January 7, 2008 12:29 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
culture,
downloads,
futurism,
gadgets,
geek,
humor,
interesting,
interface,
IPTV,
Microsoft,
news,
software,
Technology,
trend,
videoLast night, Bill Gates gave his swan song keynote at CES 2008. Before his speech, which as always enjoyed blanket coverage from the tech press, the outgoing chairman of Microsoft played a
January 4, 2008 11:40 AM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Apple,
Audio,
Bluetooth,
futurism,
gadgets,
geek,
grayware,
hardware,
messaging,
Mobile,
MP3,
multimedia,
science,
Security,
Technology,
telephony,
texting,
traffic,
trendIt's sometimes said that the only constant that you can count on is change. Change is necessary, after all -- "Adapt or die" being an imperative of the natural world. And perhaps even more so in the world of technology...
These are the sorts of thoughts that occur as I poke around in the...
December 28, 2007 1:15 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
blog,
business,
buzz,
commentary,
Internet,
news,
Technology,
trendWell, somehow it happened again. Another year has come and gone, to this eye even more quickly than the one before. I can't help but think that as the speed of our connections goes up, time itself seems to pass more quickly. That may because I have relativity on the brain, given that Schrodinger's...
September 14, 2007 11:45 AM
Posted by: SarahCortes
hardware,
invention,
medicine,
science,
TechnologyI'm sure we all have an old laser printer or two around the house - you know, the one that's sits in the corner unplugged, gathering dust. One of these days, we'll put it up for sale on eBay or Craigslist. One of these days. Well, that printer just might contain technology that can aid in...
August 13, 2007 5:54 AM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Audio,
buzz,
energy efficiency,
futurism,
gadgets,
green,
interesting,
invention,
medicine,
MP3,
music,
science,
TechnologyIt's not quite perpetual motion -- but it might be the next best thing. Dr. Steve Beeby and a team of researchers at the School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) at Southampton...
August 2, 2007 2:48 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
cool,
futurism,
image,
science,
TechnologyOk, we're still not seeing any personal jetpacks but the flying car has arrived. If we had a definition for it, I'd have to go in and change all the references from future to present tense. Because a company called Moller has -- finally! -- developed the
July 26, 2007 3:43 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
buzz,
science,
TechnologyFor hundreds of years, enterprising souls, including Leonardo da Vinci, have tried to create a perpetual motion machine: a device that creates energy with no external source. Since August of last year, there's been a huge amount of buzz around the latest contender called Orbo, from an Irish company...
July 23, 2007 11:24 AM
Posted by: GuyPardon
aggregator,
buzzword,
cool,
feeds,
free,
hacks,
information,
Internet,
lifehack,
Mobile,
RSS,
Technology,
tool,
trend,
XMLDave Winer, generally considered the father of RSS, has been playing with different ways of organizing, aggregating and displaying feeds for years.
July 9, 2007 6:17 PM
Posted by: GuyPardon
code,
command line,
controversy,
conversation,
Development,
fun,
interesting,
programming,
Ruby on Rails,
TechnologyIt's been quite a week for wonders of the world. First, the online world got together and voted for seven modern wonders of the world, provoked by the lonely status of the Pyramids as the last...
