Liquid Robotics Wave Glider Breaks World Record
March 17, 2012Liquid Robotics announced this week that their ocean drone, the Wave Glider, broke the Guinness World Record for distance traveled by an unmanned wave powered vehicle.
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Google Tweaks Gmail Buttons For More Accessible Design
March 17, 2012Google announced today that they would reinstate the option to view words on buttons instead of icons in Gmail, partially in response to complaints by users with visual impairment. “Some.
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NYC: View From The Front Of The Line For The New iPad 3
March 16, 2012When it comes to Apple product launches, I’ve always wondered what it takes to make it to the front of the line. And once you get there, what does it.
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Google Hires Kevin Rose, Milk Team
March 16, 2012Google has hired entrepreneur Kevin Rose, who will begin work for the company almost immediately. Rose is best known for starting early social link sharing site Digg, which has fallen.
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Editorial
Why We Mourn Kodak & Dance On Yahoo’s Grave
March 16, 2012Is this what dying tech companies do? Sue the more successful next generation? Yeah, evidently. The good ship Yahoo is on the rocks. Wave after wave of bad news threatens.
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Why Users Don’t (And Shouldn’t) Trust Startups
March 16, 2012In the current “found it and flip it” cycle of the startup game, the interests of users and founders are opposed. When a company gets acquired, the founders get to.
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New Physical Feedback In Gaming Is Right Under Your FingerTips
March 16, 2012University of Utah’s new controller has joysticks with little red nubs, called tactors, built into the center of them to give sensory feedback to the tips of a gamer’s thumbs.
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More Than Mentoring: Elgin Technology Center Promotes Local-Sourcing
March 16, 2012If one man has his way, the next up-and coming-technology hub in the US will be based in Elgin, IL, a city 40 miles northwest of Chicago. Lasse Ingebretsen is.
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Game Studio Double Fine Nets $3 Million With Kickstarter
March 16, 2012San Francisco game development studio Double Fine just finished a month-long round of fundraising with Kickstarter at over $3 million. The company’s original goal was to bring in $400,000 to.
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Anonymous OS “Wrapped In Trojans,” Says Anonymous
March 15, 2012An Ubuntu-based operating system known Anonymous OS and purported to contain hacking tools is likely to contain trojans, and may have little relation to the loose-knit hacker collective, say Anonymous.
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