Archive for January, 2010

Sony’s John Koller: Apple’s entrance into gaming market drives consumers to PSP

Um, okay? Just days after Apple introduced its exceedingly underwhelming iPad while simultaneously attempting to convince that masses that said product was the portable gaming device they had been waiting their whole lives for, Sony’s own hardware marketing honcho has come forward and extolled Cupertino’s decision to finally make the gaming leap. In a recent [...]

Defrag Your Mind in Five Steps [Mind Hacks]

We recently highlighted personal development blogger Dragos Roua’s suggestion to treat yourself as a computer to become the best version of yourself. One of his suggestions: Defrag your mind. Here’s a closer look at what he meant. Roua extended his brain-as-computer metaphor a bit further, offering five steps to defragging your mind. It may sound [...]

Entelligence: Lessons from the iPad launch

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels [...]

Current Crop of E-Readers Compared: iPad vs. the Rest [Infographic]

Developer and blogger Darren Beckett rounds up a crop of five e-readers and gives them a short price and feature comparison with the newly released iPad—and rolled the results in to an eye-friendly infographic. (Click the image above for a closer look.) We may have our problems with the iPad, but that doesn’t mean people [...]

Ooyala Live Video Platform Gets High Visibility with Grammy's Awards and Britain's Iraq Inquest

Ooyala, the two-year old online video services company, is putting a big effort around its live streaming platform.  It will get considerable  exposure with the live streaming of the Grammy Awards. Ooyala is also streaming Grammy videos on demand. Earlier this week, the platform was used by Britain’s Telegraph newspaper to stream the live testimony [...]

CE-Oh no he didn’t? Part LXVII: Steve Jobs lashes out at Google, calls Adobe ‘lazy’

According to a report in Wired (and a source whom the publication says “could not be named”), Steve Jobs spoke to an audience of Apple employees at a town hall in Cupertino and… pulled zero punches. If you believe what you read, Jobs tackled a handful of major issues that have been buzzing the company [...]

Make a Portable Projector Screen for Less Than Ten Bucks [DIY]

If you regularly tear the wrinkled sheets off your bed to use them as a makeshift projector screen, it’s time to upgrade. Make this portable screen on the cheap that stashes away in a closet til the next time you need it. The DIY portable projector screen project over at Instructables can be whipped together [...]

Fox Readies Online Casting Call for Roles in "Glee"

LAS VEGAS — Producers of Fox’s super-popular freshman hit “Glee” will host an open casting call online for a few new roles in the Glee club. The roles are open to both amateurs and professionals. I sat down with the network’s Laurel Bernard, senior VP of marketing, at the recent NATPE show to chat about [...]

Proto-2 humanoid robot auditions for Thunderbirds 2.0

While there are some robots like ASIMO still keeping it real with their classic robot looks, it seems that humanoid bots these days are increasingly falling into one of two categories: creepy and more creepy. Making no attempt to alter that trend are the researchers from Advanced Robotic Systems Laboratories (or ARSL), who are now [...]

Why Bigger Is Better: The iPad And The Arc of Computing

The following guest post was written by Edo Segal (@edosegal). Earlier last week, as the day was coming to an end and I was speaking with my 5 year old at bedtime we shared the highlights of our day. I started by telling him the company that created the iPhone is about to come out [...]

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