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Phil Johnson wrote The Weekly Hash - March 29, 2013

Having some fun at the expense of this week’s top tech newsmakers, this week featuring astronauts having a quick rendezvous, a Google exec having a midlife crisis and one teenager having a very good week

6 weeks 48 min ago
Phil Johnson wrote Watches that were smart before there were smart watches

Believe it or not, some watches were smart, in their own ways, well before the Pebble was kickstarted or the iWatch rumored

6 weeks 6 hours ago
Phil Johnson wrote Should we be concerned that Janet Napolitano doesn’t do email?

The Homeland Security Secretary appears to not be technically inclined and that might not be a good thing

6 weeks 1 day ago
Phil Johnson wrote Are you smarter than a Vietnamese 11th grader?

A Google engineer finds that Vietnamese school children have programming skills far beyond their counterparts in the United States

6 weeks 2 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote Google as a public utility

Are Google’s products and services becoming a critical infrastructure that the government should ensure survives?

6 weeks 3 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote The Weekly Hash - March 22, 2013

Searching from the top of the world to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean to bring you - and make fun of - this week’s top tech stories

7 weeks 11 min ago
Phil Johnson wrote Revenge of the nerds: Big Data, analytics and sports

Basketball- and soccer and hockey and even mixed martial arts - are catching up to baseball in the use of Big Data and analytics

7 weeks 5 hours ago
Phil Johnson wrote Study finds piracy doesn't hurt digital music sales

Researchers in Europe are telling copyright holders, when it comes to illegal music downloading, don’t worry, be happy

7 weeks 1 day ago
Phil Johnson wrote Rear Window Captioning patent holder waives licensing fees

In contrast to current trends, the developers (and patent holders) of a closed captioning system for movie theaters are now offering it for no licensing fee

7 weeks 2 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote Bills would make movies and in-flight entertainment accessible

Senator Tom Harkin has introduced legislation to require captioning and video descriptions at movie theaters and during in-flight entertainment

7 weeks 3 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote The Weekly Hash - March 8, 2013

The only review of the week’s top tech stories you’ll read that will include Google, the Pope and Larry King all together

7 weeks 6 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote 4 things you can do to save Google Reader

Depending on how badly you want Google Reader to survive, here are four things you can do to try and save it before it shuts down on July 1st

8 weeks 5 hours ago
Phil Johnson wrote Can Twitter predict the next pope?

As the College of Cardinals meets to pick a new pope, we examine how many of them use Twitter and whether that can help predict the next pontiff

8 weeks 1 day ago
Phil Johnson wrote When gaming is no longer an escape

Thanks to automated anti bot software, and a less than supportive community, one disabled gamer’s experience with a popular massively multiplayer online game turned negative

8 weeks 2 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote Apple haggling with labels over iRadio service

Apple reportedly offers to pay record labels a royalty rate half of what Pandora pays for proposed music streaming service

8 weeks 3 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote The Weekly Hash - March 8, 2013

Spanning the globe to joke about this week’s top tech stories, from North Korea to New Zealand with a quick stop on Mars

8 weeks 6 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote Using YouTube as a music service

YouTube will reportedly soon launch a music streaming service; some of us are already using it that way

9 weeks 4 hours ago
Phil Johnson wrote Taking programmers for a test drive

37signals is one company that eschews the traditional interview quiz for programmers in favor of a job tryout

9 weeks 1 day ago
Phil Johnson wrote Religion, politics and coding indentation style: the three great debates

Forget abortion and gun control; if you want to get programmers arguing at your next party, bring up tabs versus spaces when indenting code

9 weeks 2 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote White House hackathon a success; could a Patdownathon be next?

The recent White House hackathon might provide a blueprint for surviving the sequester

9 weeks 3 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote The Weekly Hash - March 1, 2013

From the pope to the PGA to pants, we joke about the top tech stories of the week

9 weeks 6 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote WTF? Patent troll goes after popular podcasters

It used to be that all you needed to put out a podcast was a microphone, a computer and some content. If one company has its way, that list may soon also include money to pay licensing fees

10 weeks 4 hours ago
Phil Johnson wrote Help fund the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery project

Photographs of the moon’s surface taken to prepare for the Apollo landings are currently being digitized and preserved and your help is needed

10 weeks 1 day ago
Phil Johnson wrote Marissa Mayer takes Yahoo back to the... past

The Yahoo CEO’s (hypothetical) internal memo, responding to the “no telecommuting” announcement

10 weeks 2 days ago
Phil Johnson wrote When is the best time of day to write code?

Musicians and vampires usually do their best work after the sun goes down. But does that also apply to programmers?

10 weeks 3 days ago

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pasmith commented on Xbox 720 always-connected rumor debunked, PS4 share button nerfed, and Wii U to get mobile apps?
I take it you're not a fan of Twitch.tv then? LOL

A trifecta of gaming news shorts today, with the most important being about the much-rumored "always connected" aspect of the next Xbox. Never fear, you'll be able to play single player games without being online.

2 days 1 hour ago
Christopher Nerney answers Re: Would you pay to subscribe to YouTube channels?

The answer to your last question is subjective.

2 days 6 hours ago
Christopher Nerney answers Re: How to punish WiFi thief?

