| Has the iPad kicked off the post-PC era? Posted: 
As by far the leading example of the tablet computer genre, can we "blame" the iPad for having started the beginning of the end of the PC era and then having ushered in the beginning of whatever comes next? A new report from analyst group IDC is full of doom and gloom for the PC [...]  |
| PS3 Portal 2 the definitive version to get – Q&A unveiled Posted: 
With the release date for Portal 2 approaching next week, Valve has started to reveal more information around [...] Related posts: PS3 version of Portal 2 comes with free Steam PC copy Get Portal off Steam for free until May 24 Valve cancels Portal 2 event and promises surprise instead  |
| And, it won’t be 3D Posted: 
Apple rumors these days are all over the map. We’ve seen the return of the iPhone nano and the iPad 3 has made its share of cameos, as well. Now, we’re hearing that Apple’s next insanely great product won’t be coming to the big screen, but instead will actually be that living room [...] Related [...]  |
| Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition is won by teams out to change the world Posted: 
Team Note-Taker from Arizona State University won the Software Design category for the 2011 U.S. Imagine Cup while Team BearPaw from Brigham Young won the Imagine Cup People's Choice Award. Meanwhile Team Bloom from Tribeca Flashpoint Academy won the top prize in the Game Design Windows/Xbox category and the People's Choice Award for Game Design. [...]  |
| Is the Web a human right as Tim Berners-Lee claims? Posted: 
The man credited with inventing the World Wide Web, one Tim Berners-Lee, thinks his creation should be considered a “human right” at this point in history. Can he possibly be right? In 1989, while working at CERN, Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea of a World Wide Web, literally a network of interconnected computers around the [...]  |
| Kerry, McCain unite for online privacy bill Posted: 
John Kerry and John McCain wouldn’t seem to have much in common beyond the shared experience of a Presidential campaign defeat. But the pair have now formally introduced a bill that would take the first steps to regulate the way Internet firms handle user data. The measures in the bill (which would create the Commercial [...]  |
| Libyan rebels now have their own wireless network Posted: 
As could have been expected, when rebels in Libya challenged the Gaddafi government, the strongman leader promptly shut down their mobile network. Now, the rebels are back on the air with their own network. Control of the cell phone network, and of course access to the [...]  |
| App maker UberMedia to compete with Twitter? Posted: 
There are rumbles and rumors from people supposedly in the know that UberMedia, a company that has supplied apps for Twitter users, may be considering a move which will put them into direct competition with Twitter. At this point, UberMedia is primarily known for writing and providing apps that allow users to communicate with Twitter [...]  |
