Carne Ross: An independent diplomat

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http://www.ted.com After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a “freelance diplomat,” running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and yet-unrecognized nations a voice in international relations. At the BIF-5 conference, he calls for a new kind of diplomacy that gives voice to small countries, that works with changing boundaries and that welcomes innovation.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Google Instant Search Hands On

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In this video i give a brief hands on demonstration of Google Instant Search. Using Instant Search Google will automatically start loading search results the second you begin to type, saving time and making searching nearly instantaneous.

Alwar Balasubramaniam: Art of substance and absence

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http://www.ted.com Alwar Balasubramaniam’s sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal — or conceal — what’s really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Gridlock Application Review

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In this video I review Gridlock for the iPhone and iPod touch. Gridlock is a Cydia tweak that allows you to rearrange the icons on your springboard anywhere you like, eliminating the need for applications such as iBlank. Gridlock is available in Cydia on the BigBoss repo for $0.99.

New experiments in self-teaching | Sugata Mitra

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http://www.ted.com Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Apple iPad vs Toshiba Folio 100

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In this video I compare three of the best tablets for 2010. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android 2.2 based tablet with a 7 inch display and a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and looks to be one of the most promising Android tablets around.

I also cover the Toshiba Folio 100 which is also based on Android 2.2 with a 10.1 inch display and a Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset.

Lastly I talk about the Apple iPad which runs iOS 3.2 and has a 9.7 inch display and the Apple A4 processor.

iOS 4.1 Overview

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In this video I give a complete overview of iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch. I cover the Game Center, Ping support, HDR photo capability as well as a word of warning about jailbreaking the new firmware. iOS 4.1 will be a free download for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 2G and iPod touch 3G next week.