Fully Programmable Matter: Cool Stuff
The Programmable Matter project unveiled by Intel in August last at the Intel Developer Forum is pretty incredible!
Programmable Matter allows you to materialize any object in the form of a spectrum 3D interactive and malleable at your request.
Imagine being able to email a 3D image to someone.
It’s not available yet, but Intel thinks that the [...]
For Sale: One Life in China
Chen Xiao had pretty much given up making her own decisions and so decided to throw open her life to the whims of China’s hundreds of millions of Internet users, known in China as netizens.
“It’s your right to arrange Chen Xiao’s life, and it’s my obligation to serve you,” read her online shop.
Since December, Chen [...]
LG, Samsung and Kodak Sue the Pants Off Eachother
LG, Samsung and Kodak have already gotten themselves into quite a legal tangle, but things have really come full circle in the last few days, with both Samsung and LG filing suits at the International Trade Commission over some alleged patent infringment on Kodak’s part. This, of course, follows Kodak’s complaints that both Samsung and [...]
Atlantis Seekers Given Thrill by Google Maps
According to a UK tabloid The Sun, someone supposedly found a picture of the city of Atlantis using Google Earth.
Looking at the image and seeing how straight the lines are is a good indication that the lines are indeed man made. Rarely, if ever are there any kind of faults or terrain made by mother [...]
MacBook Mini Mock-Up Has Concealed Keyboard
Despite rumors of an Apple netbook, there hasn’t been any official word as to what it would look like. Regardless, designer Isamu Sanada decided to make some renditions of what he thinks they may look like.
Sliding cover with Touchpad
Flip cover with Touchpad
I think I would like the flip over version better myself. But first I [...]
Verizon Preps for Long Term Evolution Leap
Verizon Wireless has picked Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) and Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY) as its main contractors in its planned deployment of its forthcoming 4G network, aka “Long Term Evolution.”
LTE, reputed to be so fast that users can download a song in just seconds, is considered the next industry benchmark for carriers to meet. Verizon’s project [...]
Facebook Returns To Previous Terms of Service Agreement
Facing an outcry from its subscribers, Facebook has backtracked and replaced its new terms of service (TOS) agreement instituted Feb. 4 with the previous version. Mark Zuckerberg, the social network’s chief executive officer, announced the change in a blog post on the company’s site Tuesday night.
“A couple of weeks ago, we revised our terms of [...]
Free Windows 7 Upgrades For New Vista Users
According to a report, Microsoft Corp. will be giving away free Windows 7 upgrades to people buying PCs with Windows Vista until as late as January 31 of next year. This is to encourage consumers to keep buying Windows Vista PCs, this year despite Windows 7 ’s looming release.
The report, [...]
Windows 7 Available by Christmas?
With Windows 7 Beta getting positive reviews, more rumors are emerging that Microsoft’s new operating system will be available before Christmas. But Microsoft is still refusing to admit that Windows 7 will be ready by the end of this year and insists on the January 2010 release date.
Windows 7 will be available [...]
$99 Apple iPhone Could It Be?
Apple is expected to debut a $99 iPhone, as well as an iPhone 3G with updated performance, sometime in June or July, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky’s research note on Tuesday.
Abramsky, in his report, states:
Checks reveal further entry-level iPhone details, including launches on existing carriers June/July with a data plan, entry-level pricing [...]
