Microsoft Wants You To Believe In Holograms

01-22-2015 • http://www.popsci.com, By Dan Moren

And by "holograms," they mean "augmented reality"

The Shadow Internet That's 100 Times Faster Than Google Fiber

01-20-2015 • http://www.wired.com-Klint Finley

When Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette said the tech giant might bring 10 gigabits per second internet connections to American homes, it seemed like science fiction.

Google puts its self-driving car in the hands of area suppliers

01-20-2015 • http://www.crainsdetroit.com-Dustin Walsh

The fate of Google Inc.'s self-driving car rests in the hands of Livonia-based Roush Industries Inc. and other local suppliers.

The Free Encryption App That Wants to Replace Gmail, Dropbox, and HipChat

01-19-2015 • Wired

Peerio, an "encrypted productivity suite" meant to help individual users and businesses encrypt everything from IMs to online file storage. The software, initially launching as a Windows and Mac app as well as a Chrome plugin but coming to mobile

USB wall charger secretly logs keystrokes

01-16-2015 • http://www.dailypaul.com-VR

Called KeySweeper, the stealthy Arduino-based device can sniff, decrypt, log, and report back all keystrokes -- saving them both locally and online.

Google Translate app now translates street signs and real-time conversations

01-16-2015 • http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu Robarts

Not so long ago, the idea of a universal language translation device making the jump from science fiction to reality seemed preposterous.

For $15 a Month, Verizon Will Make Your Crappy Car Internet-Savvy

01-15-2015 • http://www.wired.com-ALEX DAVIES

Next time your check-engine light comes on, your first call may not be to your mechanic, but to Verizon.

The Brilliant Air Vents You Never Knew You Needed

01-15-2015 • http://www.wired.com-MARGARET RHODES

Nest created a whole class of copycat smart thermostats. But the vents that actually crank out all that finely tuned air still remain largely in the shadows.

Your computer might know you even better than your friends do

01-14-2015 • http://www.gizmag.com-Stu Robarts

New research has found that computers can "judge" personality traits far more precisely than previously thought. The study found that it is possible for computers to draw inferences about a person as accurately as their spouse can. Even then, the jud

Microsoft slams Google for spilling the beans on Windows 8.1 security flaw

01-14-2015 • http://www.zdnet.com-Charlie Osborne

The Redmond giant isn't exactly chipper after Google disclosed a Windows bug just two days before Microsoft planned to issue a fix.

Watch My Bit - A Video Platform for the Art & Soul

01-12-2015 • Watch My Bit

The first Bitcoin enabled, micro-payment video streaming platform. Monetize your videos--earn bitcoin.

Linux's Creator Wants Us All to Chill Out About the Leap Second

01-09-2015 • http://www.wired.com-ROBERT MCMILLAN

The leap second is the rare and obscure practice of occasionally adding a second to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) system that most of us use to set our watches.

CES 2015: all the latest from the biggest tech show of the year

01-08-2015 • TechRader.com

CES 2015 is far from over as Day 3 rambles on in Las Vegas. We're still on fire, if a little threadbare, posting news and hands on reviews straight from the show floor.

What mattered on Day 1 at CES 2015

01-07-2015 • CNET.Com

The crowds have hit the ground running at CES in search of the novel and interesting technology that wasn't covered on Press Day. Here's everything you need to know from Day 1.

CES 2015: all the latest from the biggest tech show of the year

01-07-2015 • TechTrader

The tech fest to end all tech fests is here

MIT aims to simplify web development with new language

12-31-2014 • http://www.gizmag.com, By Chris Wood

Ur/Web is a new approach to coding for the web set out in a white paper being presented by MIT researcher Adam Chlipala.

Microsoft May Soon Replace Internet Explorer With a New Web Browser

12-31-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Davey Alba

Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system will debut with an entirely new web browser code-named Spartan, according to a report citing anonymous sources.

What is Factom?

12-30-2014 • Factom.Org

Factom is a system for securing millions of realtime records in the blockchain with a single hash. Factom is a simple extension of the Bitcoin blockchain that lets you build faster, cost effective applications

Uber slapped with suit by 45 Philadelphia taxi companies

12-27-2014 • http://www.post-gazette.com, By Erin Arvedlund

A group of 45 Philadelphia taxi companies filed suit in federal court Tuesday alleging that Uber, the app-based taxi enterprise, is waging unfair competition against medallion owners who must operate under state laws and regulations.

Ghostery Plugin Identifies and Neutralizes Trackers on Your Web Browser

12-25-2014 • http://thelibertybeat.com, by John Bush

Ghostery is a browser plugin that identifies trackers running in your browser from websites you visit.

Google self-driving car prototype ready to try road

12-23-2014 • http://www.dailymail.co.uk-AFP

Google on Monday announced that the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested.

Rapid Prototyping and TEOTWAWKI

12-21-2014 • http://survivalblog.com-PMN

If there is a breakdown in the normal manufacturing system because of TEOTWAWKI, the usual supply of parts may be unavailable to replace the broken pieces of our machines. However, 3d printing might provide a solution by allowing us to make whatever

Rise of the car-sharing apps poses threat to auto sector

12-18-2014 • http://news.yahoo.com-Atul Prakash and Sudip Kar

The humble smartphone could throw a spanner in the works of the car sector's post-crisis turnaround, with the big manufacturers facing a long-term threat from apps that make it easier and cheaper to share or hire vehicles than to buy them.

How Skype Used AI to Build Its Amazing New Language Translator

12-18-2014 • http://www.wired.com-ROBERT MCMILLAN

Very soon now, a select group of Skype beta testers will have a new Microsoft technology that seems borrowed from the world of Star Trek.

DIAGNOSE AN EAR INFECTION WITH A SMARTPHONE ACCESSORY

12-18-2014 • http://www.popsci.com-Dan Moren

Is there anything that's worse than having a child who might be suffering from an ear infection? (Other, of course, than being said child.)

Smaller, faster, greener "high-rise" 3D chips are ready for Big Data

12-18-2014 • http://www.gizmag.com-Dario Borghino

Stanford engineers have pioneered a new design for a scalable 3D computer chip that tightly interconnects logic and memory, with the effect of minimizing data bottlenecks and saving on energy usage.

Ghost ship projected onto Amsterdam canal

12-18-2014 • http://www.gizmag.com-Stu Robarts

Visitors to Amsterdam at the moment better have nerves of steel. A ghost ship has been spotted moored on one of the city's famous canals.

BPG image format offers JPEG quality at half the file size

12-16-2014 • http://www.gizmag.com, By Loz Blain

French programmer Fabrice Bellard has come up with a graphics file format he believes can "replace the JPEG image format."

The FBI Used the Web's Favorite Hacking Tool to Unmask Tor Users

12-16-2014 • http://www.wired.com, By Kevin Poulsen

For more than a decade, a powerful app called Metasploit has been the most important tool in the hacking world: