The future is amazing, and microsoft has the video to prove it
Nov2011
This might be as close as we’re going to get to a time machine. Unless they’re working on that, too. Microsoft this morning is premiering a new video that shows how the company believes technology is poised to evolve over the next five to 10 years, based on the trends its researchers and engineers are seeing [...]
The remarkable evolution of the iPod over the past 10 years
Oct2011
Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPod 10 years ago today. The device was generally greeted with a yawn by the mainstream tech community. One reviewer said it would be a “nice feature” for Mac users but that it wouldn’t make a lick of difference in the Windows world (which was basically the whole world). Read more [...]
Truly amazing: quantum levitation
Oct2011
Visit site By the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)Videos posted on YouTube, 16 Oct 2011.
Make anything a touchscreen
Oct2011
The idea of a portable, impressively useful touchscreen interface has very quickly gone from the world of science fiction to depictions of dubious accuracy on mainstream shows like NCIS or CSI. The consumer, alas, has had to make due with smaller touchscreen interfaces on our phones and tablets and giant, spy-catching rigs aren’t coming to [...]
Chrome extension enables remote computer control
Oct2011
Months of work on “chromoting” have reached fruition with Google’s release on Friday of a new Chrome extension to let a person on one computer remotely control another across the network. The Chrome Remote Desktop beta version, which arrived Friday, is a browser-based equivalent of remote desktop software for conventional operating systems. Such software is handy [...]
Smart cities get their own operating system
Oct2011
Cities could soon be looking after their citizens all by themselves thanks to an operating system designed for the metropolis. The Urban OS works just like a PC operating system but keeps buildings, traffic and services running smoothly. The software takes in data from sensors dotted around the city to keep an eye on what [...]
How to turn your old, busted gadgets into the technology of the future
Sep2011
With the rapid progression of technology each year, it’s easy to accumulate a pile of obsolete gadgets that you just can’t bear to get rid of. So don’t! Here are our top 10 ways you can take the retired gadgets you’ve already got and turn them into something that has a solid place in the future. [...]
Why mobile sites are important
Sep2011
Google is announcing today that websites that are optimized for mobile will now factor into ad quality. The company says that last year it began to limit ad serving on smartphone devices if they pointed to landing pages with Flash-heavy content, in order to improve the experience for users. Now the search giant will be [...]