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Why Users Don’t (And Shouldn’t) Trust Startups

In 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

University 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

If 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

San 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

An 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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Windows 8 Users Already Upset Over Beta Usability Issues

Windows 8 only began its consumer preview at the end of last month, but many users are already up in arms about serious usability issues in the new OS. One.

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GM/NASA Robo-Glove Is As Awesome As It Sounds

NASA and GM have partnered to create a robo-glove that will give its wearer super grip and strength. The glove has been more formally titled The Human Grasp Assistant, though.

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Google Plus: Homogenization And Its Discontents

Veteran Apple interface designer Andy Hertzfeld has enjoyed outsize influence on the latest generation of Google design changes. Hertzfeld made his name in Silicon Valley working with Steve Jobs and.

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Software Turns Movies Into Comic Books

Chinese researchers have developed rudimentary software that automatically turns video clips into comic books.

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Layoffs At AOL Signal Death Of AIM

After 40 people were given pink slips on Friday by the former online giant, AOL layoffs are expected to grow to more than 100 by the end of this month..

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