Tech Status Quo

Another company is preparing to sell Intel-based computers that can run Apple's Mac OS X. But unlike Psystar, a Florida clone maker that's been sued by Apple, Open Tech won't pre-install the operating system on its machines. Open Tech's Home (equipped with an Intel dual-core Pentium processor, 3GB of memory, ...

Do women code with a heart?

What a question. Is there actually a chance that women, rather than men, code to "help" the next person that works on the same project? According to the Wall Street Journal that chance does exist, and women continually create better commented programs than men. According to Emma McGrattan, senior ...

Another programming acronym: ARAX

Asynchronous Ruby and XML. You heard it folks, Asynchronous Ruby. Guess who is pushing it? Yeap, Microsoft. It will be completely integrated into the Silverlight package that Microsoft is failing miserably to spread across the internet. Frankly, why would they succeed in getting programmers to use Silverlight - Microsoft still ...

Seagate pumps out 2 TB HD, SSD

In the world of hard drives, Seagate reigns king; the newest edition to their repertoire is a 2 terabyte hard drive with a July 2008 launch date. A 2 terabyte drive would store roughly 500,000 songs or 1300 full length DVDs, plenty of space for 99% of the population. Seagate is ...

Will Google ever truly fail?

Joe Anderson is running a critique on Google - not the search aspect, gmail, or Reader - and the failure of many of its applications. He discusses the dismal 'Google Answers' and even less popular 'Google Video', but missed what I believe are the most "use-less" Google applications. When I ...

2.3MW floating turbine heads out to sea

As the world drills deeper and deeper for black gold, StatoilHydro is taking a different approach. Partnered with MIT researchers and Technip, StatoilHydro plans on constructing a 65 meter tall turbine with 40 meter long blades. The turbine will sit on a type of concrete that floats, and will be ...

Find out what people are saying with Omgili

Update: Check this story out on Slashdot!A few days ago I talked about Twing, a new search engine that crawls the internet looking for forum posts and spits them back in relevant order. After doing a bit more searching, an even better "forum search engine" popped up, Omgili. Now Omgili does ...

Qwerty Wallet keeps you spendin

The ultimate wallet for you little-bit-nerdy people out there, the Qwerty Wallet. The Qwerty Wallet comes in both bi-fold and tri-fold design and features a vinyl keyboard on the front with green and navy interior. The first section of the wallet has a spot for your papermoney behind a vinyl ...

Evernote Your Life

Ever wished you could remember the phone number of that cute girl at the bar? With Evernote, you won't ever forget anything again! How does Evernote work? You capture the things you want to remember using what you already use—your Windows or Mac computer, the web, and your mobile phone. ...

Twing-alicious searching

In the search world, competition is fierce. Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo pour millions of dollars into advertising their search engines to gain every last user on the internet. There is a new player in the business now thought, and it looks like Twing is going to hit the ...