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Ouya competitor GameStick launch slips, extends Ouya's exclusive occupation of retail shelves

Posted Jun 19, 2013 - 6:00 am by Peter Smith

Ouya and GameStick both do pretty much the same thing: bring Android games and apps to your television. After a rough soft-launch to Kickstarter backers, Ouya has been improving. So will gamers wait for GameStick?

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How smart developers generate lousy code

Posted May 31, 2013

Most experienced developers can think of a time when they worked on a team with other accomplished programmers. Yet the code quality was anywhere from “eh” to “oh god you didn’t actually ship that did you?!” Here’s how this can happen, and what to do to minimize the chances it’ll happen to you.
Designing for mobile: Responsive design vs. mobilized sites vs. mobile app

Posted May 30, 2013

Which is best for reaching your website's mobile users?
If Linux were a dog

Posted March 13, 2013

As I zoned out this morning, sipping coffee and watching my dogs wrestle on the couch, I wondered, "If my dogs were Linux distributions, which ones would they be?" Yes, these are the thoughts that run through my head as I get started in the morning.
BYOD? Not when the Y is my tween

Posted July 13, 2012

Our 12 year old daughter recently got her first cell phone. Long story short, I'm now spending a lot more time in my panic room.
Computing fossils: Old tech holding on for dear life

Posted May 8, 2012

Some ancient technology is still useful -- and some just won't die.

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Name That Noise: Greed is good

Posted June 19, 2013 - 7:01 am

Put on your thinking cap to see if you can identify our mystery sound from technology (old, new, geeky, pop-culture-y)
9 animated shorts that give Pixar a run for its money

Posted June 19, 2013 - 7:00 am
Vine is getting all up in Instagram’s grill

Posted June 19, 2013 - 6:00 am

Vine is challenging Instagram's role as the preferred app for sharing a moment, and it’s not hard to see why
Ouya competitor GameStick launch slips, extends Ouya's exclusive occupation of retail shelves

Posted June 19, 2013 - 6:00 am

Ouya and GameStick both do pretty much the same thing: bring Android games and apps to your television. After a rough soft-launch to Kickstarter backers, Ouya has been improving. So will gamers wait for GameStick?
Dish won't make new bid for Sprint, clearing path for SoftBank

Posted June 18, 2013 - 8:05 pm

Dish Network won't try to beat SoftBank's US$21.6 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, apparently clearing the way for the Japanese service provider to buy Sprint.
Make a Wi-Fi heatmap to find your network's dead zones and hot spots

Posted June 18, 2013 - 3:14 pm

A nifty tool for figuring out where to put your wireless access points or improve your signal coverage
9 reasons sys admins hate you

Posted June 18, 2013 - 1:42 pm

Happy sys admins mean happy systems. By avoiding these 9 common mistakes, you can stay on your sys admin's good side.
Download free Touch Alarm Protector app for Android devices

Posted June 18, 2013 - 11:59 am

Here's how you can download the Touch Alarm Protector app free for Android devices.
Great gig in the cloud: Full remastered Pink Floyd discography lands on Spotify

Posted June 18, 2013 - 11:55 am

After "Wish You Were Here" was streamed more than one million times in four days, the full Pink Floyd discography is available on Spotify.
Know a kid obsessed with Mars? Here's the perfect gift

Posted June 18, 2013 - 11:24 am

If a child you know is into LEGOs and space, you cannot go wrong with this gift.