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Google is constantly tweaking and updating its products and the homepage isn't spared. But if you thought that something as iconic as the Google homepage would be spared of any major change, especially considering that the 11 or so years it has been around haven't taken too much toll on it, you'd be wr... |
2 November 2009
11:41 GMT |
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Urban architects undoubtedly have something special of their own, a fact that has been evidenced numerous times by the wide array of improvements and reconversions they brought to seemingly decrepit and abandoned structures. San Francisco architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello one day took a look at the San... |
8 October 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Household designers are constantly working on ideas to further make shoes more visually appealing, adding to them anything from straps and spikes to feathers and rhinestones. In doing so, they’re looking at footwear from the outside in, whereas British architect Julian Hakes is doing it the other way around. Be... |
3 October 2009
08:21 GMT |
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Ever since ancient times, people have been trying to express their thoughts and feelings in various ways, and one of the most important is writing. But time passed by, technology evolved and soon we found out that computers could help us express our thoughts more than we even imagine. And this how came the idea to cr... |
16 September 2009
12:31 GMT |
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With more and more people using Twitter with mobile or desktop clients, it looks like even Biz is beginning to doubt the site as a viable alternative. Still, it hasn't abandoned the idea altogether and for those that actually do use the website, even as a secondary alternative, there are now four more official t... |
15 September 2009
04:23 GMT |
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The Gmail user interface team pulled four new themes out of the hat and delighted their users once again. The announcement came today, September 4, 2009, on the official Gmail blog under a chat between designer Jake Knapp and developer Manu Cornet. These four themes (which are actually three, but we will explain that... |
4 September 2009
05:15 GMT |
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The Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, the segment of Project Constellation that is planned to take astronauts to low-Earth orbit and the Moon starting 2015, has recently passed its preliminary design review test. Even though this is good news, its faith is still unclear, considering the fact that the future of the ARES... |
2 September 2009
03:04 GMT |
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HTC Hero is reportedly the nicest mobile phone launched on the market with Google's Android operating system running on it, and it is expected to soon become available for purchase in the US via wireless carrier Sprint. While rumors about the operator getting the Hero have been cycling around for quite some time... |
1 September 2009
05:32 GMT |
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Facebook has been adding a lot of new features and functionality lately, sometimes making big changes to the site. New features like the upgraded search engine and the simplified privacy options made a significant impact on the way most users interacted with the site. Now though, Facebook made some design changes and... |
26 August 2009
10:50 GMT |
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Wikipedia, one of the biggest web sites in the world, is getting ready for a new, fresher look and has launched the proposed redesign in beta. As expected from one of the most recognizable sites online, the changes aren't groundbreaking but they do make for a cleaner and more modern look. The new design is avail... |
10 August 2009
07:13 GMT |
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Over recent years, designing the best possible chip architecture – forcing as many transistors and connections on an ever-smaller microchip in an optimum manner – has become so complex, that many designers have simply outsourced their job to supercomputers. The machines browse through billions of arrangem... |
29 July 2009
04:54 GMT |
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Microsoft is a tad late at the unveiling “party” of the Windows 7 box art. But what's a few months when you hold the keys to confirming the official packaging design for the next iteration of the Windows client? Approximately two months after the concepts for the retail flavors of Windows 7 were leak... |
24 June 2009
03:04 GMT |
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As many of you have already heard, Apple has introduced a new iPhone model recently. iPhone 3G S (for speed), is touted by its makers as “the fastest and most powerful iPhone yet.” Some may have expected the device to be different not only inside, but also outside. As it turns out, Apple did nothing to ch... |
9 June 2009
15:10 GMT |
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Windows 7 is progressing along the development process toward RTM, and the final details for the operating system are starting to take contour. It is the case of the packaging for the successor of Windows Vista. Windows 7 box art has popped up on the official Microsoft Store website. However, it can be considered hal... |
9 June 2009
02:12 GMT |
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With the Release Candidate of Windows 7 available for public download, Microsoft has moved onward with the development of the operating system. The next stage in the evolution of the next iteration of the Windows client is RTM. Only after Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing will the platform hit the shelves, ... |
11 May 2009
09:01 GMT |
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We already reported that Dell was another personal computer maker that announced plans to enter the smartphone market this year. And while the company was expected to come to the market with its first such device sometime in September 2009, it seems that we're not going to see that happen after all. On the oth... |
23 March 2009
03:12 GMT |
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The folks at 1 Infinite Loop should be patting each other on the back after seeing their products take home four separate iF product design awards from the prestigious iF International Forum Design, Macworld reports. That's right, Apple netted four awards, one for the iPhone 3G, one for the second-generation iPo... |
