Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Five Predictions For Future By IBM

Drained by your commute? Blood-sucking utility bills got you down? Wondering if that tomato in your dinner salad was really organic?


The cures to those ills and more may arrive within five years, according to IBM.

The company recently released its second annual set of "Next Five in Five" predictions, visions that sketch out a future where driving is a relative pleasure, eco-friendly devices save you money, and super doctors use advanced technology to probe your body's innermost depths in search of disease.

IBM's contention that driving will become safer and less aggravating may be particularly tantalizing for many.

The company said that during the next five years, a "wave of connectivity" between vehicles and roadways will help keep traffic flowing smoothly, drive down pollution, and get you to your destination easier, "without the stress."

This will be accomplished through "intelligent" traffic systems that automatically adjust light patterns and shift traffic to alternative routes, as well as cars that exhibit "reflexes" thanks to communication with other vehicles and roadside sensors, according to IBM.

The company's crystal ball also revealed that the long-simmering trend toward "smart energy" devices will proliferate wildly. "Dishwashers, air conditioners, house lights, and more will be connected directly to a 'smart' electric grid, making it possible to turn them on and off using your cell phone or any Web browser," a company statement asserts.

Even the act of eating will take on new meaning, in IBM's view: "You will know everything from the climate and soil the food was grown in, to the pesticides and pollution it was exposed to, to the energy consumed to create the product, to the temperature and air quality of the shipping containers it traveled through on the way to your dinner table."

The report also suggests that doctors' ability to heal us will become even more astounding. Due to advances in X-ray and audio technologies, doctors will gain "superpowers," according to IBM. Computers will also be able to compare your health data to an ocean's worth of other patient records, helping with diagnosis and treatment, the company said.

In addition, the company said cell phones will continue to grow in power and functionality. For example, phones will enable users to snap a photo of an article of clothing, pull in results from the Web about the brand and where to buy it, and then render the garment on top of a 3-D image of the user, IBM said.

IBM's list received a measured nod from Edward Cornish, editor of The Futurist magazine and past president of the World Future Society, an organization based in Bethesda, Maryland.

"Basically, the five forecasts seem to me to be quite reasonable," Cornish said. "They're based on technologies that have been around for a number of years and are simply extrapolations."

The Futurist has released its own list of predictions for 2008 and beyond.

The organization contends, among other things, that the world will have a billion millionaires by 2025; the earth is on the verge of a "significant extinction event;" and "nonhuman entities," such as robots fueled by artificial intelligence, will make more decisions.
Via-Infoworld

NamePros.com, an active community of domain name owners, investors, buyers, and sellers of all kinds

What Company Is About:
NamePros.com, an active community of domain name owners, investors, buyers, and sellers of all kinds. You can join over 76,000 domain name owners from around the world and discuss anything about domain names and website development!

To gain full access to all of our features, you must register for a free account.

How It Works:


NameBucks are part of their forum's currency system and can be used to 'purchase' benefits and features on the forum and, on occasions, actual goods and services through the NamePros Store. They may be earned by site participation, purchased from the bank or other members, and can be used as an easy and fee-free way to buy and sell with other NamePros Members on low to mid value transactions.

NameBucks have real value, guaranteed by the site owners, and the integrity of the currency system is protected and held in high regard.
Their forum has a feature called "reputation points". Reputaion points in its simplest form are a ranking of a members benefit and activity within the forum. Its basis comes from the opinions of all forum members that choose to take part in it.

Users gain and lose rep points on how their posts are scored by other members. Users with the ability to affect reputation, will either give or take away points by approving or disapproving with a post's content. Rep points are also gained or lost from transactions rated using their Trader Rating system.




Unique Features:

Once registered, you will be able to:

* Post your domains for sale or for free appraisals.
* Private message and conduct business with other domain owners.
* View members-only forums such as 'Legal Issues' and 'Expired Domains'
* Search and browse our complete database of over 2,300,000 posts!

http://www.namepros.com/

Global Classroom

What Company Is Offering:
TutorQuick.com is a cross border venture which aims at providing the finest tutoring service to students. The company has been formed by professionals from the United States and India who have a track record of providing excellent service to their clients in various fields including education. We are committed to providing the best tutoring service to all our students, ensuring a qualitative improvement in their level of understanding, problem solving skills, creative skills, logical approach and scientific temperament.
How It Works:
Connecting to an online tutor vis TutorQuick is extremely easy. With a few simple clicks, the user is linked into a web based live teleconference with one of our qualified tutors. All you need to do is to sign up on our website, purchase and schedule a tutoring session. The tutor will be available at the scheduled time. Voice interaction is done via Skype, which is a free software and can be downloaded from www.Skype.com.Written communication is done through an online virtual "whiteboard" (which is the equivalent of classroom blackboard). While speaking via a headset and microphone the student is able to ask questions, draw equations and get expert tutoring live and interactive. Our tutors teach rather than give just answers.