Unless you can get Anonymous on the case, probably not. I'd just turn off the WiFi when you're not using it. If he's truly going nuts with the bandwidth-hogging, that means he's using it a lot. If he finds he can't use it at all for long periods, he might get frustrated enough to get his own WiFi.

2 days 6 hours ago
pasmith wrote Xbox 720 always-connected rumor debunked, PS4 share button nerfed, and Wii U to get mobile apps?

A trifecta of gaming news shorts today, with the most important being about the much-rumored "always connected" aspect of the next Xbox. Never fear, you'll be able to play single player games without being online.

2 days 23 hours ago
kevinpurdy wrote Five Bluetooth quirks and problems that you haven't paired up yet

Danish runes, tricky terminology, and Polish marketing firms that try to pair you up in malls. Bluetooth is a hoot.

2 days 23 hours ago
Christopher Nerney wrote 10 amazing facts and theories about dogs

The bond between humans and dogs is strong and unique, despite their insistence on eating poop.

3 days 2 hours ago
Melanie Pinola wrote How to add Dropbox and Google Drive as storage options in Office 2013

Connect these online storage options to Microsoft Office as alternatives to SkyDrive

3 days 5 hours ago
Christopher Nerney answers Re: What download speeds will WiMAX support?

I haven't used WiMAX -- and hopefully someone who has will weigh in -- but I found this interesting article about WiMAX vs. LTE:

6 days 3 hours ago
Christopher Nerney wrote Science of attracting new Twitter followers revealed!

A large Twitter following can be yours if you follow these guidelines determined by a Georgia Institute of Technology study.

6 days 3 hours ago
Christopher Nerney answers Re: Will emails sent to Hotmail addresses still reach people on Outlook?

First, according to Microsoft's "My Hotmail account was upgraded to Outlook.com" FAQ, you "can keep using your existing @hotmai

6 days 5 hours ago
keithshaw shared Friday Fun: Iron Man 3 chalk art; homemade Lord of the Rings on StumbleUpon

Start the weekend off right by watching some cool geek-related videos.

6 days 6 hours ago
keithshaw shared Friday Fun: Iron Man 3 chalk art; homemade Lord of the Rings on LinkedIn

Start the weekend off right by watching some cool geek-related videos.

6 days 6 hours ago
keithshaw wrote Friday Fun: Iron Man 3 chalk art; homemade Lord of the Rings

Start the weekend off right by watching some cool geek-related videos.

6 days 6 hours ago
mombrea shared Should you build and host your own server using a co-location? on Twitter

If you’re leasing server equipment in a hosting provider’s data center, you’re likely paying through the nose for antiquated technology. There is peace of mind that comes with that service in the form of care free hardware maintenance, but is that really enough to keep you paying for that same 4GB of RAM every month for life?

6 days 6 hours ago
mombrea shared Should you build and host your own server using a co-location? on LinkedIn

If you’re leasing server equipment in a hosting provider’s data center, you’re likely paying through the nose for antiquated technology. There is peace of mind that comes with that service in the form of care free hardware maintenance, but is that really enough to keep you paying for that same 4GB of RAM every month for life?

6 days 6 hours ago
mombrea wrote Should you build and host your own server using a co-location?

If you’re leasing server equipment in a hosting provider’s data center, you’re likely paying through the nose for antiquated technology. There is peace of mind that comes with that service in the form of care free hardware maintenance, but is that really enough to keep you paying for that same 4GB of RAM every month for life?

6 days 21 hours ago
Melanie Pinola wrote Mount ISO files as virtual CD drives with Microsoft's free utility

Need to quickly mount an ISO file in Windows 7 or earlier? Here's a tool from Microsoft

6 days 23 hours ago
pasmith wrote Give your Wii Balance Board a second life with FitScales for Android

If you've left the Wii Fit fad behind but still have the hardware, here's a way to put the Balance Board to use that doesn't involve the Wii or a television.

1 week 1 hour ago
kevinpurdy wrote Turn your dust-catching Wii Fit board into a smart scale with an Android app

Someone made an Android app that turns your Wii Fit board into a new-fangled, web-connected "smart scale." Awesome.

1 week 1 hour ago
keithshaw shared Lego Thursday: Breaking Bad, Iron Man 3 parodies on StumbleUpon

These Lego animation videos featuring Walter White and Tony Stark will make your day.

1 week 5 hours ago
keithshaw shared Lego Thursday: Breaking Bad, Iron Man 3 parodies on LinkedIn

These Lego animation videos featuring Walter White and Tony Stark will make your day.

1 week 5 hours ago
keithshaw wrote Lego Thursday: Breaking Bad, Iron Man 3 parodies

These Lego animation videos featuring Walter White and Tony Stark will make your day.

1 week 6 hours ago
pasmith wrote New Call of Duty to be shown at Xbox 720 reveal event, PS4 at GameStop EXPO

We now know at least one title that Microsoft will be showing off on May 21st. Also GameStop is opening their summer expo to the public and says the PS4 will be on display. Details on how to register inside.

1 week 23 hours ago
dantynan shared Who is tracking you across the Web? Even the ad industry doesn’t know on StumbleUpon

Web tracking has become so widespread that nobody knows who all these companies are or what data they're collecting.

1 week 23 hours ago
dantynan shared Who is tracking you across the Web? Even the ad industry doesn’t know on LinkedIn

Web tracking has become so widespread that nobody knows who all these companies are or what data they're collecting.

1 week 23 hours ago

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