Segues: You’re Soaking In It
Hidden amongst you is a world rife with technology you don’t notice. No, I’m not talking about nanobots or Harry Potter-inspired invisibility cloaks. Technology is employed in places and ways you might not suspect until it’s pointed out to you. It shows up in trickily placed advertising to mess with your subconscious and can erroneously […]
Dear Photograph: Old Tech And New Tech Create A Window To The Past
Photo blog/community art project Dear Photograph just opened two months ago, and already it’s taken the internet by storm. With a mix of past and present evoking memory for the individual and a surprisingly universal longing for days gone by, it also gives us a chance to study the different technology used by submitters.
FreeNAS Version 8 Won’t Talk Time Machine With Lion
The first article I ever contributed to Techcitement covered my experience trying out the FreeNAS, v8.0 server. Since then, my FreeNAS box has been happily storing Time Machine backups from several different Macs in the household — until now. What changed? OS X Lion! Apple’s ongoing efforts to increase security of their OS includes disabling […]
SnApp Judgments: Star Chart
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Star Chart by Escapist Games Limited which usually runs […]
Tablet Thursday Digest: Facebook Fakeout, Streaking, and Walmart
You know how we were saying Facebook needed to get their Android act together? It gets a tad worse. Bad enough that it looked like Facebook was going to make hardware makers look into their own app solutions (ala HP and WebOS), now it looks more like it’s actually aimed at Android. That’s right, Android […]
A Robot That Loves? Singapore Researchers Say It’s Coming
Have researchers at the National University of Singapore designed a robot that knows how to love? According to project lead Hooman Samani, they’ve made significant progress. Lovotics, the robot that loves you back, observes user behavior through motion sensors and cameras, then mirrors that behavior. Get closer to Lovotics, and it moves closer to you. […]
The (Current) Future Of Video Games
A lot of fellow gamers talk about their love of “hardcore” games, but they’re missing out entirely on where video games are actually headed. The future is indie.
On The Cheap: The Waiting Game
On The Cheap is a feature where we investigate low-cost solutions to staying high tech. It comes out every two weeks. Like a paycheck. Aren’t we clever? While I’m sure we all know that lust for the latest and greatest doohickey can be bad for the wallet, it can sometimes also be bad for our […]
Obama Brings Down Congress (AKA Techcitement Gets Political)
It’s not uncommon for sites to be slammed when a major aggregation site like Digg links to them. On Twitter, there’s even a specific hashtag when popular author Neil Gaiman brings down a site. This week, we saw the same sort of thing happen in the political arena when President Barack Obama addressed the nation […]
SnApp Judgments: Jamie Oliver 20 Minute Meals
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Jamie Oliver 20 Minute Meals by Zolmo, which […]