The tutoring will be done according to the needs of student and according to his/her requirements of the subject/s. TutorQuick.com offers power tutoring at a reasonable price with live access to real tutors.
More at:http://www.tutorquick.com/

Qik is a little piece of software that enables you to stream videos directly from your phone to the Web

What Company Is Offering:

Qik is a little piece of software that enables you to stream videos directly from your phone to the Web. Use it to stream engaging videos to your friends in Facebook, Twitter, etc. or as your camcorder to capture entertaining and special moments.

How It Works:

With Qik you can stream engaging video live from your phone to the world or use your phone like a camcorder to capture entertaining, interesting and special moments. Go LIVE with your life by streaming anytime, anywhere — right from your phone. Be an eyewitness, capture those first steps, or whip up your own streaming video blog. There are just a million and one uses of qik.Currently, they support video streaming on Nokia S60 phones: N71, N73, N75, N76, N77, N80, N91, N92, N93, N93i, N95, E50, E51, E61i, E65, E70m E90 Communicator, 3250, 5500, 5700 Xpress Music, 6110 Navigator, 6120 Classic, 6121 Classic, and 6290. You also need a Data Plan and it is also advisable to have an Unlimited Data Plan from your service provider as video streaming can consume considerable amount of bandwidth.
More at:http://www.qik.com/

Trutap-- Free Mobile IM Messaging

What Company Is Offering:
Trutap allows you to take your online social life where you go. You can send group messages, SMS and email from your mobile phone for free. You can also chat with your friends on IM (e.g. MSN) and post to blogs, photo-sharing accounts and social networks - all from your mobile phone.

How It Works:
Simply go to the download page and create an account. Then follow the instructions to download the application onto your mobile phone and away you go!
Or you can go to m.trutap.com on your phone‘s mobile browser. And if you‘re in the UK, just text ‘trutap‘ to 80468 and they‘ll send you a download link that‘ll help you download trutap onto your phone.
To get the most out of trutap you will need a supported mobile phone and a data plan that allows you to connect to the Internet from your phone.. You can find out if you have a data plan by calling your network operator.
When you are creating your trutap account they will send you an SMS message containing a verification code. All you need to do is enter this code into the web site when asked and your number will be verified. Simple as that!

Unique Features:

What is a WAP push?
It‘s a kind of SMS message that contains a web link that can be used by your mobile phone to open a web page. Some phones will call them slightly different things like service messages or push messages.

More at:http://trutap.com/

Senior FriendFinder site --For Above The Age Of 40

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GreenIQ

What Company Is Offering:

GreenIQ believes that you don’t have to hug trees to support them. The big picture behind GreenIQ is your, my, our, our children and our grandchildren’s future.

How It Works:

GreenIQ provides measurable answers to these and other ambiguous questions so you can truly gauge your impact on the environment.

GreenIQ will take the esoteric concept of the carbon footprint and bring it down to Earth in a straightforward, more easily gauged way.
By simply taking their GreenIQ test you can measure how green you really are. Once the test is taken, custom tips will be sent each week according to your individual green interests. The tips are intended for immediate use and easy integration into your life, therefore helping to increase their IQ and minimize the weight you have on this world.

Unique Features:

Traditional carbon calculators only calculate the basic big ticket items- flights, car, electricity.
GreenIQ takes other lifestyle components into account: travel, food and drink, beauty, home design, lifestyle, habits.
Traditional Tip Guides offer information, but no follow through.
GreenIQ informs, advises, guides with custom tips, helps set goals, and follows up to see that those goals are met.
GreenIQ will help you take responsibility for your environmental weight through the PGG (Personal Green Goals) program within the Green Community.
GreenIQ is also a community of like-minded people where you can learn from, meet , and chat with other GreenIQ members, as well as create a personal space- your GreenPad.

More at:http://www.greeniq.com/

vSide--Virtual Music World

What Company Is Offering:
vSide is an immersive, interconnected virtual city environment where you can hang out, listen to music, chat, dance, and make friends.

How It Works:

There are four Moods you can set for your avatar: Confident, relaxed, upbeat, and blue. Set your mood using the Mood button on the button bar. Your gesture animations will be different depending on your mood.
Go to:http://www.vside.com/ , and download the application. Install and run vSide and you will be prompted to register from within the client.vSide fully supports AIM. If you supply your AIM username and password in your People panel (accessible via the People button, also F3 key), you'll be able to IM your AIM buddies right from the vSide client!


Unique Features:

Respekt is the social status system in vSide. As you gain Respekt and reach higher Respekt levels, you earn awards and access to VIP rooms in clubs, exclusive items for purchase, and more.
More at:http://www.vside.com/

BootB is the on-line marketplace that connects your Brand to the world's creative talents

What Company Is Offering:
BootB is the on-line marketplace that connects your Brand to the world's creative talents. With BootB you can get responses to your ideas. Brands put creative challenges in the BootB box and you solve them. The best idea wins, and its creator wins a substantial cash prize.

How It Works:

Brand owners – Builders - publish their creative needs on BootB and allocate a budget to it. The brief, translated into 12 languages, reaches almost all people who use the internet in their mother tongue.

Creators around the planet, agency creatives, inspired mums, bright kids, street performers, wannabe writers - everyone can put their dreams in the box, and the Builder buys the best idea – for the full value of the brief - with a cast iron guarantee of payment by BootB.

