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Drinks-On With The World's Biggest, Baddest Bartending Robot
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Unglamorous Space Catastrophes That You'll Never See In A Movie
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How Much Would It Cost To Build The Starship Enterprise?
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Why 3D Printing Is Overhyped (I Should Know, I Do It For A Living)
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Google Just Went And Fixed The Samsung Galaxy S4
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Microsoft Surface Pro Review: Too Much Future?
The Microsoft Surface was the biggest new tech of 2012. Its first iteration — Surface RT, a confusingly named and marketed tablet-with-a-keyboard — bombed. Pretty hard. So why believe in the full-powered Surface Pro? Simple. It’s a braver and more divergent take on the laptop-tablet convergence than anyone else has risked so far.
Windows Phone 8 Looks Great, But It Screws Existing Users
Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8 today, complete with multi-core support, a new Start screen, native code sharing with its forthcoming Windows 8, a new Wallet feature for mobile payments, SD card support, more screen resolution support and IE 10. And there’s still more to come in today’s Windows Phone Summit. Phew.
Why A Keyboard Is The Only Way To Beat Apple
The killer (or be killed) feature of the new Microsoft Surface for Windows RT is its keyboard. The tablet itself is a wonderful device. It’s got a great body and a (seemingly) fast processor, but input is everything.
Hands On: Microsoft Surface For Windows RT
Microsoft’s event today was long on promise and short on specs. RAM? We dunno. Processor speed? We dunno. Price? We dunno. Release date? We dunno. But even a very brief hands-on made something abundantly clear: it’s a super solid device and if Microsoft can deliver what it demoed, the iPad finally has a real competitor and Android has a big problem.
Opinion: Humans Love Apple Events Because Humans Love Spaceships
Dan Lyons, the guy who used to be Fake Steve Jobs, has a story today that asks, “Once upon a time we put a man on the moon. Now we pee our pants over retina displays. WTF happened to us?” The answer is really easy: We’re the same as we’ve always been. We love to watch things change.
WWDC Smackdown: Who Apple Hit Hardest Today
Apple announced so much great new stuff today, and Tim Cook walked away looking too fine and fancy. But not everyone left in such good shape. Apple threw plenty of haymakers at its biggest competitors.
Twitter’s New Logo Is Batman
Twitter has a new logo! And it also has a whole bunch of rules about how you can and can not use that new logo.
What San Francisco Would Look Like After Climate Change
For coastal cities, rising sea levels due to climate change are questions of when and how high, not if. San Francisco’s Burrito Justice created this amazing poster that shows what the city would look like after the waters rose.
Google Maps Gets Offline Mobile Access And 3D Capabilities
Google Maps today announced it is rolling out offline maps for mobile and improving the 3D capabilities of its maps via aerial data. It’s a major overhaul, one that comes in the face of Google reportedly losing one of its biggest partners.
Windows 8 Release Preview Hands-On: Wonderful But Kind Of Boring
The Windows 8 Release Preview is among us and, boy, is it lovely. It’s so much dreamier than the Consumer Preview and makes the Developer Preview look like something cobbled together out of two-by-fours, electrical tape and rebar. It’s also quite boring.
Meth Labs And Dead Dogs: How The Founder Of McAfee Antivirus Went On The Run In Belize
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. “I’ve been busy” is everyone’s excuse for laziness, but I can’t come up with a better one. For those of you who follow the news in Central America, you will know that I am in hiding in an undisclosed location in Belize. Hiding out is no fun. I’ve always wondered why people on the run turn themselves in. I now know the answer — boredom.