4 March 2009
06:27 GMT |
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Research group goo Research carried out a survey questioning 1,102 women between the ages of 20 and 26 to find out which devices and device makers impress them the most. Not surprisingly, Apple ranked quite high in most categories.“This survey has perhaps a rather narrow sample, but it is the early 20... |
3 March 2009
06:01 GMT |
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The world's City of Culture (Cidade da Cultura), currently under construction in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, is the most complex architectural design in history. The decade-long work, scheduled to be finished in 2012, represents the culmination of our design capabilities as far as buildings and build... |
21 February 2009
05:01 GMT |
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When Logitech first introduced its G15 gaming keyboard, it basically offered gamers a completely new gaming peripheral, specifically designed to meet their requirements and provide a reliable alternative to gaming keyboards on the market. However, despite the impressive success level of the company's high-end pr... |
14 January 2009
06:26 GMT |
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In mid-2008, Google revamped its favicon, the first such initiative after eight and a half years of the same icon being featured in the browser next to the company's URL. At that time, the Mountain View-based search giant explained that the overhauled favicon was responding to the need to better adapt to new pla... |
12 January 2009
04:11 GMT |
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As car makers and dealers are yearning to find new approaches and features that would make their cars sell better, a new study tests how the pareidolia levels in people affect whether they like a car or not.Pareidolia refers to people's ability of finding human traits or even whole faces in objects that usu... |
16 October 2008
10:26 GMT |
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The recent weather catastrophes, like hurricanes, tropical storms, massive rainfall, or rising sea levels have resulted in large areas of land being submerged. Consequently, countless homes have been abandoned, as the people who once claimed them are now left without a shelter. But visionary ideas and eco-proje... |
4 October 2008
04:48 GMT |
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Fashion appears to be ever more present in the world of computer systems, as more and more systems vendors are releasing their own “fashionable” products. Design is one of the most significant aspects today's computer systems must take heed of, which is why HP has recently announced its decision to t... |
10 September 2008
08:18 GMT |
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Once you make the buy, the iPhone suddenly becomes even more important than your girlfriend. It's understandable. After all, thanks to its curves and slim appearance, it could easily compete with real-life models. But, is it something you’d want to hide from the eyes of the envious, just to protect th... |
1 September 2008
09:21 GMT |
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The North American division of LG Electronics has recently announced the opening of a new design center in Union Square, New York. This is actually a relocation of LG's old Design Center from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and it comes in order to strengthen the South Korean company's presence in the US. F... |
4 August 2008
03:25 GMT |
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On July 14, Facebook is launching a beta version of the users' profile design. As Pete Bratach, Facebook developer, says on the official blog, users can opt for a new appearance of the entire website, a feature that is now available only for ''sandbox,'' an application that gives users the op... |
8 July 2008
11:51 GMT |
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One of the biggest computer system manufacturers, Fujitsu Siemens, has just unveiled its new Amilo 3000 range of laptops. The company has built this new product using a straightforward black and white design which, although simple, promises to bring a lot of innovative features.The company's new Amilo 3000 produ... |
29 May 2008
11:56 GMT |
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Starting mid-April, Microsoft has introduced the new stage in the evolution of Live Search. The release affected not only the core Live Search engine, but also additional components of the Redmond company's web search services including News, Video, and Products. The revamped search experience is not limited to ... |
7 May 2008
03:58 GMT |
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Scarves never seem to go out of fashion - and this summer, word on the fashionably chic... well, not streets... rather boulevards is that no outfit, however stylishly cut, is deemed classy enough without a little helping hand from a colorful scarf. Of course, most of us ladies have come to learn first-hand exactly ho... |
23 April 2008
11:02 GMT |
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Struggling to get your web site up to par? Try Sandvox 1.2.7, one of the best web site development applications out there, that integrates beautifully with .Mac and iLife, featuring attractive templates and UI (user interface). A trial version of the software is available right HERE."Sandvox is fast becoming the webs... |
31 March 2008
06:32 GMT |
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Many tattoo and piercing fans must know about tattoo artists Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman of Hyperspace Studios. The couple relies on Macs to make their designs and then work with the details. Both their styles and artistic approaches are distinct, according to Elise Malmberg, but, as she reveals in her Apple In... |
24 March 2008
08:05 GMT |
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A very interesting interview by Philipp Lenssen was posted on blogoscoped.com, that of Ruth Kedar, the design teacher at Stanford University in 1999, the time of the logo's birth. The question was asked via mail and the answer came the same way, but despite not having the flavor of the personally taken interview... |
15 January 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Has Google gotten so big that when it enters a metaphorical room with you in it, it covers at least three light sources? What further heights could you dream to reach with Google after taking over the market in a blitzkrieg kind of way? Many more questions on the topic to follow after this short commercial: "Have you... |
