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New Android-on-TV service Gamepop announced. Ouya gets funding, delays launch

Posted May 10, 2013 - 6:00 am by Peter Smith

Ouya gets $15 million in funding, delays launch and improves their controller. Meanwhile Gamepop offers a subscription-based Android gaming solution for your TV. But many questions remain.

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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.
The geek skills challenge: 10 talents worth mastering

Posted October 25, 2012

From replacing a hard drive to picking a lock, these are the skills you need to earn the name 'geek'
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.
PC Era says, 'I'm not dead yet. Getting better.'

Posted August 23, 2011

When HP announced they were getting out of the PC business, the "PC Era Is Dead" stories started popping up all over the place. Why? The tech world, full of people looking for the newest toys (ooh, shiny), has always been unhappy with what is doing work today and yearns for what is new.

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Testing cell networks across America: Phone crime is real

Posted May 18, 2013 - 7:54 am

Our wireless testing guru ran into the dangerous world of smartphone crime several times while testing in America's largest cities.
Dual-persona smartphones not a BYOD panacea

Posted May 18, 2013 - 7:51 am

Mobile vendors are pushing technologies that split a smartphone into two separate platforms for business and personal data. Problem solved, right? Not so fast. It's still easy for employees to circumvent the two worlds.
iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending May 16

Posted May 18, 2013 - 7:29 am

Latest Apple iPad 5 scuttlebutt: Leaking, amoeba rumors, release rush, iPadiGlasses.
10 cult favorite movies streaming on Hulu Plus

Posted May 18, 2013 - 7:25 am

Like Netflix, Hulu's content depends on complex contracts with various studios, and sometimes videos will "expire." But for now I'll be concentrating on several titles from its "new" list, starting with some cult favorites.
Google Now, Hangouts feel here, there and everywhere

Posted May 18, 2013 - 7:11 am

Google this week unleashed a blizzard of updates and improvements that fundamentally change -- and radically improve -- how we get information and communicate.
At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

Posted May 17, 2013 - 7:37 pm

Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.
Is the Post-Windows Enterprise IT World Upon Us?

Posted May 17, 2013 - 6:24 pm

New report from Forrester says enterprises will skip Windows 8
Should Enterprises Embrace Google?

Posted May 17, 2013 - 6:19 pm

Does Gmail and video chat have a place with enterprise IT or BYOD?
Download free Skateboard app for Android devices

Posted May 17, 2013 - 6:07 pm

Here's how you can download the Skateboard app free for Android devices.
Download free Whisper app for Android devices

Posted May 17, 2013 - 6:04 pm

Here's how you can download the Whisper app free for Android devices.

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