January 2010
Google Tablet on the way? →
Following Apple’s unveiling of its iPad tablet computer earlier this week, could Google also be planning to launch a rival tablet running its upcoming Chrome operating system? The Chrome OS has until…
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The Apple-Amazon Ebook War Begins: Amazon Deletes... →
Books published by Macmillan mysteriously poofed from Amazon yesterday. The reason, according to the NYT, is that Amazon is punishing the publisher for arguing that the price of Kindle books…
How Regular Movies Are Converted To 3D [3D] →
Now that Avatar is officially the highest grossing movie of all time, it’s inevitable that studios will continue to push 3D as the new frontier of cinema. But actually filming in 3D is…
A face-melting DSL that allows programming ON the... →
Some fools say you can’t program on the iPhone.
I’m not talking about programming for the iPhone — I mean sitting down with just your iPhone and using that device to bang out a new program. Why…
The Earth's Satellites, Visualized By Nation... →
As data visualization has become more popular, bad infographics have started to crop up more and more frequently. Thankfully, we can always rely on Michael Paukner to make very, very good…
Find a Bug in Google Chrome, Earn $500-$1337 →
Google has just launched a new program aimed at improving security for its new web browser, Google Chrome. Developers who find a bug in either Chrome or Chromium, the open source codebase used…
Weave Goes 1.0: Firefox Gets an Official Bookmark... →
Mozilla just announced that Weave, its official synchronization tool for Firefox, has just hit version 1.0 and is now generally available. Weave is a free browser addon that can seamlessly…
Google's Scripting Tool is Now Open to All Google... →
Google just announced that its Apps Script scripting language is now open to all users of the Google Apps Standard Edition. Until now, Apps Script, which allows users to create scripts that…
Is Oracle Really Killing the Sun Open Cloud? →
Larry Ellison may be remembered as the one who steered clear of the “folly” that is cloud computing. Or he may be remembered for ignoring the real and considerable impacts that the cloud…
Microsoft Earnings Saved By Windows 7, Its... →
Microsoft made a record revenue numbers last quarter, but only its Windows division did substantially better than last year. In fact, practically every other aspect of Microsoft’s business did…
EVGA W555 Can Hold Seven GPUs. That's One Mother... →
The W555 from EVGA made a brief, blurry appearance at CES, but now we’ve got closer look thanks to bit-tech. And what an introduction: two LGA1366 processor sockets, 12 DDR3 DIMM slots and a…
The Next Touchscreens Will Be Very Sensitive About... →
We’ve made the leap from resistive to capacitive touchscreens that are more accurate—and multitouchy—so what’s next? Screens that feel how hard you tickle them.
One of several approaches to…
Alienware's M11x Gaming "Netbook" Will Cost $800... →
What do you get when you mix a dedicated GPU, 50FPS Crysis gaming, A Core2Duo, an 11-inch screen, and a $800 price tag? An absurd(ly powerful) little laptop, which nobody—and apparently …
Slate Showdown: iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs.... →
Everybody’s talking about tablets, especially those single-pane capacitive touchscreen ones more specifically known as “slates.” The iPad is the biggest newsmaker, but there are lots headed…
Slate Showdown: iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs.... →
Everybody’s talking about tablets, especially those single-pane capacitive touchscreen ones more specifically known as “slates.” The iPad is the biggest newsmaker, but there are lots headed…
First Render of Richard Branson's Underwater Plane... →
A few days before Crimbo last year, Blam posted on the news that Virgin boss Richard Branson was getting into deep water. Well, we’ve now got a render of the hydrobatic Necker Nymph,…
Intel and AMD Six-Core Processor Roadmaps Leaked... →
According to DigiTimes, we’ll be seeing both AMD Thuban and Intel Gulftown six-core desktop processors hitting in just a few short months.
