Opening new portals for the blind – MSNBCBy Lane, on July 15th, 2008 Opening new portals for the blind – MSNBC
For blind students, surfing the Web or taking detailed notes in physics and calculus classes can require cumbersome and expensive learning aids. Two new technologies, however, promise to greatly expand access to text and graphics for the blind
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com Software Notebook: Microsoft, Sony seek to surpass convention buzz for – Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com Sprint offers Palm Treo 800w, Everything Plus plans – MacNN
Sprint has finally unveiled the Palm Treo 800w , more than a week ahead of schedule and after some stores began unofficially selling the device last Friday. The 5oz device, which appeared on Palm’s online store on Sunday, includes Microsoft Windows
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