Browsing articles from "January, 2012"

German Appeals Court Confirms Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban

Jan 31, 2012   //   by ryan   //   Tech News  //  Comments Off

Apple begins a very anti-competitive, design infringement lawsuit against everyone. Samsung fights back to try and protect it’s market share. Samsung gets investigated for anti-competitive behaviour.

Popular kid abuses geek, geek fights back, geek gets sent to the principals office. WTF!?

I expected (not accepted) this sort of blatant ignorance then, but when it comes to an entire governing body (excuse my ignorance of EU policy) this sort of nonsense should not be tolerated.

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Pentagon: 30,000 Pound Bomb Too Small

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Steampunk Pocket Watch Winds Via Solar Power

Jan 31, 2012   //   by ryan   //   Tech News  //  Comments Off


Design Toscano

Here’s a timepiece that’s a blast from the past, in tune with the future. Yes, it’s a Victorian-styled pocket watch, powered by solar. This lovely bit of steampunk finery (which comes to us by way of Red Ferret) by Ezekiel Empire Rosenstein of Alchemy Jewelry features classic brass styling in pewter and brass and actually uses the power of the sun to wind itself.

That’s right: this lovely gizmo is solar powered, but not in the usual sense.

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Just Science iPhone App Simplifies Climate Change Information

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Just Science via iTunes

If you have an interest in climate change data, you’re going to want to download the free app, Just Science. This app makes it easy to understand what is going on with shifts on our planet and lets you draw your own conclusions. All you get is straight science inside interesting visuals.

Just Science uses the video map of climate change released by the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) study. Recorded changes in Earth’s land temperature between 1800

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The Skinny on Ultrabooks: 4 Super-Portable Laptops Reviewed

Jan 31, 2012   //   by ryan   //   Tech News  //  Comments Off

Tablets dominate the headlines, but ultrabooks are nearly as light, start up as quickly, and offer the screens, keyboards, memory, and processing power of full-fledged computers. If you’re in the market for a laptop, this is where you should be looking.

The Basics

What does ultra even mean here?

This category has settled on a nearly universal configuration, with only minor variations. In most cases, including our test units, you get a 13-inch screen, solid-state drive, 13 x 9-inch footprint, and maximum weight of 3 pounds. Compare that to the typical 15-inch laptop: 15 x 10 inches and 6 pounds or more.

What do

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Massive Selector: SmithsonMartin’s 42-Inch Touchscreen DJ System

Jan 31, 2012   //   by ryan   //   Tech News  //  Comments Off

Photo: Greg Broom

Photo: Greg Broom

SmithsonMartin Emulator DVS DJ System

DJs are pretty boring to watch. (Editors note: Reviewer is a DJ, so back off, trolls.) The Emulator DVS changes that. Looking like something lifted from the nightclub in Tron: Legacy, its a giant dashboard for selecting and mixing tracks. Position the included 2,300-lumen projector on the shelf beneath the 42-inch infrared touchscreen and hook up a laptop: The glass bursts to life with throbbing neon buttons, sliders, and knobs. And because the

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Microsoft releases PST importer for Exchange

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IDG News Service - In a move to help administrators rid their networks of disparate personal email archives, Microsoft has released a tool for finding and importing Outlook PST files into modern Exchange environments. The tool will also help Microsoft rid itself of the archiving format, which it no longer sees as necessary.

Microsoft Exchange users “made it clear that PST import is an important area for us to focus on moving forward,” wrote Ankur Kothari, a Microsoft senior product manager for Microsoft Exchange, in a blog post, “.PST, Time to Walk the Plank,” announcing the release.

The free tool,

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Green IT: In search of an energy yardstick

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Computerworld - Earlier this fall, Google made an announcement that in many ways foretells the future of data center efficiency metrics. The search giant not only disclosed its total power consumption and carbon emissions (mostly attributable to its data centers), but also released estimates of its per-user and per-search energy consumption. With this information — and given that a billion Google searches occur per day — it was possible to calculate that searches account for 12.5 million watts of the company’s 260 million watt total.

The idea of quantifying the kilowatts of energy required to perform a

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Amazon Posts 57% Drop in Profit

Jan 31, 2012   //   by ryan   //   Tech News  //  Comments Off

Amazon.com Inc. is struggling to make money as quickly as it spends it, putting the squeeze on the online retailer’s latest financial results and crimping its outlook.



Amazon says revenue rose

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Thorsten Heins the New President and CEO of Research In Motion

Jan 31, 2012   //   by ryan   //   Tech News  //  Comments Off

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