Anand Agarawala: BumpTop desktop is a beautiful mess

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http://www.ted.com Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3-D extreme, transforming file navigation into a freewheeling playground of crumpled documents and clipping-covered “walls.”

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
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Ethel: “Blue Room”

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http://www.ted.com The avant-garde string quartet Ethel performs the third movement from Phil Kline’s four-part suite “The Blue Room and Other Stories.” Searching melodic lines show off the deep, emotional musicality of these passionate players.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at
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Urs Hoelzle, Google Goes Carbon Neutral at Press Day Paris

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Urs Hoelzle–SVP Operations and Google Fellow–talks about Google’s plans to go carbon neutral by 2008 – maximizing our energy efficiency, using renewable energy where possible, and offsetting emissions the company cannot eliminate directly. Yann Arthus Bertrand uses inspirational pictures to highlight humankind’s impact on our environment. Jim Wilson from The Climate welcomes Google’s new membership. Q&A follows. At Google Press Day in Paris on June 19, 2007.

Nikesh Arora at Google Press Day Paris

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Nikesh Arora–President of Google’s Europe, Middle East, and Asia operations–kicks off the day with a brief welcome to the journalists and introduces Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, the founders of YouTube, at Google Press Day in Paris on June 19, 2007.