It’s all from anonymous sources, but at least on the…
Microsoft’s Electronic Textbook Concept: Potential... →
Here’s an interesting Microsoft Education project I ran across. Created for Microsoft by Daniele Monti, UX/UI designer at Zerofiftyfive Interactive, the Microsoft Electronic Textbook appears to be…
Spirit →
5 Reasons to Wait for iPad 2.0 →
With yesterday’s reveal of the iPad now past, we can finally put myth and speculation behind us and focus on the reality that is Apple’s entry into the tablet PC business. Whether the iPad is…
In Networks We Trust? Sure, But Privacy Is Another... →
Privacy is a touchy subject. In almost all cases, the more fame and fortune a person or company acquires, the more scrutiny they receive. And, out comes the trolls, worms and paparazzi. …
Open Thread: Is the iPad a Flop? →
So far, the reaction to Apple’s iPad has been very mixed. For some, the absence of a camera is a deal breaker, while others bemoan that Apple still doesn’t allow multitasking on its iPhone OS…
Bringing Down the House: Hackers Deface U.S.... →
Yesterday afternoon, just before President Obama’s first State of the Union address, the websites of the House of Representatives and those of multiple congressional members were defaced with…
Apple iPad Just Tried To Assassinate the Computer... →
Only way to interpret the launch of the iPad? Apple has declared the PC dead. Well-crafted but closed devices are their future of consumer computing. And if no one else can match the iPad…
8 Things That Suck About the iPad [Dissenting... →
A lot of people at Gizmodo are psyched about the iPad. Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it. It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would…
Apple iPad Just Tried To Assassinate Laptops... →
Only way to interpret the launch of the iPad? Apple has declared the PC dead. Well-crafted but closed devices are their future of consumer computing. And if no one else can match the iPad…
Apple’s iPad is a “magical device” … really!? →
While watching all that iPad announcement hoopla, I kept thinking about this parody video that makes fun of Microsoft Paint:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx2KcPWWZg
Now, go to …
Google Opens Social Search to All; Cuts Facebook... →
Last fall Google began experimenting with a new feature called Social Search, and we called it a big chess move against Facebook. Today Google Social Search is opening up in beta for all…
8 Things That Suck About the iPad [Dissenting... →
A lot of people at Gizmodo are psyched about the iPad. Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it. It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would…
Apple iPad Just Tried To Assassinate Laptops... →
Only way to interpret the launch of the iPad? Apple has declared the PC dead. Well-crafted but closed devices are their future of consumer computing. And if no one else can match the iPad…
Cool Bing Maps Silverlight Apps →
If your using the Silverlight version of Bing maps, additional apps are available when you click on the Map Apps button. These two apps caught my attention: “Today’s…
Jon Stewart Fans the Flames of the Apple/Microsoft... →
Bill Gates is about the most mild-mannered and genuinely nice, um, unbelievably rich head of a multinational monolithic corporation that you could imagine. So why is Jon Stewart…
Artificial Muscles Let Cadavers Wink; Also,... →
If there’s anything technology has been driving towards, it’s the innovation that allows corpses to wink. Finally! But don’t worry, there’s a use for this for people other than flirty…
Dell Tech Support Remotely Turns Woman's Webcam On... →
Dianne Annunziato is accusing a Dell technician of becoming a virtual peeping Tom during a support call by remotely turning on her webcam.
“First, the technician started asking me what time…
Para Fuera, the life of Dr. Richard Bing →
Last October, Bing Director Stefan Weitz wrote about an encounter with a Dr. Richard Bing, who had contacted Mich Mathews, SVP of Marketing, since they had “used his name for our new search…
Artificial Muscles Let Cadavers Wink; Also,... →
If there’s anything technology has been driving towards, it’s the innovation that allows corpses to wink. Finally! But don’t worry, there’s a use for this for people other than flirty…
Jon Stewart Fans the Flames of the Apple/Microsoft... →
Bill Gates is about the most mild-mannered and genuinely nice, um, unbelievably rich head of a multinational monolithic corporation that you could imagine. So why is Jon Stewart…
LinkedIn Throws the Rolodex Out the Window →
Web technology that replicates clunky, analog methods for organizing and interacting with information is a terrible practice and we’re glad to see one more example of it departing the…
No Access for the Axis: SourceForge Bows to... →
SourceForge, one of the the primary distribution hubs of the open source software movement, has shut its doors to visitors from a number of countries, saying that it is working to become…
US Tech Sector Growth Slowed Significantly in 2008 →
According to data released earlier this month by the US Census, the growth of the nation’s software and IT tech sectors dramatically slowed in 2008 - the first such drop since the dot-com crash….
How the Apple Tablet Interface Could (And Should)... →
These Apple Tablet photos and videos can’t lay claim to authenticity; they were sent to us by a reader, who apparently rendered them over the past few months. But they can lay claim to…
The Cursor T-Shirt Lives Up To Its Namesake... →
I’d never considered that “the cursor” may have gotten its name from a skill set having nothing to do with computers, but clearly the cursor is the ultimate human interface element for good…
Dell Tech Support Remotely Turns Woman's Webcam On... →
Dianne Annunziato is accusing a Dell technician of becoming a virtual peeping Tom during a support call by remotely turning on her webcam.
“First, the technician started asking me what time…
We All Drink From The Yellow Submarine (Tea... →
In the town where I was born, lived a man who drank a lot of tea, and he told us of his life, in the land of tea-infusing submarines. [Monkey-Business via Swiss Miss]
Steve Jobs's "People With Passion Can Change The... →
Yesterday I suggested that the above quote by Steve Jobs, dating back to a 10-year-old video of him in shorts, would make for the perfect motivational desktop wallpaper. Mark Farinas, of…
We All Drink From The Yellow Submarine (Tea... →
In the town where I was born, lived a man who drank a lot of tea, and he told us of his life, in the land of tea-infusing submarines. [Monkey-Business via Swiss Miss]
HP Slate: Coming 2010, Way Less Than $1500, Plain... →
HP just popped a video of CTO Phil McKinney demonstrating the “slate” we showed you first at CES 2010. McKinney affirms that this is not just some will-o-the-wisp, but in doing so,…
Hot Jobs: Virtualization Pros are in Big Demand →
Driving the enterprise this year is a quest for efficiency and flexibility. To determine the actual direction, one needs quantifiable information that proves certain trends have merit. The…
Google Reader Can Now Track Changes to Any Website... →
Google just announced an interesting update to Google Reader. Google’s online feed reader now allows you to track changes on any page - even those that don’t feature an RSS feed. Google will…