word at CES 2006 as evidenced by the numerous new products to make you more Skypeable. USRobotics is gettin’ in on the game with their USR9610 Speakerphone for Skype. It might look like a futuristic uncomfortable seat-cushion, but it’s actually a full duplex, USB speakerphone. Featuring echo-cancellation, volume controls and a mute button, the USR9610 helps you lose those dreaded headphones that muss your hair. $50 lets you Skype the night away without the cord sometime later this month.

source post [Kevin C. Tofel] 1/5/2006

十大化妝品牌 SKII賣最好

2005年哪一個品牌的化妝品賣得最好？第一名仍是蟬聯多年的SKII，以超出30億元的業績奪取后冠，資生堂緊追在後；整體來看，去年化妝品陷入肉搏戰。

由成長幅度來看，前10大保養品中，SKII與雅詩蘭黛持平，資生堂、蘭蔻成長不及市場平均值的10%，佳麗寶、高絲的成長幅度只超出10%一些些。

2005年前10大化妝品牌，與2004年一模一樣，僅蘭蔻從第六掉落第七，與迪奧對調。

前10大中，SKII仍以超過30億元保住一姐后座，資生堂東京櫃以近22億緊追第2，雅詩蘭黛仍維持去年第3名，但營業額衰退2%，呈現小幅負成長，公關經理蔡易伶表示，原因和去年上半年紐約出貨不穩定、包裝不完美曾經回收等狀況息息相關，下半年業績則恢復成長。

蘭蔻行銷經理李苑姿表示，2005年的化妝品市場陷入肉搏戰，與市場不景氣，消費者卡債高築有關，去年業績平均成長10%，呈現小幅衰退的低迷狀態。

市場之所以成長遲緩，與大品牌研發速度慢、新品又不一定大力炒作有關，如SKII去年大半年沒有新品上市，雅詩蘭黛、蘭蔻等雖有上市新品，最賣的多半還是既定印象、累積多年口碑的舊品或經舊品更新的第二代商品。

從營業額的差距也足以說明化妝品市場陷入苦戰危機，李苑姿表示，2004年第3至8名營業額差距達4億元，到2005年只剩2億元，在餅沒做大的前提下，大家得花加倍心力才成交。

【2006/01/06 聯合報】

Lost Aliens – Today’s Time Waster

Here’s a weird one: In Lost Aliens your goal is to get all of the aliens to the bullseye. If you click on an alien, it’ll move one space to the right, and if there’s another alien next to it, it’ll leapfrog over it. However, if an alien lands on the blue crystal it’s stuck. To get it unstuck, you have to click on the pyramid, but this will only work if another alien, who will out some sort of pulse to free it, is next to it. Other obstacles appear on the way, making this Flash puzzler addictive and challenging, not to mention bizarre.

source post  [Jordan Running] 1/5/2006

Check Out the New Porsche!

Yup, figured I’d give you a quick break from all the tech to take a look-see at the brand new Porsche Cayman S, shown at the Greater LA Auto Show, which is also going on this week. So basically, the biggest geeks in the world are all over on the West Coast right now. The Cayman S is a 295-horsepower, two-seat coupe that is being marketed as a “bridge between the Boxster roadster and the 911 Carrera.” No price yet, but would it really matter?

source post Styling at the LA Auto Show [Cnet]

WhatsOnTV

Don’t know what to do? Need some distraction? You can use WhatsOnTV Widget to find right now what you could watch on TV.All day schedule and reminders are also available.

故事媽媽說成語故事-不屈不撓

小朋友妳知道「不屈不撓」這個成語的由來嗎

王商，字子威，繼承父親的封號為樂呂侯，是漢成帝的丞 相，他為人耿直，作風正派。

漢成帝三年的秋天，京城長安城中忽然有傳言說要發大水了， 長安城就要被水吞沒了。剎時間，整個長安城的老百姓都驚慌起來 大家扶老攜幼，爭相逃命。

消 息傳到宮中，漢成帝立即召集文武百官到宮中議事，商量對策。成帝的舅父、大將軍王鳳也驚慌失措，勸成帝、太后趕快躲到船上去,準備撤離。大臣們也紛紛附和 王鳳的意見。只有丞相王商堅決反對，他認為大水不可能突然而來，一定是謠傳，在這個關鍵時刻更不能輕易撤離，這樣只會使人心更加慌亂。成帝採納了王商的意 見，後來，城裡也沒見大水來，謠言不攻自破，城裡的秩序也慢慢恢復了。調查下來，確實是傳言失實。成帝對王商能力排眾議很讚賞。王鳳卻認為是王商使他下不 了台，因此心懷不滿。

王鳳有個親戚叫楊肜，是琅那太守，因為沒有把他管轄的地方管理好，王商要辦他的罪，王鳳為此親自跑到王商面前，替楊 肜說情，為他開脫。王商堅持原則，免去了楊肜的官職，王鳳更加懷恨在心，千方百計想要打擊報復。於是他勾結了同夥，誣陷王商。漢成帝最後聽信了讒言，罷免 了王商的丞相職務。

但是，是非自有公論。《漢書》的作者班固在撰寫王商的傳記時 對王商的評價是：?為人誠實公正，不屈不撓。這樣的評論是很客觀公正的。

很不錯的故事唷!