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Tonight Redmond reveals what is Xbox Surface. While this name may mean nothing to the average laymen, for us techlightened individuals it means so much more. It is a name that will live in infamy for a at least a couple weeks, and in the tech industry that's a lot.
Microsoft Surface was a badass tech innovation by Big M about a touch-screen table top that could interface with more than just your dirty fingertips. It could apparently understand what object was being placed on top of it, meaning it could tell you put down a cup of coffee and... I don't know, I guess it could tell you its coffee, whatever, its still cool. It could also sync up with an electronic devise for wireless sync, mobile payments, streaming whatevers, and that's the part that sounded really interesting. I've only ever seen it in trailers, but you can easily recognize it in many many films, its that table top that the main characters gather around and look at photos and documents and stuff. Its totally real. The only movie I can think of at the moment is the remake of the The Day the Earth Stood Still.
So with that in mind we can conjure up a whole bunch of neat apparitions of what this new device could be. An Xbox super-tablet controller with Kinect gesture navigation and Zune wireless sync running Windows 8 and fabulous Metro. Oh the possibilities. Dazzle me, Mr. Balmer!
Jan 30, 2012
Crisis on Infinite Internets: Part 1 - "The Death of Sopa-Man"
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Introducing 'Follow The Saga': the whole story, regardless of where you jump in
For those of you who haven't been following the SOPA crisis, here is a link to an excellent article on Engadget that highlights all the crazy twists and turns that turned this simple legislative act into a declaration of war against the internet. A war that saw the long prophecized invasion of the by the Entertainment Giants, the fracturing of the Technology Community and it's decent into Civil War, former rivals like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook finding themselves fighting side by side on the front lines, the unlikely rise of Wikipedia as the wizened leader of the rebellion against tyranny, the corporate-backed razing of MegaUpload as the first blood drawn, the ideological rise of the digital black bloc known as Anonymous and their path of destruction across the government and corporate cyberspace, and lest we forget, The BlackOut, aka "The Day the Internet Said Fuck You."
And prolly a bunch of other stuff happened too. Read it and support a free and uncensored internet!
Jan 18, 2012
Amazon, sexy deadly...
Amazon rumored to be buying RIM, Samsung says no
Amazon might buy RIM? What a move that would be for those warrior women. Amazon has real stepped its game up in the last year, starting with its groundbreaking work with "The Cloud", it's iPad-baiting Kindle Fire, and some rumored smartphones that are supposed to be introduced soon. And they did it all so stealthily. Expect the net tycoons to make they're move to big time tech-makers in the years to come.
Dec 25, 2011
Happy Winter Vacation!
To all my Christian friends, Merry Christmas! To all my Jewish friends, Happy Channukah! To all my African American, African Carribean, or African African friends, Happy Kwanza! To everyone else, better luck next year.Dec 19, 2011
Highs and Lows for Google in 2011
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| It might be cool to live in a neighborhood thats all Google colors. |
Here is an excellent list from Techradar.com highlighting the Top 10 and Bottom 10 moves Google has made over the last year.
Google is a hardcore dame. A stalwart juggernaut of the emerging electronic hegemony. Pretty soon Google will be able to connect with and improve nearly every aspect of your life, starting with work and school, and moving on to everything from cooking and gaming to washing your car or improving your love life. It could happen.
Some of the the Bottom 10 on the list I see more as stepping stones and invaluable learning experiences. For example, the Chromebook and Chrome OS. This is the future of computing and maybe the world's just not there yet, but to have a super-thin, super-light internet optimized lap top is exactly what 90% of the computing community wants, even if they don't realize it yet. And the Chrome Web Store is pretty neat, even if its a little redundant.
Another example is Google TV. Right now it's somewhat of a gimpy system, but that's not Google's fault. It's the cable companies and the television networks who are scared of its raw power. To be able to surf for any TV Show or Movie or YouTube Video, with additional online content, from the comfort of your own butt on the couch, thats what we have always wanted whether you want to admit it or not! Not to mention there seems to be something in the works to turn it into a gaming console as well, fingers crossed
Dec 18, 2011
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