Cyril Dangerville

AOL just bought Weblogs Inc. last Thursday. Weblogs Inc. is a specialist of Blogs, very popular in the USA. Weblogs hosts famous sites such as Engadget (technology), Autoblog (automotive), Joystiq (gaming), Cinematical (films), Blogging Baby (parenting), Luxist (luxury), Gadling (travel), The Wireless Weblog, SlashFood, and TVSquad. Altogether, 85 blogs come to enhance AOL's information services.

Weblogs's audience amounts to 25 millions of visits/month. Soon, links to these 85 blogs should be integrated into AOL's information channels such as « Personal Finance Channel », « Autos Channel », « Travel Channel », « Games Channel », « Television Channel », and AOL News.

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Last Thursday, Sony introduced its brand new dog-robot of the Aibo series, code name ERS-7M3. At first sight, nothing new, the suprise hides "inside". Indeed, its abilities have been improved from the former generation to enable him to create a logbook with pictures included, and update it on a regular basis. The master can have access to this logbook via a computer and the appropriate software, and broadcast it on the web as a weblog. The robot can also read its "blog" loud and clear.
As "blog abilities", ERS-7M3 has two "camera-eyes" to take pictures and a-thousand-work directory. Futhermore, it can learn to walk according to the master's behavior and habits, and store data about places of objects/people to optimize its movements. Finally, if you want to skip the education process, you can upgrade your toy to the "adult" mode with a quick computer tweak.
Welcome to the first blogger machine!
Price: (Japan) ~$1,740
Available in 3 colors: white, black, gold.

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