Month: December 2012

Article Entertainment

The 25 best reads on the web this year

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As reported on TechCrunch. By Thomas Houston  2012’s essential writing on tech, art, science, and culture Each week here at The Verge, we round up some of the best writing around the web, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews, and ind-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. And, like last year, we’re taking a look back at the entire year’s best non-fiction writing on technology, art, science, and culture. We’ve narrowed it down (ha!) to 25 essential reads from Gawker, London…

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Culture

Extreme Diet Hacking With Tech: How Cheesecake Made Me Leaner And Stronger With Carb Backloading

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN Never before have I binged on so many delicious desserts, yet been stronger or more ripped. For 3 weeks, I experimented with a cult bodybuilding diet, Carb Backloading, which promises outcomes too good to be true: slam carbs at night after heavy lifting, get slimmer and build muscle. Like all web sensations, there aren’t any large scale studies, and anecdotal reviews never properly control for all the right variables. Thankfully, a new…

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Road Tripping In The Digital Age

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER I’m just wrapping up a week-long road trip, in which a travel companion and I visited some friends in Southern California. We hit up a few different spots along the way, including San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Palm Springs. Not a crazy trip, but enough wandering around to go to a few places I’d never been to. The thing that amazes me about our…

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I’m Bored. What’s Next?

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MICHAEL ARRINGTON It’s just about 2013 and I gotta say, I’m a little bored. At least, the blogger in me is. As an investor things are just peachy. All this panic about overpriced consumer startups has led to a nice softening of the market (periodic reports ofBlubbles are great for that). And other sectors, like business to business, is still under capitalized v. the consumer sector. But as a consumer and observer…

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Tech’s biggest misfires of 2012

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As reported on Engadget. By Brian Heater You can’t win ’em all, right? Sure, 2012 saw its share of high points, but there were plenty of missteps along the way from companies both large and small. Unfinished products, serial delays, lawsuits and layoffs — after the break, we’ve got a list of some of the not-so-pretty moments in tech. PATENT WARS Would we be blowing your mind if we told you that the US patent system isfundamentally…

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Apple

How would you change the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display?

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper Many will bristle at the implication, but as the MacBook Air inspired the Ultrabook, mainstream laptops will likely seek to ape the Retina Display MacBook Pro, sorry,MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The clunky name aside, it seems that the next generation of devices will ditch disc drives and Ethernet ports in favor of pixel-dense displays and reduced weight. But did Jonathan Ive’s trash can get too full? If you’ve been…

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Government

A Few Actual Harms To Be Concerned About From Today’s Government Spying Law

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN “Other than the vague threat of an Orwellian dystopia, as a society we don’t really know why surveillance is bad,” writes Washington University Law Professor, Neil Richards [PDF]. Today, the United State Senate reauthorized a controversial Obama-supported surveillance law, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA), which permits intelligence agencies to monitor international communications, sometimes without a warrant and little court oversight. Civil libertarians are up…

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All Journalism Is Tech Journalism Now

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JON EVANS I am about to commit an act of meta-journalism. I’m sorry. I hate meta-journalism. I unfollowed GigaOm’s Mathew Ingram (a fine writer) on Twitter some time ago because I could not muster any more interest in articles about articles and blog posts about blogging. I believe that journalists (like people in most professions) vastly overestimate their own importance, significance, and interestingness. But I suppose if I’m going to go meta, an…

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FCC streamlines rules for aircraft broadband, promotes widespread in-flight WiFi

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As reported on Engadget. By Amol Koldhekar The Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order today that updated regulatory requirements needed to provide broadband services on aircraft. In short, the commission has designated Earth Stations Aboard Aircraft — the broadband modules placed on the exterior of aircraft — as a licensed application and established a set regulatory process for future providers. What this means is that airlines will be able to select FCC-approved systems, verify that…

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The 5 Best Television Shows Of 2012

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Tim Molloy, The Wrap Showtime Despite its Emmy-winning status, “Homeland” doesn’t make it into the top five. ‘Married to the Army: Alaska’ – a Reality Show About Real Conflicts Texas Radio Station Apologizes for Falsely Reporting George H. W. Bush’s Death The Easiest Oscar Nomination, and Other Oscar-by-the-Numbers Secrets “Louie” is still TV’s best comedy. The final season of “30 Rock” is filled with everything we love about the show. “Homeland”…

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