When you read about robotics and human assistance devices, the inception-to-commercial-reality arrow usually points from military or space-based research back to civilian applications, say in the health industry. Infrared ear …
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Google’s Little Nemo Tribute: Maybe the Best Google Doodle Ever
Winsor McCay (1869-1934) was one of the first important creators of both comic strips and animation, and a pretty fair political cartoonist to boot. His masterwork was the Sunday comic Little Nemo in Slumberland, about a little …
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Microsoft’s Xbox Music Looks Good, As Far As It Goes
The Zune era is about to come to a definitive end. Microsoft’s new Xbox Music–the service it announced at the E3 conference in June–arrives on the Xbox console on Tuesday and on Windows 8 on the operating system’s debut day, …
iOS 6 Made My E-mail Stop Dinging: Here’s How I Fixed It
The night was quiet, my friends. A little too quiet. I had slunk into my oversized chair – bigger than a chair but smaller than a loveseat – to catch up on whatever whimsical programs had recorded on my TiVo. It had already …
Apple vs. Google Is the Most Important Battle in Tech
The iPhone vs. Android fight is a dispute between two radically different visions for the future of computing.
via Apple vs. Google is the Most Important Battle in Tech | Business | TIME.com.
Smaller iPad to Be Introduced on Tuesday, October 23? ‘Yep.’
Well-connected Apple blogger Jim Dalrymple’s one-word “yep” posts have become synonymous with confirming various rumors. The latest gives the nod to a post by John Paczkowski over at AllThingsD which says, “People familiar with …
Samsung’s Galaxy S III Mini Is a Flagship Smartphone in Name Only
For some reason, Samsung’s Galaxy S III Mini has become the talk of the tech blogosphere, even though the phone doesn’t look all that special.
Here’s the spec list, straight from Samsung:
- 4-inch, 800-by-480 resolution
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Here Come the Touchscreen Desktops and Laptops
Windows 8’s compatibility with keyboard, track pad and touch has created a new world of possibilities for PC makers
Why XCOM’s Random Results Sometimes Aren’t (and You Should Play on Ironman)
I started out playing Firaxis’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown on “Classic” difficulty with “Ironman” disabled. I had this idea going in that I was going to inch rather than sprint through the game, reloading if I lost soldiers, like …
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Sony’s Tap 20: This Desktop PC Thinks It’s a Tablet
Sony’s new VAIO Tap 20–one of a bunch of Windows 8 PCs it just announced–is a 20-inch all-in-one PC with a touchscreen and a wireless mouse and keyboard. Nothing particularly noteworthy about that. There are going to be plenty …
Chris Roberts’ Star Citizen Looks Like a Space Sim from the Distant Future
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition, much less Wing Commander maharishi Chris Roberts to emerge from the ether and demo a space sim that looks like something you’d conjure on a Pixar Renderfarm, least of all one that’s …
New York Comic Con: Dim Sum Warriors iPad Comic Gives a Taste of Chinese Culture
The sold-out New York Comic Con, which claims to be the largest pop culture event on the East Coast, starts today at New York City’s Javits Center and runs through October 14. Attendees will include Kevin Bacon, Carrie Fisher, …