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How to optimize Windows 8 on old hardware
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Microsoft has made a point of advertising the performance enhancements and optimizations being made to Windows 8. Although Windows 7 was well received and typically offered better performance and stability than its much-maligned predecessor, Windows Vista, Microsoft had some loftier goals in mind for the jump to Windows 8....
Councils call in the geeks to help them solve local problems
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US authorities are not the only ones using crowdsourcing to tackle common challenges - British councils are in on the act tooThe New York Times recently reported on a decision by the city's office of policy and strategic planning to use a geek squad of "civil-minded number-crunchers" to crack down...
3M launches its Cloud Library e-book lending service, hardware and apps in tow
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Almost a year after it was first announced 3M's Cloud Library e-book lending service is getting a proper rollout. Introduced today at a beta site in St. Paul, the system is now ready for its kiosks, e-readers and apps to hit the hands and eyes of library patrons. The...
Do you want to live in a world run by messianic geeks with robot limbs? | Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur
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The techie dreams of wealthy internet entrepreneurs threaten to splinter the very idea of what it means to be humanThe geeks are taking over the Earth. Sorry, but it's true.We have seen the future and, seemingly unnoticed and unheralded, the techie billionaires, made rich as Croesus by the internet, have...
Do you want to live in a world run by messianic geeks with robot limbs? | Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur
Now is the worst time ever to buy an Android phone
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Android phones have never been as impressive as they are today. They have never been as responsive, as slim or as powerful. Their displays have never been more vivid or more stunning. Their data speeds have never been as fast. Competition is now hotter than ever before in the...
Gridstore Raises $12.5 Million In Series A Financing For Grid-Based Scale-Out Storage
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Gridstore has raised $12.5 million in Series A funding for its scale-out storage offering. The round was led by GGV Capital with participation from Onset Ventures and existing investors. The investment brings the company’s total venture funding to $15 million. Gridstore offers a software-based storage system that provides a simple...
The Gigabot 3D Lets You Print Things That Are Bigger Than A Few Breadboxes
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Austin-based re:3D just started a Kickstarter campaign for the Gigabot, a large-format 3D printer designed to build things on a 24x24x24 inch built envelope, allowing you to make much larger objects than you can with similar printers like the Makerbot. You can get the bot kit for $2,500 or a...
Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G LTE launches May 18th for $199.99
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Sprint on Wednesday announced that its upcoming flagship Android smartphone, the HTC EVO 4G LTE, will become available on May 18th for $199.99 on contract. While Sprint doesn’t yet have a nationwide 4G LTE network to support the new One-series smartphone, subscribers will find plenty of cutting-edge technology to...
iPad 3's best feature is also its worst enemy: the Retina display
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With the new iPad containing cutting-edge technology (namely, the Retina display), some early adopters are experiencing strange issues. Read my experiences, then chime in with your own!...
Voice-controlled 4G cop car of the future identifies lawbreakers on its own [video]
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Police officers may soon find themselves patrolling the streets in next-generation vehicles that combine Knight Rider with modern technology to create a cruiser that can handle a good amount of police work on its own. Unveiled recently by Motorola Solutions, the 2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV and Detective vehicle combines cutting-edge technology...
The BGR Show: Episode 1 – home automation in a $55 million mansion
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This is the first episode of The BGR Show, and we’re trying to do something different. We’re trying to change the game. Honestly, tech shows suck. They’re typically way too geeky and often boring. The BGR Show is about focusing on aspects of technology that appeal to a wider...
Samsung Galaxy Note review: The smartphone that ‘Samsunged’ Samsung
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You know what they say about guys with huge phones… They’re compensating for tiny data plans. Samsung’s Galaxy Note is a giant smartphone. Or a teeny tablet. After using AT&T’s version of this device for several days now, I’m still not quite sure which is the case. It handles...
Topshop to turn London fashion week show into Facebook 'entertainment'
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Users will be able to customise clothes and accessories as they appear on the catwalkThis Sunday, Topshop will turn its London fashion week catwalk into "social entertainment". The high-street trendsetter, in partnership with Facebook, has developed cutting-edge technology to make the fashion show experience more inclusive for its legions of...
Samsung overwhelms the tech world by unloading a plethora of gadgets at IFA
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The swelling strings… the soothing sounds of bird songs and running water… the Buddha-like invocations to attain heightened levels of enlightenment and creativity… yes, it’s time for another Samsung (005930) press conference, and this time Samsung just flat-out overwhelmed the tech world with a wide array of new gadgets...
Can't get a job? Enroll in this flower startup's university
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Like many startups, H.Bloom‘s biggest challenge is hiring and retaining staff to keep pace with its accelerated growth rate. I spoke with Bryan Burkhart, CEO of the New York-based flower delivery company, to discuss plans to nurture talent from within the organization. H.Bloom today unveiled a university-like program that offers business...
