Slate’s Farhad Manjoo is worried about the abrupt departure of Microsoft’s Windows chief.
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Jawbone’s Up Wristband: It’s Back
After a year’s absence, the healthy-living gadget is back in a version which aims to eliminate the first edition’s kinks.
Look at Your Wii U, Now Back to Me, Now Back to Your Wii U (I’m on a Horse!)
The Wii U, which arrived last week then merged with my entertainment center like the Spider-Man symbiote, is doing something unexpected: teaching me how to feed my own visual cortex using cues from multiple sources.
BlackBerry 10 to Launch on January 30: Here’s What We Know So Far
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion hasn’t given up the fight just yet. The company says it’s still on track to launch BlackBerry 10 in early 2013, and has scheduled a launch event for January 30.
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The Sinofsky Legacy at Microsoft: Yet to Be Determined
Microsoft’s controversial Windows honcho is gone. We can’t judge his legacy until it’s clearer what people think about Windows 8 and Surface.
Acer C7 Chromebook Locks Up the Low End at $199
Chromebooks are like netbooks that are better at managing people’s expectations. In that spirit, Acer’s new $199 C7 Chromebook may be worth a closer look.
Are You Multitasking or Are You Suffering from Digital-Device-Distraction Syndrome?
There’s a time and place for tech, but there’s also a time and place to be present in the real world. If we can’t recapture the ability to be present, we may find that digital distractions cause life to pass us by.
Watch: Microsoft’s ‘Star Trek’ Universal Translator — Would It Have Downsides?
Microsoft may have co-opted Star Trek a full century early by demonstrating an honest-to-goodness universal translator.
AT&T and FaceTime: Still Restricted, Only Less So
AT&T is slowly allowing more iPhone and iPad owners to use FaceTime for video chat over its network, but many users will remain shut out for the time being.
Windows Phone 8: All the Launch Details for AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon
On Friday, the first Windows Phone 8 handsets from Nokia and HTC will launch on AT&T. Soon after, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless will launch their own handsets.
Medal of Honor Classified Consult Lands 7 Navy SEALs in Hot Water
It sounds like the perfect public relations ploy: “Buy this game! Top secret military info revealed! Most realistic first-person shooter ever!”
May App Stores Be with You: Angry Birds Star Wars Now Available
A long time ago in a blog post far, far away, we received word that a Star Wars-ified version of Angry Birds would be making its way to Earth someday. That day is now here.