When LTE was introduced to the US last March (with Verizon’s launch of the HTC Thunderbolt), geeks everywhere salivated at the prospect of wireless data that was (in many cases) faster than their home internet connection. Then they actually used the Thunderbolt… then they used the Droid Bionic… and then they used the Droid Razr. [...]
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Droid Razr Maxx proves that LTE phones can have good battery life
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Asus and Microsoft working on a Kinect-equipped laptop
ExtremeTech27 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pmIt seems a vision of a far-off utopian future or the wildest dreams of science fiction: you sit down with your laptop at a coffee shop, a steaming mug of half double-twist decaf caramel latte beside you. You open the lid of the computer and a green light above the screen comes on, and perhaps you hear the faint sound of a whirling servo. You’ve barely raised the over-priced misshapen hipster mug to your lips when the system displays a welcome message and logs you in without any keyboard input. Setting the mug down, you make am upwards gesture and swirl with one hand. Applications on the… -
Droid Razr Maxx proves that LTE phones can have good battery life
Geek.com27 Jan 2012 | 4:37 pmWhen LTE was introduced to the US last March (with Verizon’s launch of the HTC Thunderbolt), geeks everywhere salivated at the prospect of wireless data that was (in many cases) faster than their home internet connection. Then they actually used the Thunderbolt… then they used the Droid Bionic… and then they used the Droid Razr. [...]
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Droid Razr Maxx proves that LTE phones can have good battery life
27 Jan 2012 | 4:37 pmWhen LTE was introduced to the US last March (with Verizon’s launch of the HTC Thunderbolt), geeks everywhere salivated at the prospect of wireless data that was (in many cases) faster than their home internet connection. Then they actually used the Thunderbolt… then they used the Droid Bionic… and then they used the Droid Razr. [...] -
3D printed record sort of plays “Still Alive”
27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pmWe all know the wonderful thing that can be done — and will be able to be done — with 3D printers. You can make yourself a great coat hanger, a killer companion cube, or even the parts for another 3D printer. That said, today there are still limitations on what one can do with [...] -
Jailbreaking your iPhone could become a crime
27 Jan 2012 | 2:20 pmIs jailbreaking your iPhone a crime? Right now it isn’t, but that could soon change. In yet another example of legislators not quite knowing how to adapt law to the digital realm, jailbreaking has gained only a temporary legal status. Its fate will once again be determined in 2012. Some manufacturers (including Apple) have claimed [...] -
Facebook filing papers to go public next week
27 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pmFacebook will reportedly be part of one of the biggest Wall Street IPOs in history, as the company is reportedly filing paperwork as early as next Wednesday to go public. Facebook will reportedly be valued somewhere between $75 billion to $100 billion. The IPO is expected to raise $10 billion. The company is reportedly close [...] -
Update to Google Earth makes view of the planet seamless
27 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pmWhile looking at the planet using Google Earth was already a stunning experience, Mountain View has released an update to the application that improves upon the visual performance. With version 6.2, the planet no longer looks like a patchwork quilt that some celestial being has sewn together but rather appears as a smooth, seamless image. [...]
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Asus and Microsoft working on a Kinect-equipped laptop
27 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pmIt seems a vision of a far-off utopian future or the wildest dreams of science fiction: you sit down with your laptop at a coffee shop, a steaming mug of half double-twist decaf caramel latte beside you. You open the lid of the computer and a green light above the screen comes on, and perhaps you hear the faint sound of a whirling servo. You’ve barely raised the over-priced misshapen hipster mug to your lips when the system displays a welcome message and logs you in without any keyboard input. Setting the mug down, you make am upwards gesture and swirl with one hand. Applications on the… -
Should kids learn to code?
27 Jan 2012 | 11:02 amA couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the absurd notion (forwarded by Codecademy.com and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg) that anyone could become a serious, worthwhile programmer, and get a decent job from those skills, inside of one year. This week I came across a story by Andy Young at kernelmag.com called “Coding for Success,” which addressed a slightly different coding question: Should we teach all kids to code as part of their education? For that story’s author, Andy Young, the answer is an emphatic yes. I’m a bit less certain.I agree with him, to an extent, for two… -
Firefox 12 will feature long-awaited New Tab Page and Home Tab
27 Jan 2012 | 8:52 amAfter a long gestation period, it now appears that Firefox 12 — which moves to the Aurora channel at the end of the month — will feature the long-awaited New Tab Page and Home Tab. The new tab page is very like Chrome’s feature of the same name. The home tab builds off the new tab page popularized by Chrome and Opera, but then throws in ton of Firefox-unique functionality.At the moment, the new tab page really just shows you a 3-by-3 grid of your most-visited websites (pictured above). You can pin a tile, or — if Firefox has turned up a particularly embarrassing site… -
How one small change just made Google Music the best digital music locker
27 Jan 2012 | 6:55 amIn the wake of the Megaupload takedown, it might seem like a good time to back away from increasingly locked-down cloud storage. After all, you don’t want to lose all your media if the worst happens. At least one digital locker is bucking the trend: Google Music. The search giant’s cloud music service added a new feature this week; US users can now download their entire MP3 library, both purchased and uploaded tunes. The result might be the ultimate free music locker.When Google Music launched, it offered users a handy desktop app that monitored the entire music library on a PC, helpfully… -
Graphene: The perfect water filter
27 Jan 2012 | 5:33 amResearchers from the home of graphene, the University of Manchester in England, have discovered — seemingly by chance — one of the most important properties of graphene yet: It’s impermeable to everything but water. It is the perfect water filter.In an experiment, the University of Manchester researchers filled a metal container with a variety of liquids and gases and then covered it with a film of graphene oxide. Their most sensitive equipment was unable to register any molecules leaving the container, except water vapor. The graphene oxide filter even prevented helium gas…
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Droid Razr Maxx proves that LTE phones can have good battery life
27 Jan 2012 | 4:37 pmWhen LTE was introduced to the US last March (with Verizon’s launch of the HTC Thunderbolt), geeks everywhere salivated at the prospect of wireless data that was (in many cases) faster than their home internet connection. Then they actually used the Thunderbolt… then they used the Droid Bionic… and then they used the Droid Razr. [...] -
3D printed record sort of plays “Still Alive”
27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pmWe all know the wonderful thing that can be done — and will be able to be done — with 3D printers. You can make yourself a great coat hanger, a killer companion cube, or even the parts for another 3D printer. That said, today there are still limitations on what one can do with [...] -
Jailbreaking your iPhone could become a crime
27 Jan 2012 | 2:20 pmIs jailbreaking your iPhone a crime? Right now it isn’t, but that could soon change. In yet another example of legislators not quite knowing how to adapt law to the digital realm, jailbreaking has gained only a temporary legal status. Its fate will once again be determined in 2012. Some manufacturers (including Apple) have claimed [...] -
Facebook filing papers to go public next week
27 Jan 2012 | 1:17 pmFacebook will reportedly be part of one of the biggest Wall Street IPOs in history, as the company is reportedly filing paperwork as early as next Wednesday to go public. Facebook will reportedly be valued somewhere between $75 billion to $100 billion. The IPO is expected to raise $10 billion. The company is reportedly close [...] -
Update to Google Earth makes view of the planet seamless
27 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pmWhile looking at the planet using Google Earth was already a stunning experience, Mountain View has released an update to the application that improves upon the visual performance. With version 6.2, the planet no longer looks like a patchwork quilt that some celestial being has sewn together but rather appears as a smooth, seamless image. [...]
