Today only, Amazon is selling the refurbished Kindle Fire tablet for $139. That’s a good deal considering the new version costs $199 and refurbished units normally cost $169. These refurbished units carry the same one-year …
New Advances in Robotics Help the Disabled See the World Around Them
As much as the press — myself included — likes to talk about futuristic battle bots and advanced would-be androids, most robots are being developed with one of two tasks in mind: search and rescue or helping the disabled and …
BlackBerry 10: What RIM Needs to Succeed
Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry phones, won’t give up on the smartphone market without a fight.
RIM is regrouping for a big comeback push with BlackBerry 10, whose first smartphones will debut in late 2012. This week, …
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RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Announcement Is a Tease, and That’s Okay
BlackBerry maker RIM isn’t just holding a conference in Orlando this week — it’s holding two of ’em, BlackBerry World and BlackBerry Jam. The big news is that CEO Thorsten Heins officially unveiled BlackBerry 10, the company’s …
College Freshman’s Automated Dorm Room Has Party and Study Settings
In most college dorms, the most advanced pieces of technology consist of a George Foreman Grill and a glow-in-the-dark Bob Marley poster. Not so for UC Berkeley freshman Derek Low, creator of the Berkeley Ridiculously Automated …
British Court Orders ISPs to Block Pirate Bay — Is the U.S. Next?
Britain’s High Court — not the highest, but well up the ladder — has officially ordered Internet service providers to block Sweden-based file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. That means top British ISPs must shut off access to the …
Facebook Now Lets Organ Donors Tell Their Friends
Not content with merely changing the world, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks he can save a few lives as well.
Starting today, Facebook users in the United States and United Kingdom can post organ donor status to their …
Are Online Dating Services a Waste of Money?
A team of researchers led by Eli Finkel, a professor of social psychology at Northwestern University, decided to test the claims of dating sites by comparing the likelihood that users would not only find, but also stick with …
Apple’s Tax Avoidance: Evil Scheming, Good Business, or Both?
The elaborate — and legal — ways that Apple, and other tech companies, minimize their tax bills.
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The Collapse of Moore’s Law: Physicist Says It’s Already Happening
Moore’s Law is finally breaking down, according to theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. He’s talking about the so-called law that says the number of transistors that can be fit on a computer chip will double every two years, …
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Jawbone’s Big Jambox Wireless Speaker: It’s a Big Jambox!
Back in 2010, Bluetooth headset maker Jawbone entered the speaker business with the Jambox, a just-about-pocket-sized, battery-powered Bluetooth speaker that sounded far bigger than it was, and doubled as a speakerphone. …
Rumor: Hulu Soon to Be Available Only to Cable and Satellite Subscribers
Bad news, people who don’t want to pay for cable or satellite TV — “sources” are telling the New York Post that Hulu might start requiring authentication to stream content. That means unless you’re a paying cable or satellite …