Month: June 2013

Google

Google’s Quantum Computer Proven To Be Real Thing (Almost)

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As reported on Wired. BY CADE METZ The D-Wave computer housed at the USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center in Marina del Rey, California.Photo: Mae Ryan/Wired   Google bought one. So did Lockheed Martin, one of the world’s largest defense contractors. But we still can’t agree on what it is they bought. D-Wave, the company that built the thing, calls it the world’s first quantum computer, a seminal creation that foretells the future of mathematical calculation. But many of…

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Application Social Networking

LinkedIn Gets A Little More Watchful, Now Tells You Who’s Viewed Your Updates, And Where You’ve Been Looking

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As reported on TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN LinkedIn, the social network used by people for job hunting and making other business connections, is adding two more enhancements to its homepage that highlight one of its more unnerving, but occasionally useful, elements: how it tracks what people visit on the site and then reports on that activity. From today, it will start showing users who has viewed not just their overall profiles, but also their updates on…

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Business Mobile

BB10 fails to turn a profit for BlackBerry in first full quarter of availability

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris After two quarters of meager profits, BlackBerry has posted its Q1 2014 results (for the three-month period ending June 1st 2013), revealing an $84 million loss from $3.1 billion revenue. Compared to last quarter, when the Canadian manufacturer made $94 million from $2.7 billion, the revenue results are fairly positive, although Wall Street hoped to see $3.3 billion.   With smartphone shipments, BlackBerry’s position strengthened for the first time in a…

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Mobile

Android 4.3 spotted on Samsung Galaxy S 4, available to test now

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith A new version of Android (4.3, and still called Jelly Bean) is already doing the testing rounds on Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 and thanks to some porting work from SAMMobile, it’s apparently working on both the Google Play and original iterations. We’ve caught a glance of Android 4.3 on LG’s Nexus 4 already, but we’re now getting a second look at a refreshed camera interface, some minor design tweaks (like more…

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Microsoft

Windows 8.1 RT looks just like regular Windows 8.1, performance hasn’t changed

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As reported on Engadget. By Dana Wollman When we got hands-on with the Windows 8.1 preview earlier this week, it was on aSurface Pro — i.e., an x86 system running full Windows. Until today, though, we hadn’t had a chance to try the software on a device running Windows RT. Well, fortunately for us, Microsoft has a row full of freshly updated Surface RT units on display here at Build, so we took the opportunity poke around a little. As…

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Culture

What Lies Beneath: Epic Scenes From NYC’s Magnificent Underground Tunnels

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As reported on Wired. BY KYLE VANHEMERT Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick…

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Microsoft OS Review

Windows 8.1: a first look at what Microsoft is changing

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft is taking over San Francisco’s Moscone Center today to introduce a preview version of Windows 8.1. Although the company has revealed most of the features in the upcoming update to Windows 8, I’ve had a chance to get well acquainted with the Windows 8.1 preview to learn more about the changes involved. In my previous look at 8.1 I summarized that the preview brings many small tweaks…

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Google

Speed Up Slow Google Searches in Android with This Tweak

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry If tapping the search bar and typing a search term inside the Google Search app seems painfully slow on your Android device, you’re not alone. Thankfully, there’s a an easy—albeit experimental—fix that can speed up those searches significantly, and all you have to do is disable a built-in system app to do it. According to a few enterprising posters at Reddit and a bug report over at the Android…

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OS

Bring Back the Old “F8” Safe Mode Shortcut in Windows 8

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As reported on LifeHacker. by WHITSON GORDON Windows 8 has a new bootloader designed for UEFI devices, and with it, they’ve removed the F8 shortcut for quickly booting into safe mode. Here’s a quick way to bring it back. The new tiled bootloader is pretty, but it has its annoyances. For example, if you want to boot into a different OS or boot into safe mode, you have to boot up your computer, thenreboot into the…

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Mobile

DuPont and PMA team up to embed Powermat wireless charging in Corian countertops

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As reported on Engadget. By Zach Honig DuPont’s managed to work its way into just about every home and place of business here in the US of A, but despite this nationwide proliferation, we haven’t seen the Delaware-based chemicals giant making waves in the consumer electronics space. But with home wraps, plastics and body armor on lockdown, it’s as good a time as any to venture into CE. Through a partnership with the Power Matters Alliance (PMA), the company will soon…

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