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Thursday May 24, 2012. 02:28 PM
The Oracle v. Google trial has come to an abrupt end with the jury finding that Google did not infringe on Oracle’s Java patents when it developed Android’s Dalvik virtual machine. Because the majority of the copyright phase of the case also went to Google, the jury...
Ever since the earthquake in Japan last year and subsequent nuclear plant meltdown, power has been at a premium in the region. That, combined with how popular power-hungry portable gadgets such as smartphones and the 3DS is, has led manufacturers to come up with some...
Discovery is the enemy of the small app developer firm. The App Store and the Google Play Store are both so massive now that most users don’t do a whole lot in the way of searching to find apps. For the most part, the average user will go on suggestions from friends, or just...
Wednesday May 23, 2012. 11:20 PM
Once in awhile a story comes across my desk that make me sit back a second and wish I had the Mythbusters team on speed dial to help judge if someone is trying to pull my leg. Falling squarely into this category is something that apparently took place back in 1993 and has...
If you want a set of the best earbuds in the world, it seems the AKG K3003 from Harman Audio will fit the bill for a tidy sum of $1300. If you want the cheapest set of earbuds available, then the ones that came with your music device (iPod, iPhone, or whatever cranks your...
My 3D design friends always look at me like I have three heads when I try to show them some new kind of 3D modeling toy. They look awesome to me, a guy who might be able to make a cube, but to real 3D modelers there’s usually just one game in town. Autodesk may
Rumors are swirling that Star Wars: The Old Republic has lost almost 400,000 subscribers. In response, BioWare has announced the 1.3 “Allies” update for the MMO, and is surely hoping it will help bring some players back into the fold. Contained within the update are several ...
The world at large may still be wondering if Chrome OS is ready for prime time, but that’s not stopping Samsung from taking a second kick at the can. Their Chromebox has made an early appearance on TigerDirect’s website, and it looks to be arriving soon with a $330 price...
Computers with Windows 8 pre-installed will begin hitting retail shelves some time this fall — and by the end of next year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says it’ll be running on half a billion computers worldwide. That’s quite a lofty goal. Microsoft sold around 240 million...
You might not be familiar with the name TCL, but they’re one of China’s largest television manufacturers. In fact, they’re the people who will be cranking out the new Uppleva TVs for Ikea. That makes today’s news from Hillcrest Labs all the more interesting: TCL has signed...
Super slippery coatings seem to be quite popular at the moment. We’ve already shown you the superhydrophobic spray that means no more clothes to wash, and then there was the superhydrophobic film promising to make circuit boards water resistant. Now MIT has come up with...
The Nvidia-powered Asus ME370T that was shown off at CES 2012 was a nice enough tablet, but who wants to pay $249 for a quad-core tablet when you can pick one up for just $199? Nvidia boss Jen-Hsun Huang said they were coming this year, and VP of Investor Relations Rob...
Western Digital may be the largest manufacturer of hard drives after its purchase of Hitachi’s storage business last year, but Seagate is hot on its heels with a surprising acquisition today. Seagate has announced that it is to acquire a controlling interest in premium storag...
What started as a simple rising of the undead due to a star falling from the sky has taken your hero across the map, landing you squarely in a battle for the fate of the world. You’ve traveled into the depths of Hell and given the lords there what’s for, but once again the pl...
While everyone fawns over the hot new phone or tablet coming out every other day, Microsoft Research is always plugging away doing some real computer science. The big news around Redmond this week is that a team of Microsoft researchers have broken the record for data...
If you’re a fan of any kind of electronic music like Dubstep or Ambient sounds, then you should be interested in the latest doodle that Google has made live today to celebrate Dr. Robert Moog’s 78th birthday. Moog was best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, which...
Support for multiple monitors was much improved in Windows 7, though being better than Windows XP or Windows Vista at handling such set-ups isn’t much of a feather in the cap. With Windows 8, however, Microsoft has taken things much, much farther — to the delight of the ever-...
Tuesday May 22, 2012. 11:55 PM
I laughed really hard the first time I saw the Blizzard Authenticator, an RSA key fob-style secure code generator, to protect my video game. I couldn’t imagine a world where I would care enough about my game, much less allow my personal security to be compromised to that...
A common theme you will see in high-end PC systems is one of multimedia. With 1080p or higher resolution displays, Blu-ray drives, HDMI inputs, and other neat features becoming more and more common, it’s clear that manufacturers are trying to insert the traditional PC into...
With Facebook’s recent IPO it’s quite fitting that Google’s Larry Page has appeared on the PBS show Charlie Rose discussing the company. Google is, after all, one of Facebook’s major competitors and the two companies are increasingly stepping into each other’s markets....
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