If you’re playing the console version of Skyrim, I’m afraid this story isn’t for you, or rather it is, if only to illustrate how much cooler playing Skyrim on a PC can be. Here’s a look at 10 of the best reasons, by way of some …
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Hackers Blow Up Illinois Water Utility…or Not
Earlier this month hackers accessed the control system of a water utility in Springfield, Illinois via a Russian IP address and caused a water pump to malfunction and eventually fail, according to reports. This would have been …
Velolet Connects Bike Owners with Bike Renters
As an avid cyclist, Dan Cleary didn’t like how expensive it was to ship his bike when he traveled, and he found both the quality and quantity of bikes available for rent anywhere he went on vacation to be lacking. So in …
The Great Tablet Debate: Fads or Here to Stay?
What is a tablet and who needs one anyway? Are tablets a fad and will they soon fade into irrelevance like Netbooks? Will tablets replace traditional PCs? Is there a tablet market or just an iPad market? I hear there and other …
Will Your Mall Be Tracking Your Cellphone Today?
Some shoppers looking for Black Friday deals will find a surprise waiting for them at the mall—sensors that track their every move.
Pakistan Tries to Redefine What Citizens Can and Can’t Text to Each Other
There’s little to make you feel as out of touch with what’s happening with “the kids today” as discovering that there are all manner of words that apparently have double meanings that you were entirely unaware of. For example, …
How Many Hours a Day Would You Guess People Watch Electronic Devices?
Before I tell you how many hours a day people spend watching content on tablets, TVs, phones and so forth, because a polling group’s done the legwork and compiled a bunch of numbers, let’s talk quick about technology. The word, I …
Ride the Giant, Inflatable Ant-Roach Robot
What would it look like if some mad Dr. Moreau combined an anteater, a cockroach and a bounce house? You’d get the Ant-Roach, the 15-foot inflatable walking robot.
It was developed by Otherlab in San Francisco, a small lab that has done some pretty cool things with what it calls “pneubotics,” including this inflatable robotic arm. The …
10 Robots Inspired by Animals and Insects
All the research in the world can’t beat millions of years of evolution. Today’s roboticists are increasingly looking to nature for inspiration, creating robots that move and behave with uncanny similarity to living animals. …
Black Friday Tablet Deals: Wait in Line or Stay in Bed?
2011 was the year of tablet glut, as PC makers pushed heaps of iPad-like slates onto store shelves. Although many of these tablets were too expensive at launch, and not as refined as the iPad, Black Friday changes the equation. …
The Day the Music Died: Why Labels Are Abandoning Streaming Music Services
What happens to streaming music services when they have no music left to stream? That seemingly zen question may be answered if more record labels follow the lead of the more than 200 labels that have withdrawn their catalogs …
The 25 Most Popular (and Worst) Passwords of 2011
Here’s a pro tip: If your password is “password,” it’s probably time to change it.
SplashData, a company that offers a “complete password management and security solution,” culled from data stolen and posted online by …