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Technology News: Breaking Stories, New Product Reviews, Science, Space

Technology News: Breaking Stories, New Product Reviews, Science, Space

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The Technology News Magazine and Gadget Shopping Guide The Glory of Big Data Late in the first day of this year's TED Conference, its understated curator, Chris Anderson, took the stage and made a pronouncement. "The computing power in some of the things that we're seeing is really startling," he said. "It feels to me as if things have suddenly notched up a level in an unexpected way. We're used to Moore's Law. We're used to things getting better and better and better. Technology News and Opinion on The Huffington Post Performance gear and gaming There are three things in life you can be sure of: death, Taxes and PC Format being a cracking read from start to finish. Those first two aren't too enticing, so why not go to town with PC Format and enjoy a monthly dose of hardware and gaming reviews, dusted off nicely with a tasty helping of getting more from your PC. Whether you're into using your PC to play back movies in your living room, overclocking your rig to take on the world, or up for a more relaxing few hours fragging everyone in sight, PC Format is there to aid, entertain, inform and more often than not surprise. We're every bit as passionate about making the magazine as we are about PCs, which is why we're on your side to help separate the wheat from the chaff, whether that's the latest shooter or the newest graphics cards. Whatever you use your PC for - we're here to help.

Ars Technica From Bell Labs to Best Buy Image: Takeshi Murata, Homestead Grays, 2008, (Still). "PREDRIVE: After Technology" (currently on exhibition at The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA November 14-April 2, 2009) features new works by six international artists including Takeshi Murata, Paper Rad, Gretchen Skogerson, Antoine Catala, and Brody Condon. The exhibition was conceived with a very specific group of artists in mind -- artists who placed both the dysfunction and arrogance of ever-changing technologies at the center of their work. In a sense, these artists are working in the shadow of a technological dystopia (and euphoria) that had begun as early as the Industrial Revolution -- as expressed in the vacant, vectored glances mapped out in Edouard Manet's The Balcony (1868-69) or the absolute pleasure of stop-motion animation in Georges Melies' An Up-To-Date Conjuror (1899). Melissa Ragona: Last night I was asking about how you each manipulate your work at the level of the pixel.

Top 40 best technology news websites – the definitive list Looking for tech news? The editorial team at BLORGE has compiled a list of the top 40 most important, influential and informative technology news sites, other than BLORGE, that will help you keep up to date with the latest developments in the world of technology. Also check out our 2011 top 40 best technology websites. Sites are listed in alphabetical order. Technology News – News on Mobile, IT, Computers, Information Technology, New Technology US Air Force rocket buy sparks lawsuit by aspiring contender SpaceX CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. - Space Exploration Technologies, the privately held company known as , said on Friday it filed a lawsuit to protest the U.S. Air Force’s award of a multibillion-dollar, non-compete contract for 36 rocket launches to a partnership of the two biggest U.S. weapons makers. 26 Apr 2014 Nokia to name Rajeev Suri as next CEO on Tuesday - report HELSINKI - Nokia, which is set to close the sale of its phone business to Microsoft, will on Tuesday name Rajeev Suri as its next CEO and outline its new strategy with a focus on its networks equipment business, a newspaper said on Friday.

Latest Technology News: Technology Video & Technology News // Current To Our Faithful Current.com Users: Current's run has ended after eight exciting years on air and online. The Current TV staff has appreciated your interest, support, participation and unflagging loyalty over the years. Your contributions helped make Current.com a vibrant place for discussing thousands of interesting stories, and your continued viewership motivated us to keep innovating and find new ways to reflect the voice of the people. We now welcome the on-air and digital presence of Al Jazeera America, a new news network committed to reporting on and investigating real stories affecting the lives of everyday Americans in every corner of the country.

Learn Lua the Hard Way This series more or less mirrors the series of the same name for Python. It’s in my belief that the only way to learn the in and outs of a language is to learn by practice, and by that virtue, to practice as often as possible until you get the hang of the language. 1. Other Tutorials mental_floss Blog & I Am Unreasonably Excited About This Thermostat I consider myself a computer geek -- I'm comfortable with that. But today I'm having a new feeling: apparently I'm a thermostat geek. Yesterday I came across the Nest "Learning Thermostat," which has been making the rounds of nerd blogs. Basically, this is a computer-driven thermostat with some fancy features: wifi, various sensors, a HAL-like Big Red Eye, and even remote control (via wifi/web). There's also an aspect of gameplay built into the thing -- much like some hybrid cars have an indicator showing you when you're driving "optimally," the Nest shows a green leaf to urge you in the direction of using less energy (for example, in the winter it may show the leaf for a setting a few degrees cooler than you'd normally use -- encouraging you to use less heat).

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