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Japanese Probe Crashes Into Moon
June 11, 2009
on Miscellaneous
by
Jane McEntegart
This all sounds very familiar. Read more
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New iPhone 3G S Uses 600 MHz CPU, 2X RAM
June 11, 2009
on Smartphones
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Kevin Parrish
Yesterday T-Mobile Netherlands did a naughty deed by listing the hardware specs for the new iPhone 3G S. Read more
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China Requiring Filters on PCs
June 8, 2009
on Software Miscellaneous
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Kevin Parrish
According to the New York Times, China will soon require PC manufacturers to provide machines with pre-installed "Green Dam" software that "blocks" harmful websites. Read more
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New Laser Can Accelerate HDD Read, Write
June 2, 2009
on Influence of Technology on Society
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Kevin Parrish
Sunday French physicists claimed that they discovered the means to boost data access of hard drives nearly 100,000 times the normal rate. Read more
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Gigabyte Mouse Has Leather, 18K Gold
May 28, 2009
on Mice and Keyboards
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Kevin Parrish
Gigabyte's GM-M7800S is a bit more extravagant than your every day run-of-the-mill wireless mouse, built to be classy, flashy, and probably crazy expensive. Read more
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Solar-Powered Desk Toy Transforms Into 6 Things
May 28, 2009
on Miscellaneous
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Jane McEntegart
Desk toys (or executive toys as they’re sometimes potentially referred to) are the perfect example of simplicity: It doesn’t need to have 15 bells and 14 whistles to be cool - and usually I’m all for that. Read more
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Apple's Back to School Deal Offers Free iPod Touch
May 27, 2009
on Notebooks and Laptops
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Jane McEntegart
Despite a lot of schools not being out yet, Apple has launched this year’s Back to School deals. We can only assume this is to give would be Mac users enough time to get a summer job and save for their purchase come September. Read more
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New Memory Could Store Data for 1 Billion Years
May 26, 2009
on Storage
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Kevin Parrish
Scientists are working on a new memory material that's capable of storing data for... get this... more than one billion years! Read more
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Plasma HDTV Technology Isn't Dead Yet
May 14, 2009
on Home Theater
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Marcus Yam
Plasma TV is still here. Read more
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Military's Multiple Kill Vehicle is Dead
May 8, 2009
on Influence of Technology on Society
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Marcus Yam
Obama administration killed the Multiple Kill Vehicle. Read more
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Lock Your PC with Phone When You Walk Away
May 6, 2009
on Software Miscellaneous
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Kevin Parrish
For consumers looking for a good way to "lock" a PC or laptop when away, Phoenix Technologies offers a unique solution: Freeze. Read more
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Norway Tests Laptop-based Cheat-proof Exams
May 1, 2009
on Notebooks and Laptops
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Jane McEntegart
Norway is currently testing a laptop program that would not only put a notebook in the hands of every highschool kid over the age of 16 but also prevent cheating. Read more
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Researchers Develop Buttons for Touchscreens
April 29, 2009
on Digital Convergence
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Jane McEntegart
In a time when touchscreen is all the rage, a couple of researchers from Carnegie Mellon are bring buttons back. Read more
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Seized Pirate Bay Server Now in Museum
April 16, 2009
on P2P
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Kevin Parrish
Sweden's National Museum of Science and Technology now displays one of the seized servers originally owned by BitTorrent tracker site, The Pirate Bay. Read more
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New Wheels: GM and Segway Introduce the PUMA
April 7, 2009
on Digital Life Style
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Jane McEntegart
Our first thought when we say the product of GM and Segway’s collaboration was, “Haven’t we seen one of these before?” We were, of course, thinking about the BMW C1-200, but no, the PUMA is way uglier and the concept is just annoying. Read more