The best idea wins the prize – pure ideas, one planet, no barriers, everybody is welcome in the Re-publi-ca of Unlimited Creativity - BootB.
Registration is free for everyone.

For Creators: Simply register, check out the briefs in the box, decide which ones you want to try to crack, dream up a solution, and post it back to us – starting January 1st – go for it! You can post as many as you like! We’ll keep it secret until the Builders go through them all one by one to see which one they love the most.

For Builders: If you want to publish a brief in the box, please use our contact us form, and we’ll get in touch to talk you through the process.

If you’re having difficulty with anything, please get in touch. This is your site, and we want to make it as easy for you to use as possible - we would love to hear your feedback if you have any ideas about how to make it more useful for you.
More at:http://www.bootb.com/

GigPark is a place for you and your friends to share recommendations so you can all find great service

What Company Is Offering:
GigPark is a place for you and your friends to share recommendations so you can all find great service. GigPark's mission is to make it easy for friends to share recommendations so we can all find great service.


How It Works:
GigPark allows you to easily check out recommendations from your friends and from the friends of your friends to find an agent that best suits your needs. If you can't find one, you can ask your friends for a recommendation through GigPark.

In turn, you can make your own recommendations and respond to your friends in need. If you recommend your dentist, you're not only helping your friend with the tooth ache, you're also sending potential clients to your dentist. You're a nice person.

Keywords are one-word labels that you can assign to each of your recommendations on GigPark to make it easier for friends to find that recommendation. For example, if you recommend a pediatrician, you may want to add the following keywords - baby doctor pediatrician newborn - or whatever other keywords would help your friends find this recommendation. You can assign as many keywords to a recommendation as you like and easily edit or delete them later.

More at:http://www.gigpark.com/faq

Ask500People-----Companies Make Better Decision

What Company Is Offering:
Ask500People to gather input and opinion data in minutes instead of days, and to create a platform that other applications can integrate.

How It Works:
They've invented a new tool to help companies make better decisions based on fast, inexpensive independent input. Their results are more accurate than polling friends or people around the office and cheaper than a formal outsourced survey.

Create an account if you don't have one.
Log in.
On the Your Questions page, click on "Ask a Community Question.

When a question goes live on the network, over 75,000 websites display that poll. This network reach allows us to deliver voting results in real-time.

Businesses can create and launch questions from the privacy of the control panel, for reasonable rates. Unlike the questions running on the main page, your results are private and you're guaranteed that your question will have access to the network.
More at:http://www.ask500people.com/

Jalipo is the first online marketplace for TV and video--On Demand TV

What Company Is Offering:

Jalipo is the first online marketplace for TV and video. It lets content owners use the Internet to offer their channels, video-on-demand and live events direct to viewers around the world.

Jalipo aims to give you the best way to enjoy their content with the minimum of fuss and deliver it to you in the best quality your broadband can support. There's no download, just click and watch.

How It Works:

Jalipo J:Credits give you a flexible way to buy from each content owner paying only for what you watch. All live and recorded video is priced by content owners at a per-minute rate, you simply pay-as-you-go topping up your credits whenever you run low.

More at:http://www.jalipo.com/

My FutureSource is a FREE fully customizable and interactive website designed for the trader who demands efficiency

What Company Is Offering:
Their objective is to provide you with free and accurate futures commodity quotes, charts, news and other relevant information. They hope to give you a source you can count on, and do it in a way that is easy and convenient. FutureSource.com carries both "true composite" symbols that cover all trading sessions, and symbols that denote the day (pit) trading sessions only. Please view their Master Symbol List for more details.

How It Works:

My FutureSource is a FREE fully customizable and interactive website designed for the trader who demands efficiency. Workspaces include chart, quote and news components that display delayed data from around the world. Organize each component to create the perfect layout for your trading needs. Create your workspaces, and every time you log in, they will be there waiting for you.
To use this site, you are required to create an account using a valid email address. Your password will be forwarded to this email address, as well as other confirmation notices from the site administrator. If the email address you use during sign up changes, please update your Contact Information.

After successful registration, a password is forwarded to the email address you provided. You may change your password, if desired, after logging into your account.

Unique Features:

The charts available on the site are available for all futures contracts carried by FutureSource. Features include:

tick, intraday, daily, weekly, monthly time series.

displays Open/High/Low/Close as you pass your mouse over the chart.

display long-term market conditions using a continuation chart.

choose from a total of 26 studies.

add multiple studies to the chart.

changeable study parameters.
More at:http://futuresource.quote.com/

Dependable Printing is your one stop printing solution for everything from Wedding Invitations to Bar Mitzvah Invitations

What Company Is Offering:
Dependable Printing is your one stop printing solution for everything from Wedding Invitations to Bar Mitzvah Invitations.
We offer a vast selection of Special Occasion Announcements ranging from Graduation Announcements to Baby Announcements.
Quality Products at a Great Price, with on-time fast delivery!

Please call 770-271-1415 for assistance with your order.

They look forward to serving you!

More at:http://www.dependableprinting.com/