Linkpost | 06.21.2011
[Note: Dwight Silverman is on vacation, and Technology Bytes’ Peter Hughes is handling the linkposts this week. Dwight will be back on June 26.] • Five Predictions For The Future Of Energy – Here’s...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.30.2011
Updated 8:42 p.m. • Who killed the fake antivirus business? – It appears that the arrest of the man who managed a “bank” used by rogue antimalware developers has caused the collapse of that business,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.13.2011
Updated 3:04 p.m. • iPhone 4S Teardown – iFixit rips into an iPhone 4S the day before it goes on sale. And yes, there’s only 512 MB of RAM in there. Also Apple’s New IPhone Sells Out at U.S. Carriers...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.13.2012
Updated 4:03 p.m. • iPhone 5 pre-orders planned for September 12, second release wave for first week of October and AT&T planning for iPhone launch in late September, clearing schedules through...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.19.2012
• How Your Phone’s Screen Shatters – If Gorilla Glass is so strong, why do smartphone screens made with it shatter so often? Read it and wince. • NASA Pulls Off 160-Million-Mile Software Patch – The...
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.4.2013
• Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android – Google’s Andy Rubin is heading up a project to create more intelligent and capable robots, with an emphasis on their use in manufacturing....
View ArticleLinkpost | 12.15.2013
• How Americans Were Deceived About Cell Phone Location Data – NSA officials fudged wording and reporters – and some members of Congress – bought it. Also By cracking cellphone code, NSA has capacity...
View ArticleCool or creepy? 1,000 tiny robots programmed to swarm
Computer researchers at Harvard have programmed more than 1,000 tiny, inch-wide robots to behave cooperatively so they can arrange themselves into complex shapes. The result is a demonstration video...
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