A computer-operated car developed by Carnegie Mellon University saw its first run yesterday as it gave a Pennsylvania Congressman a ride to the airport. The driverless Cadillac SRX is the product of five years of work by researchers, and could kick off a whole new era of transportation.
When Microsoft backpedaled on the Xbox One’s 24-hour authentication, it also removed one of its most promising features: digital games trading. Turns out, that decision wasn’t permanent: Microsoft’s Albert Penello today announced the studio will bring the feature back "when the time is right."
Remember that ole Amy Winehouse refrain: "they tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no!"? While
there’s drug detox centers for those addicted to drugs, do centers for Internet addiction exist? The answer is yes, and they’ve been
around for a while. In my 2009 post, "Internet Rehab For NetAddicts" post, I researched one such center located in SE Fall City, Washington
that followed the same principles as drug rehab centers.
Last week. New Zealand passed a law that prohibits patents on computer software. This will, it hopes, foster innovation and competition (and kill the efforts of a whole gallery of patent trolls). Seems to me that we can learn a thing or two from this move.
It’s a shame that Nintendo seems to be one of the only studios that remembers the meaning of the term ‘party game.’ These games demanded in-person interaction: the Internet was irrelevant. Today, it’s time for a bit of nostalgia – time to pay homage to some of the best party games of ages past.
Recently, Facebook has been making a concerted push to bring more Android developers into the fold, in addition to making its mobile game stronger overall. To that end, it’s announced several updates to bring the Android SDK in-line with iOS, and added 3D capabilities to both.
According to Microsoft, Kinect on the Xbox 360 never really reached its full potential (that seems rather obvious, in hindsight). The experiences simply weren’t as rich as the studio was hoping for. That’ll chance with the Xbox One – at least, that’s what they want to happen.
Size counts. If you want proof, just look at the way our society develops technology, how obsessed everyone seems to be with making everything smaller and more portable. Today, we’re going to take a look at this obsession. Today, we’re going to examine some of the smallest computers ever created.
Online privacy has always been a nebulous thing, particularly given the culture of paranoia that’s grown around western society in recent days. Nowhere is this more clear than with the saga of Edward Snowden. Today – in a bit of a departure from my usual fare -I’m going to explain to you why the Snowden saga should concern you.
Ever since its less-than-stellar showing at E3, Microsoft’s Xbox One has been a rather popular whipping boy for the games industry. The backlash suffered by Microsoft was downright legendary, and it’s something they’re not going to live down for a very, very long time.
Question is, was it justified?
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