Day: May 10, 2013

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What Went Wrong in the Deadly America’s Cup Crash

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As reported on Wired. BY ADAM FISHER The Artemis Racing AC72 catamaran, an America’s Cup entry from Sweden, lies capsized after flipping over during training in San Francisco Bay. Artemis Racing said Andrew “Bart” Simpson, an Olympic gold medalist from Great Britain, died after the capsized boat’s platform trapped him underwater for about 10 minutes. Photo: Noah Berger/Associated Press   Another America’s Cup boat crashed today, this time with fatal results. The team is nominally Swedish,…

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Using Google Glass: at a Justin Timberlake concert

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As reported on The Verge. By Sam Sheffer “OK Glass, bring sexy back” Google’s Glass Explorer Edition is finally shipping, and Verge staffers worldwide have been waiting to try out the new headset. So we’re sending our editors out to live life with Glass, to explore the brave new world we’re lurching into whether we like it or not. “Those are some unique glasses.” “Are you wearing Glass?” “He’s got Google Glass on!” My appearance can…

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Google Visualizes Massive Changes To The Face Of The Earth With New Timelapse Project

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON A lot can change in 28 years, and Google has put together a very graphic demonstration of just how much can happen geographically with a new effort that combines global, annual Landsat satellite image composites with its Google Earth Engine software. The result is a series of interactive time lapse images that progress year-by-year, showing exactly how things have changed in key areas like the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest, booming metropolitan…

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Education

Desire2Learn’s New Learning Suite Aims To Predict Success, Change How Students Navigate Their Academic Career

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RIP EMPSON Desire2Learn is a 10-plus year old Canadian company that makes learning software — a learning management system to be precise — and here’s why, in spite of that description, it shouldn’t bore you to sleep. In a space that’s traditionally been controlled by bigs like Blackboard and Moodle, Desire2Learn has quietly managed to carve out its own growing share of the market. Last September, the Waterloo-based companyraised a sizable $80…

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Business

Carl Icahn and Southeastern Propose Alternative Offer To Michael Dell’s Buyout

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Dell shareholders Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have teamed up to propose an alternative offer to founder Michael Dell’s $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal. According to correspondence obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Icahn and Southeastern say they would give Dell shareholders the option to continue holding stock in the company and take an additional $12 a share in cash or stock. Southeastern is Dell’s largest shareholder with a…

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Government

President Obama issues executive order to make government data open and machine readable

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As reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley Remember Data.gov? The President does, and he has issued an executive order that should give the information portal a shot in the arm. Starting this week, new and modernized Government information systems should use open and machine readable formats by default, adhering to the guidelines of a new Open Data Policy. The policy requires agencies to use open, machine readable formats that are non-proprietary, publicly available and unrestricted, and aims…

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Surface Pro driver enables Pen pressure sensitivity in Adobe Photoshop

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr After a long and awkward delay, there’s been some movement in the saga known as “Surface Pro’s Pen accessory won’t work with the one major application that could really benefit from it.” Microsoft’s Panos Panay tweeted yesterday that he had a beta driver from Wacom that had enabled his Pen’s pressure sensitivity in Adobe Photoshop. Around the same time, an updated driver (“Enhanced Tablet Driver 7.1.1-12”) appeared on Wacom’s site, which PocketNow reckons contains the necessary fix.…

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Mobile

Samsung Galaxy S 4’s storage claims to be investigated by BBC Watchdog

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith We’ve seen Microsoft’s Surface RT face similar accusations, but this time it’s the turn of Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 and how much space you’ll actually get from that advertised 16GB of storage. The BBC’s consumer rights show, Watchdog, will be focusing on the smartphone in next week’s episode, and the fact that almost half of the phone’s memory is already occupied by Samsung’s own software and apps. According to UK retailer Clove, there’s just 9.5GB…

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