Seems like a neat idea:- NeatReceipts consists of a scanner and some software that automatically extracts information from scanned receipts and creates a database linking expenses to receipts.

Compatible with PDF, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, QuickBooks, Quicken, MS Money etc.

Samsung Electronics continues to amaze. Their net income rose 81 percent to an incredible $10.39 billion in 2004, while annual sales rose 32 percent to $55.52 billion.
Samsung is now the world’s biggest producer of memory chips and flat panel screens. They overtook Motorola to become the world’s second biggest manufacturer of mobile phones [...]

Intel launches the Sonoma mobile chipset today, thereby updating the Centrino mobile computing platform. The Sonoma feature set includes:-

A new version of the Pentium M 90-nm processor with 2MB of cache
A chipset that contains DDR 2 memory support & PCI Express
Wi-Fi chip that handles 802.11 a/b/g
Alviso chipset for High Definition Audio

Among the 1st [...]

The game’s been out for a while, but I hadn’t realized that Gamespot gave Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas a rating of 9.6 Superb, making the game an Editors’ Choice.

Its their top-rated game. Some cheats are here.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in their TMT Trends: Mobile & Wireless Predictions 2005 identify some trends to watch in 2005, including:

Two Billion Mobile Subscribers by YE2005
The global market for voice services, both fixed and mobile, is rapidly approaching $1 trillion. In 2005, mobile operators must try to capture as much of that value as possible – [...]

The world’s largest airplane the A380 was unveiled in Toulouse France today.

The Airbus A380 generates 280,000 pounds of thrust from 4 massive RR Trent 900 engines…(about 1/12 of that of the Space Shuttle).
Microsoft Flight Simulator downloads for the A380 have been available for a while…one of them is at fsplanet.com.
Here’s a view [...]

Interesting new study “The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks” confirming the effect of weather on crime:
We see that weather - particularly temperature - is strongly correlated with violent crime. … a ten degree increase in the average weekly temperature is correlated with about a 5 percent increase in criminal activity. Precipitation, [...]

Toshiba today announced its Ubiquitous Viewer software that supports operation of a personal computer from a mobile phone.

UV offers users real-time PC access at all times, whether they are sitting in a park or traveling on a train … cool.

The Garmin iQue 3600a will help navigate your airplane from airport to airport.

And then you can use it to navigate your car to where you’re driving.

KTF will soon offer a new mobile phone that checks your eyesight.

It uses LCD images to test for colorblindness & prescription. If you’re too busy to visit an optometrist, then this might be for you.