It's been a few weeks since Oreilly has released version 6.0 of the Safaribooks service. I have not taken the time to test all of the features but already I find it much more pleasant to use than before. Getting a book on my bookshelf is easier and faster. Adding them to a folder is as easy as dragging them there. Use your mouse to highlight a passage and tag it. Want to bookmark a page in the book? There is a button in the toolbar for that.

Oreilly has taken Safari and made it a first class Web 2.0 citizen.

Tags: books, technology

For all of us that have an interest in OpenCL and GPGPU technologies, Nvidia has published data on its next generation Fermi architecture. Next generation GPUs will embed 512 cores, sport a greatly improved memory architecture and much more. I love the Mac platform but I wish that it was better supported by the leading manufacturers Nvidia and ATI. In any case, these cards will scream.

Tags: gpgpu, opencl, technology

I was just looking at a video of the upcoming 6.0 release of the Safaribooks Online from Oreilly Media and it really look good. On their corporate home page they have a rather nice demo of the new features. They include the following:

• Much refined interface
• iTunes style folders and smart folders
• Bookmarks, notes & tags
• Sharing of notes, & folders

Oreilly have taken a good tool and have made it great by improving the user experience and allowing workgroups to share notes and metadata about the books they read. I'm quite eager for this new release.

Tags: books, technology