Feature: Windows 8 and the disappearance of the Start button
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
Though Microsoft may yet have some trick up its sleeve, there's a growing body of evidence from leaked screenshots that Windows 8's taskbar will omit one mainstay of the Windows ... Read More
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ACTA is part of a multi-decade, worldwide copyright campaign
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
Last week, we observed that major content companies have enjoyed a steady drumbeat of victories in Congress and the courts over the last two decades. The lobbying and litigation campaigns ... Read More
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FTC dropped security requirements from contract for sites hit by Anonymous
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
If you were looking for a recipe for creating government websites that attract defacement attacks, the acquisition process that led to the creation of a set of recently hacked Federal Trade Commission sites would be ... Read More
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Feds urge court to reject laptop encryption appeal
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
The government is urging a federal appeals court not to entertain an appeal from a bank-fraud defendant who has been ordered to decrypt her laptop so its contents can be ... Read More
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Feature: Why LightSquared failed: It was science, not politics
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
The seeds of LightSquared's failure to win government clearance to build a 4G-LTE network can, ironically, be found in the "approval" the company received just 13 months ago.
In January ... Read More
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Growl devs respond to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
The next version of Mac OS X, codenamed Mountain Lion, was revealed last week. The update, which is still under development and is expected to arrive this Summer, brings a number of prominent features ... Read More
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Turning Ireland’s water and wind into energy exports
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
Advances in wind power have made well-sited turbines a very cost-effective method of generating power—when they're working. The variability of wind in even the best of sites, however, can ... Read More
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911 broadband network: brought to you by TV spectrum selloff
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
Another day, another cliffhanger budget deal passed by Congress. The latest extends payroll tax breaks and unemployment insurance to millions of Americans. But the bill goes further. It attempts a ... Read More
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Publishers beware: Can other game developers copy Double Fine’s Kickstarter millions?
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
For decades, there was one really successful financial model for making big, profitable games: a publisher providing project funding to a developer in exchange for a large share of any ... Read More
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Should games offer more help when we get stuck?
Posted On 20 Feb 2012 By storyboard. Under technology.
As I said in my recent review, I generally had a blast making my way through Uncharted: Golden Abyss on the PlayStation Vita. Despite some annoyances with the system's touch-screen ... Read More
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