RingCentral integrates with Dropbox, Box, Google to bring faxing to the cloud
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Cloud phone systems startup RingCentral has partnered with Dropbox, Box, and Google Docs for what it dubs the “first ever cloud-based, fully integrated fax service,” the company announced today. The new CloudFax product, which is available for free to all RingCentral customers, will help your business stay connected with...
Oh the indignity: RIM sued over mobile pager tech
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Can a patent suit be tossed out because it’s wantonly cruel? That’s a question a judge will soon have to deal with because Research In Motion has just been slapped with a lawsuit that alleges the company has been infringing upon cutting-edge technology patents related to… two-way pagers. The...
Why iPhonegraphy works: Convenience
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You can’t turn a webpage without coming across an article about Lytro, a new company making a bleeding-edge light field camera that is supposedly redefining photography. Maybe it will, but I am not holding my breath. Instapaper creator Marco Arment said it best when he wrote last week, “It’s a novelty for shooting...
Old Nixie tubes hacked into glowing, electric chess set
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Nixie tubes aren't exactly the most cutting-edge technology, but there's something to be said for their retro-futuristic glow and style. Enterprising hackers have make clocks out of these tubes, as the cathodes contained inside are often shaped like numerals — but for something different, take a look at this...
Tape lives! Supercomputer to be built with 380PB of tape storage
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Tape storage isn’t what you’d call cutting-edge technology. Most of us make do with disk, and lust after the speeds of SSD. But tape is still useful when massive amounts of storage are needed, in part because of its low cost. It's being put to good use at an extreme...
Meet the woman behind the Mio Alpha, a sleek strapless heart rate monitoring watch (video)
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Last week at Mobile World Congress, I caught up with Liz Dickinson, the creator of MIO, the world’s first strapless heart rate monitor sports watch, and founder and CEO of MIO Global. Dickinson flew out to Barcelona to talk to press and (potential) partners about her company’s latest product, dubbed...
Crytek's Cevat Yerli: free-to-play games are the only future
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Currently preparing for the release of its latest sci-fi shooter, Crysis 3, German developer Crytek has a very different future in mind. But can titles like Crysis survive in a fermium future? Cevat Yerli has a plan...When upstart German developer Crytek launched Far Cry in 2004, the game immediately drew...
Intel loses a 30-year veteran who might have CEO
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Sean Maloney, once considered the heir apparent to Intel chief executive Paul Otellini, plans to retire after three decades with the world’s biggest chip maker. Maloney will retire in January from his positions as Intel executive vice president and chairman of Intel China. Maloney suffered a debilitating stroke in...
NASA spending $17.8M on an inflatable space station expansion
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When the word “inflatable” comes to mind, I don’t I’m alone in immediately thinking about toys and devices that allow you to float while in water. NASA’s latest contract with Bigelow Aerospace has me rethinking that assessment. The government space agency as awarded Bigelow Aerospace a $17.8 million contract to build...
Behind The Scenes At The Crunchies, HyperCard And AppleTalk Play A Role In Putting On The Show
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When you take your seat at the 2012 Crunchies Awards next month, (tickets on sale now!) look above the stage. You will see an acoustical canopy system made of 59 Plexiglas reflector panels controlled by cutting-edge technology — for 1991. As the Crunchies celebrate the latest technology advances and startups onstage,...
Wanted: Business Insider Seeks A PHP System Architect
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Business Insider is looking for an awesome experienced backend PHP system architect to join the fast-paced and exciting world of being an engineer at a journalism startup. We're looking for a strong PHP developer who has architected MVC systems, preferably using the Symfony 2 framework. Business Insider is a great...
Mercedes-Benz GL SUV hands-on: Cutting edge technology, for a price
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From automatically correcting for crosswinds, to brief moments of autonomous driving, to sensing that you’re about to fall asleep at the wheel, the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL SUV offers virtually every technology aid you’ve heard about. There may be no car better suited for long distance travel than the new GL,...
Help Wanted: Business Insider Tech Team Needs PHP Developers And Product Managers
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Business Insider's tech team is growing. We're looking to bring on three important new hires. Senior PHP Developer: Experienced backend PHP developer with Symfony 2 experience. Apply here >> Mobile Product Manager: Build the mobile experience for the web's fastest-growing business news source. Apply here >> Web Product Manager: Oversee the development of...
Who needs MTV? VJay for iPad lets you mix your own trippy music videos
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Your parents told you to be in the house by 11 p.m. No worries, though. Just pull out your iPad and bring the party home with Algoriddim’s latest DJ app, Vjay. Vjay allows users of any experience level to mix and record their favorite videos, songs, music videos and...
Hope You Like 3D! Because Now It's Available to All Users of YouTube
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Parahawking is an activity that combines paragliding with falconry. It involves, per one of the more delightful Wikipedia entries out there, birds of prey being "trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals for in-flight rewards and performing aerobatic maneuvers." Parahawking, in other words, is wondrous, and hilarious, and...
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