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Category Archives: Convergence for a Converging World
Your Take.
Paul Graham’s experience and insight is always worth taking under consideration. (Source) Tech Crunch: http://goo.gl/fmoSz
STRETCH.
With the recent NSA surveillance dust-up in the news, the Feds using Supercomputers (for various ‘defense-related’ activities) dates back to the height of the Cold War (which still does not fully justify doing so). (Source) Wired: http://goo.gl/uOW0l
Turkey’s (Tweet) Trepidation.
In light of America’s NSA surveillance, Turkey’s (current) Civil Disobedience reveals – yet again – the tension between citizen activism and governmental crackdowns… (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/PXUar
Graphite.
The enclosed looks to be an excellent resource for navigating the proliferation of Educational-applications. (Source) Graphite: http://goo.gl/ZP2va
Rolling Robots.
Scientists have figured out how to mimic the actions of a hamster running on a treadwheel / ball which in turn has been replicated into creating a robot that can be deployed to assist farmers (tend to their crops). (Source) … Continue reading
Vintage Tech.
Be careful what you part with… Yet, another Apple 1 is up for auction (starting at $300,000) for those with a penchant for this sort of collectable. (Source) Statesman: http://goo.gl/NY6rx
Top Ten (Tech) Flops.
Whether this is the definitive list or not is debatable. (Source) LA Times: http://goo.gl/LyUE1
S-O-P.
Another day… another data-breech… (Source) Tech Crunch: http://goo.gl/DNwz3
Samsung’s Stumbles…
Is the firm able to live up to the market’s (aside from their own) hype? (Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/ZcqIr
Who’s Next?
Think your data (and/or your ‘privacy’) is safe? Think again. (Source) NY Times: http://goo.gl/J335C