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WIRED's iPad app and the future of print media

Back on May 26, Wired magazine released a version of their publication designed specifically for Apple’s iPad. I promptly bought a copy for $4.99 to see what the brave new world of tablet-specific media content would look like.

The app is pretty impressive. Though there are some complaints — like trying to tell the difference between [...]

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Video of Japanese spacecraft breaking up in Earth's atmosphere

Found here. Interesting video.

Two days ago, the Hayabusa, a Japanese unmanned spacecraft, finally returned from its seven-year, 1.25 billion-mile trip. It plunged to the earth in a beautiful blaze, which NASA astronomers captured on video. That clip has since become a viral hit on YouTube.

The Hayabusa launched on May 9th, [...]

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Apple announces their Design Award Winners

Apple has this to say about their Design Award:

The Apple Design Awards 2010 recognize iPhone OS applications that demonstrate technical excellence, innovation, superior technology adoption, high performance, and outstanding design. Each year, winning products set new standards for the developer community to follow. Read about what made [...]

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Google dumping Windows in all of its operations

This is a pretty big deal. Will other corporations follow suit once they see such an enormous tech player break ranks with the Windows monopoly?

Read the full article at The Financial Times:

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.

The [...]

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Sony’s paper-thin flexible OLED display

Someday this stuff, or something like it, will be what everyone thinks of when they say “paper.”

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Shakeup at Microsoft

Microsoft has just fired several key personnel and completely reorganized it’s entertainment divisions in an (last ditch? desperate?) attempt to breath some life into it’s non-Windows business units, the most successful of which has hemorrhaged billions of dollars over the past few years.

Microsoft’s has fared better in videogames with the Xbox. Although it [...]

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More features isn’t better, it’s worse

A very interesting article from six years ago called “Why features don’t matter anymore: The new laws of digital technology.” This was written when the original iPod was coming into its own, long before the iPhone and iPad (and iPod Touch).

Some insightful observations that are even more true today:

1) More features isn’t better, it’s worse.

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Google throws its hat into the TV ring (um, panel?)

Google recently announced it was venturing into the crowded waters of television by producing a gadget called Google TV. From what I can gather, this will be a set-top box that will allow you to use Google to search for fun online video content that you’ll be able to show on your television.

Here’s Google’s video [...]

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Technology CEOs hooked on the iPad

Who doesn’t love a good gadget? I know I certainly love mine!

It’s almost comical how these executives  — schooled in the art of war and talking strategy — can turn into your every day gadget freak when talking about the iPad.

But here’s the real kicker. Ralph de la Vega, the CEO of AT&T’s [...]

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Netflix updates its iPad app

Nice addition to an already cool application.

Apparently streaming films and TV shows from Netflix on an iPad itself isn’t enough. So Netflix has gone ahead and revamped the application with some video-out support.

Via ZDNet.

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