Ashley Esarey was surprised at what he saw when he logged into Sina Weibo, China‘s most popular microblogging site. He happened to be in Beijing in March when news of Bo Xilai‘s ouster from his post as Communist Party secretary …
11 Things to Expect (or Not to Expect) from E3 2012
Here comes E3 2012, like Slim Pickens strapped to the world’s fattest ballistic missile, carrying a bottomless Santa Claus tote full of goodies. Don’t let the June 5-7 dates fool you: The show actually kicks off on Monday June 4, …
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Live Coverage of Nintendo’s Wii U Launch at E3
Jared Newman and I will be at LA’s Nokia Theater in person to liveblog Nintendo’s Wii U launch event as it happens. Our coverage starts Tuesday, June 5 at 12pm ET (9am PT) — hope to see you there.
A Brief History of Tech Execs ‘Doubling Down’ On Things
In blackjack, to “double down” means to bet up to double your current wager in hopes of earning up to twice the rewards. But lately, tech executives have adopted their own loose definition, something along the lines of “we’re …
LucasArts Aims for More Mature Gamers with ‘Star Wars 1313’
How can old-school Star Wars fans wash the rancid taste of Kinect Star Wars out of their mouths? Maybe LucasArts’ new game Star Wars 1313 will help.
Instead of a dancing Han Solo, you’ll play a bounty hunter tracking down …
Report: Obama, Israel Behind Stuxnet Worm and Accelerated Iran Cyberattacks
The Stuxnet virus — the computer worm designed to subvert tiny computers known as programmable logic controllers that regulate industrial systems — was co-developed by the U.S. and Israel, deployed against Iran’s nuclear …
Report: Transformer-like Windows 8 Tablet (and More) On the Way
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Newton, Reconsidered
A hands-on assessment of Apple’s pioneering, ill-fated Personal Digital Assistant, twenty years after its original unveiling.
Get Text Messaging on Your PC with These 3 Handy Android Apps
Whenever someone asks me why an Android phone is worth considering instead of an iPhone, one of the first things I bring up is the ability to send and receive text messages from my PC’s web browser. Apple does not allow other …
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iOS: Can We Declare a Moratorium On the Prison Metaphors, Please?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Micah Lee and Peter Eckersley have published a post about iOS titled “Apple’s Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms.” In it, they do what you’d expect the EFF to do in an item with …
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Windows 8 Release Preview: Not Ready for Prime Time, but Closer
For all the ways in which Windows 8 is a bold departure from its predecessors, it’s following a road map to release that’s very much like the one Microsoft has used for years. Last September, the company showed the new version …
New ‘Youface’ Social Network Might Remind You of Something
How do you create a social network to compete with Facebook? Easy, just make a crude clone of it and call it Youface. That’s what Ayub Abdulloh did in Uzbekistan.
According to Radio Free Europe, he didn’t seem too bothered by …