Tag Blog

What’s New on TAG TV October 27 to 31, 2008?

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

From a Tech Week video review of last week’s news and the response to speech commands by virtual assistant Nichole to the evolution of the massively multiplayer game PlaneShift, the future of technology according to Google’s CEO and a humorist’s look at our place in the universe, a new show is featured every day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.

Go to WebVisions Now!

Monday: Tech Week 10/24/08 in Review
Get the low down on all the latest news and tech rumors from the past week. After a brief chat about the dollar and pound exchange, learn news about Motorola’s introduction of a $2000 phone, “Hacintosh” rumors and more. 6 minutes

Tuesday: Virtual Assistant Nicole Responds to Speech Commands
Virtual Nicole from Guile3D is used for a Massey University Smart-House experiment, as she searches the Internet via speech commands and more. 4 minutes

Wednesday: How a Massively Multiplayer Open Source Game Develops
Tech Talks explores the MMO PlaneShift game project development since 2001 and how the design was influenced by the strengths and weaknesses of the team structure and the community. 59 minutes

Thursday: The Future of Technology
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, speaks at Bloomberg headquarters on October 20, 2008 in New York City about the amazing technologies of now and the future of technology. 58 minutes

Friday: TGIF, Our Place in the Universe?
Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a story on TedTalks about aliens, physics, time, science, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love. 18 minutes

Go to WebVisions Now!

Other TAG TV Features: Tech Talk on TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!