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Google Continues to Show Kansas That Google Fiber Love
Google Continues to Show Kansas That Google Fiber Love (via slashdot) Google hearts Kansas. The search-engine giant announced May 2 that Shawnee, Kansas will become the next city to receive Google Fiber. Google already has plans to install the high-speed broadband network in nearby Kansas City and Olathe, Kansas. “We’ve also been impressed by Shawnee’s vision to…
Cool Skin: A Digital Librarian Tells a Story
By training Vika Zafrin is a digital humanist, a Ph.D. whose area of study is the humanities as they intersect with the confluence of computing, research, teaching and creation. Currently, the 36-year-old is the Digital Collections Librarian at a major Boston-area university. As part of that community, Zafrin makes digital content as widely available as possible, online and for free, curates online collections and data mines large cultural data sets. It’s pretty heady stuff and unsurprisingly, her tattoos have a… continue…
HP Combines Server Businesses
HP Combines Server Businesses (via slashdot) Having helped pioneer the concept of converged systems, Hewlett-Packard is now eating its own dog food. HP announced the formation of a new Converged Systems business unit April 29. At the same time, it also merged its Business Critical Systems (BCS) and Industry-Standard Systems business into a single… continue…
Google Glass Kernel Code Hits the Web
Google Glass Kernel Code Hits the Web (via slashdot) The kernel code for Google Glass, Google’s augmented-reality eyewear, is now available for download in a convenient 65.7MB file. “Currently there is a tarball of the kernel source in downloads,” read a short note on code.google.com. “This is unlikely to be the permanent home for the kernel… continue…
From the Buzz, Piecing Together the Xbox 720
By Scott Bowers Microsoft has announced that the date of the “Xbox Reveal” will be at a special event on May 21. This is the first official announcement from them regarding their new upcoming console. But just because Microsoft’s not saying a lot about the upcoming Xbox 720 – code-named “Durango” — doesn’t mean gamers are in a wait-and-see mood. After all, if nature fills vacuums, then the gaming community argues rumors. And so many rumors have been floating around… continue…
Create A Micro Network With Your Android Smartphone
Lots of applications let you connect a notebook or tablet to the Internet through your Android smart phone using 3G and 4G. It’s commonly known as tethering and is very handy, especially when you’re away from a WiFi connection or in “roaming-portable” mode. I use the Portable WiFi Hotspot from Core Technology on my Android Galaxy S3. It even works rolling down the highway at 65 mph, although a co-pilot or passenger should probably be the one looking at the… continue…
Is Apple Plunging Off a Cliff?
Is Apple Plunging Off a Cliff? (via slashdot) When Hurricane Sandy shredded the eastern seaboard last fall, it left New York City a disaster zone: massive power outages kept most of Manhattan in the dark for days, while residents in Brooklyn and Queens struggled with widespread flooding and a lack of gasoline. Yet the storm failed to stop hundreds… continue…
Was Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquisition a Mistake?
Was Google’s Motorola Mobility Acquisition a Mistake? (via slashdot) Did Google make a mistake when it purchased Motorola Mobility? When Google first announced that acquisition in August 2011, some analysts saw it as a spectacular coup. In exchange for $12.5 billion, the search-engine giant gained a hardware division and a boatload of patents. Those patents, in turn… continue…
Iceland: This App Will Keep You From Dating Your Cousin
“She’s my sister. She’s my daughter. My sister. My daughter. She’s my sister AND my daughter.” Those classic lines from Chinatown, uttered by Faye Dunaway’s character Evelyn Mulwray, have been oft parodied since the film’s 1974 release, but who’d think that one day there would actually be an app to prevent such awkward familial relationships from occurring? There is in Iceland, where “bump the app before you bump in bed” may become the catch phrase for a generation who really… continue…
Obama Administration Confirms Secret Cybersecurity Policy
Obama Administration Confirms Secret Cybersecurity Policy (via slashdot) The Obama Administration has confirmed Presidential Policy Directive 20, which will create a classified national policy for handling attacks on the country’s national computing infrastructure. Details of the policy remain scant; the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) announced April 22… continue…
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