As you’ve probably read here and elsewhere, if you were expecting the major consumer electronics companies to show up to CES 2012 with their latest and greatest hardware that would revolutionize your life, it was something of a disappointment. Most devices, especially those from major companies, were basically updates to the previous year’s line up, […]
The U.S. House of Representatives put a freeze on SOPA legislation today, as Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia (R) announces he’ll take no further action on the bill. Although a somewhat unexpected move, perhaps it’s unsurprising considering the amount of negative press the controversial legislation has received and the fact that the White House stated […]
Recently, a petition to get Marvel Comics to stop supporting SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, appeared online. While the SOPA name sounds reasonable enough, because of course creators’ intellectual property rights deserve protection, the onerous nature of the actual legislation along with the Protect IP Act (PIPA) is nothing short of super-villainous. An […]
New Scientist uncovers a clever new Apple patent for enhancing security of portable devices. A memory chip is implanted inside a device’s AC adapter that stores a security question or an encryption key for the password required to log into the device. In the event that you forget your password, recovery is possible simply by […]
Google is my brain, let’s get that out there. Gmail, Google Tasks, Calendar, Gmail Contacts, Picasa Web Albums, Reader, you name it, I’m probably using that Google service. The first thing I did when I got my Palm Pre was set it to not use my Palm profile for anything and instead sync everything it could […]
Last month, Techcitement’s Daniela Weiss-Bronstein wrote a detailed article about the problem of excessive use of Photoshop in fashion advertising. Because people buy the unrealistic image of unhealthily thin women, this problem isn’t going away any time soon. So, what do we do now? Well, if you’re filmmaker and commercial director Jesse Rosten, you make […]
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show is probably not the place you go to find the new piece of consumer tech that is going to make you stand up, have your head spin around, and go “Wow, I really, really, really need to have that.” That doesn’t mean the show has been boring or that there […]
I have this friend Erez. Erez is a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, Visiting Faculty at Google, and has presented his ngram reader for Google Books at TEDxBoston. Erez is a diverse sort — he’s also worked on genome sequencing, an insole to help seniors keep their balance, and published a ground-breaking paper […]
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer acted as the keynote speaker for the first day of CES 2012, with Ryan Seacrest as his co-host/interviewer. What an awkward combination! Thankfully, what they discussed was more interesting than that bizarre pairing. The new phones look beautiful (HTC Titan II with no specific release date, Nokia 710 and 800 in Canada […]
Ah, January, when a young geek’s thoughts turn to Vegas and the International Consumer Electronics Show (commonly known as CES). If the San Deigo Comic Con is Nerd Prom, then CES is Geek Cotillion. It’s your chance to find out what’s coming in 2012 and the best part is that Techcictement is there! Writer […]
