Monthly Archives: February 2013

Real Men Wear…

No Marketing-spin here, right?! (Source) eWeek: http://goo.gl/PpLlq

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Byte Appétit!

H.A.L. would and is obviously still jealous as I.B.M. is using Watson to design a menu co-designed between said computer and a trained chef. You’re 86’ed! (Source) NY Times: http://goo.gl/ldXOV

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Superman’s Jealous?

A new 3-D computer has been designed allowing end-users the ability to reach in and grab ‘digital content!’ (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/FzYIG

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Hoist the Yard Arm!

Well, not exactly… Nevertheless, for those that engage in on-line piracy (in America) your ISP is now officially tracking you (perhaps more so than previously anyway). (Source) LA Times: http://goo.gl/s4W8D

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Smart_Fox?

Mobile Operators are welcoming Mozilla’s Smartphone offering as a (potential) strategy for negating the current (arguably, global) duopoly. Will it pay off / work? (Source) Register UK: http://goo.gl/HUo58

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Ok, Glass.

See for yourself… (Source) Google: http://goo.gl/ZmA0g

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Bespectacled.

For the vision-impaired, this technology could be immensely beneficial. For a Minority Report purview of the world at-large, this could easily be called into question… So, what will the end-result be: more people walking in semi-zombie state from staring at … Continue reading

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Just Another Day.

With all of the announcements regarding firms being hacked (Microsoft’s the latest) is it a ‘fair’ question to ask: how many global governmental agencies, companies, military branches, etc. has America hacked? Perhaps an unpopular notion for those who are fiercely … Continue reading

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Sight Unseen?

Sony clearly (if that was the firm’s objective) ‘won’ the ‘war against reality’ as they unveiled they latest PlayStation by not actually unveiling it. In other words, screenshots were shown of a game on said platform but nothing else was… … Continue reading

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Docs Blocked!

High-expertise in one area obviously doesn’t denote such in another as evidenced by Oxford’s blocking of Google Docs. (Source) Information Week: http://goo.gl/hnA9Q

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