HighTec Temple

I am always amazed about how the Japanese can embrace the future without discarding their traditions, this is another example of that. If you read Japanese I think you can buy a vault space in this site: http://www.suishoden.jp/

clipped from www.japantoday.com Chief priest Genyu Daido walks in the Suishoden ossuary at Bansho-ji temple in Nagoya. Two thousand niches in a vault, which sell for between 525,000 yen and 7,350,000 yen, are illuminated by LEDs.

Good alternative to MS Office: OpenOffice.org 3.1 is out

Sam Dean on the blog below talks about major graphics enhancements. I still did not try this version but I can tell you that the former version already had all the features I needed at the right price=free so any enhancements are just upside!

clipped from ostatic.com OpenOffice Version 3.1 Arrives: Better Graphics, and All Apps Updated by Sam Dean - May. 07, 2009Comments (1) The new version 3.1 of the OpenOffice.org suite of open source productivity applications is now available for download. It appears to be a hot download today, too, because I experienced some wait times getting to the OpenOffice site. For this release, users of OpenOffice were asked to vote for their most desired new features, and the wish list helped dictate goals for version 3.1. There are enhanced on-screen graphics and improvements to all the applications in the suite. Here are details on what's under the hood. clipped from www.openoffice.org OpenOffice.org 3.1 is born The latest and greatest 3.1 release of OpenOffice.org is available on our download site. Read all about the new features in this release! Publish Post

Microsoft's Cloud Office

Google has a head start over MS on this one but has also another advantage, they understand the need to support all platform/browser combination. You can only use Office Live if you are running "major" OSs: Microsoft or Max OS, no Linux or Unix (Solaris) support.

clipped from networks.silicon.com Microsoft's cloud Office lands one million users That's one-tenth of Google Apps then... One million customers have signed up to Microsoft's Office Live Workspace online collaboration tool, six months after its beta launch. In comparison, Google's online collaboration technology, Google Apps, has secured 10 million active users two years after its release. clipped from home.officelive.com To use Microsoft Office Live, your computer must meet one of the following requirements: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8 running on Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista. You can download Internet Explorer from the Internet Explorer page. Mozilla Firefox running on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Mac OS X 10.2.x and later. You can download Firefox from the Firefox download page.

Phone Reverse Lookup

2nd clip on this topic, AnyWho (an AT&T company) showed my full name, address and phone number with a simple reverse lookup. They claim the source is Intelius but guess which one is my phone company, and internet provider, and wireless ....

clipped from www.anywho.com White Pages (Find a Person/Reverse Lookup) All listing information appears as it was provided by Intelius. If you feel that residential information you have found is inaccurate, it may be due to relocations or telephone number changes that occurred since the last update. These listings will be made current in our databases with the next scheduled update. For more information on updating listings, please see our FAQs. Non-published directory assistance records are not provided, and are not displayed. If you want your residential listing removed, you have a couple of options: To have your listing unpublished, please contact your local telephone company. To have your listing removed from AnyWho without obtaining a non-published telephone number, please follow the instructions provided in AnyWho Listing Removal and we will submit your listing for removal. Yellow Pages (Find a Business) If you need to update or remove a Yellow Pages business listing, please contact YELLOWPAGES.COM.

Privacy Concerns - Phone Records

despite the fact that I have remove my address and full name from my phone company listings I was amazed by how easily this information is available. Try yourself. To remove yourself, you need to provide even more info about yourself. Makes sense right?

clipped from www.intelius.com Customer Service Email Response How do I remove my information from your site? Dear Sir or Madam, Please let me know how I can remove my phone records from your reverse search results. In order for Intelius to “opt out” your public information from being viewable on the Intelius website, we require faxed proof of identity. Proof of identity can be a state issued ID card or driver’s license. If you are faxing a copy of your driver’s license, obscure the photo and the driver’s license number. We only need to see the name, address and date of birth. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks to process your request. Please fax your information to our customer service department at 425-974-6194. If you are not comfortable faxing us your information, you can send us a notarized form proving your identity and we will be glad to remove this public information. Sincerely, Intelius Customer Service Background Check Reverse Phone Lookup Property & Neighborhood

Track the flu

Not sure this can be considered a technology posting but the mesh up using Google maps and medical info is certainly of big value...you need to click on the original url in order to see it working..there are many of those around since flu is a popular topic these days but this one was the most relevant (since it showed cases nearby = in the Bay Area!)

clipped from flutracker.rhizalabs.com Tracking the progress of H1N1 swine flu This map and the data behind it were compiled by Dr. Henry Niman, a biomedical researcher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, using technology provided by Rhiza Labs and Google. The map was compiled using data from official sources, news reports and user-contributions. clipped from flutracker.rhizalabs.com