Microsoft Touts Home Entertainment at CES Keynote | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
LAS VEGAS — Microsoft detailed plans for XBox 360 enhancements, a new gesture-driven interface for the XBox and a tablet-style Windows PC tonight at a keynote presentation kicking off the Consumer...
View ArticleSprint Leapfrogs Verizon With Fast 4G Hot-Spot Device | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Verizon’s MiFi was one of our favorite products of 2009: It takes a 3G wireless data signal and turns it into a Wi-Fi hot spot. Now Sprint has one-upped Verizon with the Overdrive, which takes a 4G...
View ArticleSiri Launches Voice-Powered iPhone ‘Assistant’| Gadget Lab | Wired.com
A new app invites you to command your iPhone in the same way that Captain Kirk addressed the Enterprise’s computer. Siri’s visual interface displays a transcription of what you say, then hands the data...
View ArticleHow OK Go’s Amazing Rube Goldberg Machine Was Built | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
In music, timing is everything. When you’re dancing with an enormous machine, it’s even more important to get the timing correct, down to the microsecond. For its latest video, released on YouTube...
View ArticleApple Takes Aim at Cable With Tiny New Apple TV
SAN FRANCISCO — In a sign that its television “hobby” has turned into serious business, Apple announced an aggressively-priced new set-top box that takes aim at the heart of the cable TV and DVD...
View ArticleJournalism in the Age of Online Collaboration
Painting of Basho meeting two travelers, from the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008660384/ Savvy journalists have adapted (or have been forced to adapt) to a new, more...
View ArticleWhat We Wish Apple Would Do With iTunes
Apple is planning an announcement Tuesday morning regarding iTunes. Count us among the cautiously optimistic. ITunes is one of the most successful software packages in history, installed on more than...
View ArticleIntel Beefs Up CPUs With Graphics Power — and Content Protection
LAS VEGAS — Intel is preparing a new line of processing, graphics and wireless technologies aimed in part at bringing video to consumers — and preventing them from copying it. The content protection...
View Article‘Windows Will Be Everywhere,’ Ballmer Promises
LAS VEGAS — Microsoft unveiled its vision of the future, where everything from phones and tablets to big-ass tables runs Windows. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered a somnolescent and nearly...
View ArticleReports: Verizon iPhone Likely Coming Jan. 11
U.S. iPhone users frustrated with AT&T’s frequently dropped calls, limited geographic coverage, delayed delivery of iPhone tethering, elimination of unlimited data plans, poor customer service,...
View ArticleSony Touts Console-Like Power of Upcoming NGP
SAN FRANCISCO — Sony is blurring the line between portable game consoles and larger consoles currently trapped inside TV cabinets. With a high-resolution screen, a powerful processor and graphics...
View ArticleApple’s Jobs Unveils Upgraded, More Colorful iPad 2
“In an all-white environment, the white version of the iPad 2 will have a better chance of hiding from predators.” via Gallery: Apple’s Jobs Unveils Upgraded, More Colorful iPad 2 | Gadget Lab |...
View ArticleBallmer to Skype Fans: You Can Trust Us
SAN FRANCISCO — Trust us. We’re not going to screw up Skype. That was the message Microsoft delivered Tuesday, hours after formally announcing that it was buying the internet telephony pioneer for a...
View ArticleTwitter Moments joins a long lineup of attempts to curate the news
Twitter made its long-awaited move into the news business this week with the launch of Twitter Moments, a new tab in Twitter’s mobile apps that let you see semi-curated summaries of the biggest news...
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