4 January 2008
21:06 GMT |
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The Mountain View company has just rolled out a new look for the Google Webmaster Central technology as well as several goodies to help the website owners enhance their pages. First of all, the super giant Google was focused on the layout of the service in order to make it more attractive and easier to use. Obviously... |
7 September 2007
16:11 GMT |
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Although the Mountain View company recently updated the interface of its official website, it seems like Google is now interested in reverting the appearance to the old design used before. Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped reports that some of the users are now seeing the old interface of the search engine inst... |
28 August 2007
04:07 GMT |
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Moore's Law, getting more and more transistors in a computer chip and getting out as much performance as possible, was the driving force behind the computer hardware industry for a number of years now. One problem that the whole CMOS based hardware manufacturers face is that they are reaching the limits of the m... |
13 August 2007
03:02 GMT |
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Nokia announced the establishment of a new design studio in India, being the first from a series of satellite design studios the Finnish company wants to open in "design hot spots" all over the world. After inaugurating the design studio at its global headquarters in Espoo earlier this year, Nokia chose India for its... |
1 August 2007
09:09 GMT |
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Among the many keyboards and mice manufacturers in the world, Logitech stands up and very near the top. I say very near the top and not just on top because sometimes smaller companies like Razer can knock you off your feet with their products. But back at Logitech, they use a nice design for all their products and al... |
26 July 2007
05:55 GMT |
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Erecting record-breaking buildings seems to have become a fierce competition in the last decades. Owning it is a matter of great pride, not only for the builders – which gain a lot of fame and also a lot of money – but also for the hosting country, which will benefit from having one of the most important tourist attr... |
18 July 2007
10:56 GMT |
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Windows Vista came very close to featuring the frustrating product syndrome. Even before the operating system was made available to the general public, the level of limitations introduced by the User Account Control was blown out of proportions. Those not in direct contact with Windows Vista received a great deal of ... |
19 June 2007
12:57 GMT |
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Following the recent improvements released by the online video sharing service YouTube for the interface of the video player, the parent company Google is now preparing a brand new appearance for the official page of the product. As blogger Ionut Alex reported, the new layout is available using a simple trick that re... |
14 June 2007
09:31 GMT |
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The Mountain View company decided that it's time to implement one of the long awaited designs over the results page and modify the appearance of the website. Also today, along with the new interface, Google debuted Universal Search, an all-in-one search engine that bundles all the search technologies created by ... |
17 May 2007
14:06 GMT |
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You need a new tooth brush, or a battery cover for the cell phone, or your kid just broke a plastic component of his new toy and you don't have the time to go to a store. Soon, you will be able to create these items by yourself, at home.3-D printers will be the answer. You just get the blueprint of the objects ... |
14 May 2007
05:12 GMT |
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Yahoo debuted a new design for its almost anonymous video service, the giant portal aiming to make it more challenging for other similar services. As you can see if you visit the product's website, the design is cleaner than before, offering some attractive thumbnails of the first page clips. On the right part o... |
10 May 2007
09:05 GMT |
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Recently occupying the 92nd position of TIME's 100 most influential people of 2006, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talks to Entertainment Weekly about why he chooses to make Japanese-centric games and doesn't try appealing Americans for instance, with games like Halo. Asked whether he ever worries of los... |
8 May 2007
04:13 GMT |
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Google is currently testing a different design for its famous search technology but it doesn't present it on the official site of the engine. Because it is somehow private, the testing sessions are quite difficult to be accessed; so if you want to see them, you must follow some simple steps. Google Blogoscoped r... |
4 May 2007
05:20 GMT |
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Google released today an improved version of Google Desktop SDK, a developer tool that includes the latest edition of Google Desktop Gadget Designer. This utility helps users build their own gadgets, tiny applications that will bring one more function to the stand-alone product. In the past, Google made several effor... |
4 May 2007
02:44 GMT |
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Google revealed today a new design for its advertising platform, Google AdSense, trying to offer a little bit more information straight from the main page of the service. As you can see, the company published a new design that explains the procedure of the advertising platform as well as the appearance of the adverts... |
3 May 2007
03:54 GMT |
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The history of aviation, though short (only a bit more than a century) has known the most advances in terms of design technology, building materials and performances of civilian and military aircrafts. The first planes were made of wood, cardboard and cloth, now they are built using the latest development in artifi... |
30 April 2007
03:34 GMT |
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