Tech Tricks And Tweaks: Fun With Rolling Shutter
Mordy Gilden has engineering in his blood. Tech Tricks and Tweaks is a biweekly column in which Mordy seeks out ways to hack, tweak, and otherwise just find interesting new uses for tech, often in ways not originally intended. Oh yeah, and blog about it. When it comes to digital video cameras, traditionally high-end models […]
Overhaul In OS X Lion Improves Security By Leaps And Bounds
Most of the news about Apple’s new operating system focuses on the changes that affect the way people interact with it on a daily basis, but what’s potentially equally important are significant changes made beneath the surface. OS X Lion is, by far, Apple’s most security-conscious operating system they’ve ever released. The Register reveals the […]
Roger McNamee Says Social Is Over, Unfriends Microsoft While He’s At It
Oh, Roger McNamee. If you’re a follower of the travails of the company-formerly-known-as-Palm, then you know him as the face of Elevation Partners and the fellow who thought we’d all be using Pres by now (especially the ladies, because it had a mirror). McNamee is a big name in finance and a big investor in […]
Radio Shack Dumps T-Mobile For Verizon — T-Mobile Insists It’s Mutual
RadioShack, who I refuse to call The Shack no matter how many PR dollars they invest, announced their second quarter earnings today and included this little bombshell: “Net income in the 2011 second quarter included one-time costs associated with two initiatives designed to enhance growth and streamline operations: a charge associated with phasing out T-Mobile […]
Voice of Objectivity: Netflix Had No Choice
Voice of Objectivity is an ongoing column meant to temper the tendency of the Techcited to run away with the most exciting or controversial ideas in technology’s near future. The opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the views of Techcitement or this writer. Someone’s got to keep a cool head around here. I guess […]
Thanks, Facebook, For Another Unwanted Update — Quick Fix To New Chat Layout!
Last week, Facebook decided to tweak the site again, this time altering the chat sidebar to show only the people users primarily interact with, whether they’re available to chat or not. Fortunately for us, Israeli web dev Tal Alter has already figured out a fix!
Apple Levels Ebook Competition Instead Of The Playing Field
Say you have the most popular tablet device out there. You also have a fairly less popular ebook solution on said tablet. How do you make your solution more popular? Do you add more content or offer exclusives? The answer is neither if you’re Apple. The Wall Street Journal reports that due to Apple’s new […]
Research In Motion To Cut Workforce — Insert Tasteless Rimjob Joke Here
RIM is cutting 11 percent of their existing workforce, a drastic move.
Google May Not Have the Hang Of That Whole “Don’t Be Evil” Thing Just Yet
Google loves their algorithms, and as some of us read last week, likes using automated solutions as much as possible. For those that haven’t read Douglas Edwards’s new book I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59, the author recounts having to convince Google’s founders that yes, they should indeed have someone tasked […]
Veebeam Delivers Video To Your TV With No Wires, Sort Of
Veebeam starts with a simple yet elegant concept. There’s content on your computer. You want it on your TV. You don’t want wires running all over your house, and Veebeam claims to help you with that desire. Unfortunately, Veebeam’s execution leaves a lot to be desired. Veebeam comes with a USB device for your computer […]