This week Apple rolled out its next generation iPods including an iPod Touch with cameras to support Facetime, which you may recall is Apple’s video phone software for WiFi networks. The new iPod Nano is half the size of the old Nano and features a touchscreen and an FM radio. An upgrade to iTunes includes [...]
Google has closed the doors on its search engine in China, following through on its promise to leave unless it was allowed to provide uncensored search results. But, rather than eliminating its filters on google.cn, and risking the arrest of its China-based employees, Google has redirected requests for google.cn to its Hong Kong search engine, [...]
The Mobile World Congress was held in Barcelona Spain last week, and companies involved in the mobile phone industry traveled from far and wide to attend and show off their latest technologies. Among the highlights from the event were some major announcements that promise to propel the industry forward by increasing competition between the big [...]
After months of speculation and anticipation, Apple’s latest creation is finally unveiled. Last Wednesday, with a packed amphitheater of journalists poised on the edges of their seats, Steve Jobs and colleagues showed off Apple’s new tablet PC, the iPad. Since then bloggers and journalists have been filling pages with there impressions of the iPad ranging [...]
Google shocked the world this week by announcing that it would rather shut down its China operations than comply with China’s censorship laws. The announcement was applauded by human rights organizations around the world, with bouquets of flowers being laid across Google’s sign at the entrance to its large Beijing headquarters. Meanwhile Google investors are [...]
The Consumer Electronics Show has concluded in Las Vegas, launching a number of new technologies and providing insight into important technologies of 2010. The three product categories garnering the most attention were 3D HD television, tablet and slate computers and ebook readers, and smartphones and superphones. Last year’s CES saw the introduction of the 3-D [...]
This week Google announced a big new product: Chrome OS, an operating system designed for Netbook computers. Named after Google Chrome Web browser, the new OS will extend the browser to take over the computer system. Utilizing Linux at its core, Chrome OS is designed for users that predominantly work with Web-based services and applications. [...]
The iPhone has changed the face of computing by putting the Internet in the palm of your hand. While the iPhone is an amazing device, users of the iPhone and phones running Google’s Android operating system have been frustrated by a very limiting aspect of these top-of-the-line smart phones. While users pay for unlimited Internet [...]
For the first time since the .com bust Computer Science degree programs are experiencing growth in student enrollment. In 2002, CS departments across the US saw dramatic reductions in majors, sometimes as great as 70 – 80 percent. The 2007-2008 school year saw an eight percent increase in CS majors. This increase indicates a change [...]
Wikipedia is the 10th most popular Web site in the US, with around 58.3 million unique visitors last month. What makes the site so unique is that it has experienced phenomenal success without advertising revenue by relying on its users to create, edit, and maintain its content – an approach known as crowd-sourcing. WIkipedia has [...]
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