It was just over a year ago that small, low-cost netbooks hit the market, and since then they’ve become one of the hottest technology trends of 2008, with the top two vendors in the space — Asus and Acer — predicting they’ll sell … Read More »
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President-elect Barack Obama named physicist John Holdren assistant to the president and director of the Office of Science & Technology Policy on Saturday. Commonly referred to as the presidential science adviser, the position will give Holdren influence over budget allocations for nanotechnology, clean energy, … Read More »
It’s the holiday season, the season of giving, and the people behind MacHeist are giving away a bundle of free applications through the Mac Giving Tree. It’s simply a case of signing up and returning on Christmas Day to receive the promotional codes and … Read More »
It looks like Roku made its first move to go beyond being just “the Netflix player” this weekend. Firing up the ole Roku box this afternoon brought up the new home screen instead of immediately jumping directly into the Netflix streaming queue like it … Read More »
The folks over at Lumosity are serious about the brain. Some of the leading neuroscientists in the world have come together to create a brain fitness program to improve your brain’s health and performance. Although the full Lumosity brain training program involves many other … Read More »
This is a test of live blogging from the iPhone in preparation for our CES trip. :) Read More »
The week meter has rolled over once again and last week was full of tech excitement and news. Here’s what you may have missed on jkOnTheRun: Microsoft releases amazing Seadragon Mobile- for the iPhone MobileTechRoundup 157: roller-disco and data don’t mix HP Magic Giveaway kickoff on … Read More »
Chanukah Sameach, everyone! In today’s Station Conversation, Jill Weinberger gives Liz Shannon Miller a brief education on Hanukkah…through online video, of course. Liz: Hey, when is Hanukkah this year? Jill: Sundown on the 21st. Liz: That’s Sunday! We should do something to celebrate. Jill: The thing is, it’s … Read More »
We have a broadband problem in the U.S. There’s not enough real competition to drive either innovations or price reductions. This is also true of cable television, was true for landline phone service and will likely be true for wireless broadband service for a few … Read More »
I had a hard time watching Thursday’s NFL game, and not just because the Indianapolis Colts won. While their comeback was tough to take for this New England Patriots fan, it was not as difficult as trying to watch the game on a cell phone using … Read More »
The week of the contest has flown by and we want to point out that the last day to enter is tomorrow. That’s only two days left to have a shot at over $6,000 of holiday tech goodness put up by our friends at HP and … Read More »
Last year, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello told The Wall Street Journal that his company was “boring people to death and making games that are harder and harder to play.” Prophetic words, though no one was listening at EA. In early December, … Read More »
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