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A member of the Karmetic Machine Orchestra, based at CalArts. (Credit: Karmetic Machine Orchestra) With technology making itself all but unavoidable in an increasing number of areas, a special university program designed to get undergraduate art majors up to speed with computer science and programming has received a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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CalArts wins grant for arts-and-technology program
Good news for some Motorola users, terrible for others. (Credit: Motorola) At some point within the next four to six weeks, Motorola plans to deploy Android 4.0 to the Droid Razr , Droid Razr Maxx , and Xoom 3G/4G LTE.
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Motorola clarifies Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule
A simulated 2,560 x 1,600 screenshot of your favorite website on a 15-inch MacBook Pro. (Credit: Dan Ackerman) One of the most persistent rumors about possible upcoming new Apple MacBook laptops (aside from a 15-inch MacBook Air or the end of the 17-inch MacBook Pro ) is that they will include upgraded high-resolution “retina” displays , similar to the iPhone 4/4S and third-generation iPad.
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Why a retina display on a MacBook could be a bad idea
This charger could save a life, or at least a smartphone. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: Sony Japan) One possible solution to resurrect a dead phone resides in Sony’s latest portable CycleEnergy USB charger with a built-in hand crank, due in Japan on June 20 for 8,000 yen ($100). The modular charger ( CP-A2LAKS ) features a dual port unit capable of charging two USB-equipped devices and a built-in 4,000mAh battery chargeable via AC power.
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Survive with Sony’s hand-crank USB charger
Customers may lose their unlimited data plans when upgrading to 4G LTE. (Credit: Verizon Wireless) Verizon customers with grandfathered unlimited data plans have been wearing their status with a sense of pride for a long time. New customers stuck with tiered plans look at them with envy and longing.
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Friday Poll: Verizon killing unlimited data, what are you going to do?
(Credit: NTT DoCoMo) I still see kids in the Tokyo subway actually using payphones (remember those?) to call their parents as they make their way home from school. Telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo seems to be launching this just-for-junior Android-powered smartphone to convince them to knock it off. The HW-01D ( PDF ) comes in yellow, blue, or pink
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DoCoMo launches waterproof kids’ phone
Fire extinguisher not included.
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The FCC has been making a big push towards freeing up the airwaves for medical uses , and it just took one of its biggest steps on that front by proposing to clear space for wireless body area networks . Agency officials want to let devices operate in the 2.36GHz to 2.4GHz space so that patients can stay at home or at least move freely, instead of being fenced in at the hospital or tethered to a bed by wires
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FCC wants to set aside wireless spectrum for medical body area devices, our hearts are literally aflutter
Would you describe this retro iPhone case as “rad” or “bodacious?” (Credit: ThinkGeek) Once upon a time, only the coolest (and wealthiest) people had mobile phones, and those phones were the size of a large guinea pig. This magical time was known as the 1980s. Paging Mr.
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Retro 1980s case turns iPhone into ‘brick’ handset
The Asus VG278H’s built-in 3D emitter makes for a less cluttered desktop. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) When it debuted a few years ago, the Nvidia 3D Vision Kit required four components to work properly: 3D glasses, an Nvidia graphics card, a compatible display, and a separate, USB-connected 3D emitter. In the time since that debut, not much has changed.
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Asus VG278H review: Great 3D, but what about that price?
Casio Japan has announced the Exilim EX-ZR300, a high-speed CMOS-based 16MP 12.5x zoom compact. The ZR300 features a 24-300mm equivalent zoom and dual ‘Exilim Engine HS’ processors to offer autofocus in as little as 0.12sec and start-up in under 1 sec.
Do you like your cars smart ? Are you itching to drive something a bit more K.I.T.T. than KIA
The ONE Street Tweeter is kind of like a giant, mobile ink-jet printer, only way more political. It wasn’t around in time for the height of the Occupy protests, but made its debut at the G8 Summit
When we’re not looking up at the stars, we’re likely looking at a screen, so any chance to combine those two is greeted with open arms.
NPD DisplaySearch is declaring Apple to be the undisputed champion of the mobile PC business for the first quarter of the year. The fruity phone flinger shipped ( shipped , not sold) 17.2 million mobile PCs in the time, a figure that contentiously includes the iPad
Dell hasn’t been having the greatest of years, and the blows are still as heavy as ever in Round Rock’s fiscal Q1.
3D printing with ABS and other plastics that have a low-melting point are old hat. And, with the price of entry dropping below the $500 mark , soon enough anyone will be able print their own pirated 45s
Charitable entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox has teamed up with Microsoft , TalkTalk , and Simplify Digital to bring a cheaper option for cash-strapped folks in the UK. Starting today, you can buy a refurbished computer with broadband service for a year (with a 40GB monthly cap) for as little as £149 ($240) — and that price drops even lower for people on state benefits. The “Go On UK” initiative also throws in a WiFi router and Windows 7 to further spread that non-profit love around the nation — just like we have going on in the US .
In my view, smartphones are all about the future, and the best handsets are usually the ones with the wildest, slickest mobile technology. Sure, cutting-edge wireless computing rarely comes cheap, especially phones running Google’s latest and greatest version of Android software, Ice Cream Sandwich . Still it’s good to have a dream, and right now I’m fantasizing big time about the best phones money can buy
We’ve seen DNA flirt with computing and storage before, but a biological system that can record digital data? That’s something different
