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Olympic logos from 1896 to present. Tons of trivia too.

Big Blue extends speech engine to developers to spur mobile device applications.

LexLook! dictionary by Xenodium is a simple yet effective way of looking words up on your mobile phone. Its extensive database boasts over a million words, including verbs, adjectives, nouns, historical figures, popular characters, and even some of those naughty words. Searching is quick and easy, and results may be sent to friends via sms, email, or bluetooth.

I have just moved my personal site over to a new Typepad location.  You are all welcome to visit.

The site's archive will remain intact here until I can figure out how to map it to a new location.

Suunto has just added to its range of GPS watches with the new X10, but this gizmo doesn't just do navigation and time-telling. It's also got an altimeter function, barometer, digital compass and thermometer: Exactly the sort of equipment any self-respecting real tomb raider would find darn useful. Even better, the X10 has improved GPS reception for tracking in difficult locations, like under heavy foliage in the rainforest, a track-back function so you can retrace your steps if you're lost, and 33% more battery life than the previous X9i generation. It also records waypoints, so you can pinpoint where that ancient undiscovered ruined temple really was, and charges/connects over USB. Available in two colours in September, though there's no info on price. [Navigadget]