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Death of Google Wave Clarified [Google]

Writing on the Google Wave blog yesterday, Lars Rasmussen from the Wave team said its scheduled death , confirming that Wave.google.com " will probably be available a minimum of during the end of the year," and that " there shall be methods to export your waves before ...

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The ” Save Google Wave” Site Has a Surprising Number of Fans [Google Wave]

When Google announced that it'd be closing down Wave, hardly a tremor was felt across the land, but seemingly some people obtainable were using it, as near to 28,000 individuals are supporting the Save Google Wave website. Google has already stated that they \" don\'t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product,\" but ...

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Google Wave flatlines: no plans to further develop standalone product, future is in other Google services

Wave goodbye (sorry, we couldn\'t resist) to Google\'s \" community collaboration\" tool. In a post on Google\'s official blog, Senior VP of Operations Urs Hölzle has announced there are \" [no] plans to continue developing Wave as standalone product.\" Blame it on a lower-than-desired user adoption rate, he says, your entire while praising ...

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Rest in Peace, Google Wave [Google]

While I know that it was useful during manhunts and that Lifehacker loves it, I still don\'t really understand Google Wave. But no more worrying about this particular lack of expertise though, because Google appears to be abandoning the project: Wave has not seen the user adoption we needed. We don\'t plan to continue developing Wave ...

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Wave Your Immature Android Fanboy Flag on Your Chest [Android]

I do think that this Android t-shirt is healthier than the only shown above, but in case you really must, then it\'s $35 / 27€ to you. Just don\'t blame me once you get your nose punched in. [Spreadshirt via BeGeek]Source

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Daily Crunch: The Wave of the Future Edition

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Bluetooth 4.0 specification gets official, devices expected by Q4 2010

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Canon develops X-ray- and pain-free mammogram device

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Pointgrab’s motion sensing tech coming to more laptops, we go hands-off

Yeah, so we haven’t been the biggest proponents of motion sensing laptops — it’s sort of hard to see the point when you’ve usually got your hands on the keyboard or touchpad to control the screen — but apparently Pointgrab’s software is gaining some traction. The software, which works with any 2D webcam, is currently being shipped on Fujitsu Lifebook AH laptops in Japan, but it’ll be expanding to other markets soon. In addition, we were told another laptop maker would be preloading it “before the end of the year.” Interesting. We got to spend some time with the Lifebook AH500, and we have to say the software / webcam combo does work quite fluidly — all we had to do was wave at the screen to bring up the company’s menu for opening programs or controlling media. And it was super responsive to our wax-on / wax-off movements to control the volume. But regardless, it’s still really hard to imagine when we’d actually use this on a laptop… though, get it on a nettop, HTPC or all-in-one and we’ll be all ears (or hands in the air!). It’ll be interesting to see which laptop manufacturer feels differently and snatches up Pointgrab’s tech soon, but until then check out the gallery and video after the break to see us (awkwardly) wave at a 15.6-inch screen.

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