Category: Tech

Education Tech

MIT’s Free Creative Learning Class Teaches You How to Learn Almost Anything

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry Whether you need to learn a new skill or language to advance your career, or you just want to learn something new and broaden your horizons, lifelong learning is important. Still, picking up new things can be difficult, and the free Learning Creative Learning course from the MIT Media Lab aims to teach you techniques to easily pick up something new whenever you want to. The course starts on…

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News Tech

News Of A National ‘Super Wi-Fi’ Network Was A Media Fabrication

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREGORY FERENSTEIN America got bamboozled yesterday, courtesy of an unintentional media fabrication: the government is not building a super-fast national Wi-Fi network. A somewhat confusing feature in The Washington Postabout a few loosely connected government initiatives about greater access to faster Wi-Fi got twisted into a story about a plan to create a so-called “Super Wi-Fi” network. What ensued looked like a game of telephone between hair-trigger media outlets. In fairness, I was…

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Business Tech

Dell Goes Private In $24.4 Billion Leveraged Buyout Deal By Michael Dell And Partners

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Dell has indeed made the decision to go private, according to reports today from The AP and other sources. The deal reportedly involves a leveraged buyout worth $24.4 billion by company founder Michael Dell and partners. Talks about Dell going private have been growing this year, with reports last week saying that Michael Dell was offering up to $1 billion of his own funds to take control of the company to help make it happen. The deal…

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Automotive Tech

Cadillac to update CUE infotainment system for improved responsiveness

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos If unresponsiveness in Cadillac’s CUE infotainment system has been a personal point of frustration, relief is on the way: an update to smooth things over is being worked on. CUE Design Manager Jeff Massimilla told Wired that the firm’s received feedback regarding responsiveness, and they’re working on “a modification that will be released sometime later this year.” With the upgrade, the infotainment system will be more responsive and the touchscreen and capacitive buttons…

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Entertainment Story Tech

Drive-in theaters could be saved by digital projection

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor Drive-in theaters may seem like relics from a bygone era, but the film industry is doing its best to push them into the 21st century. This week, the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) and Cinedigm, a leading digital equipment maker, announced plans to help drive-in theaters make the transition to digital projection systems by offering funding, installation, and operations support. While many traditional movie theaters have already transitioned from…

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Story Tablet Tech

ASUS video showcases 7-inch MeMo Pad, flaunts what the $150 tablet can do

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As reported on Engadget. By Edgar Alvarez Lately, ASUS hasn’t exactly been the best at keeping some of its secrets under wraps, but the company is trying to be as good as it can be about helping potential customers better understand its devices. More specifically, it’s the recently announced 7-inch MeMo Pad, with the Taiwan-based outfit taking to YouTube to release a simple and somewhat informative video on some of the tidbits you can expect out of the Jelly Bean-loaded, budget-friendly tablet. Naturally, ASUS is quick…

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Logitech’s Ultrathin Keyboard Cover mini brings tactile typing to the iPad mini for $80

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As reported on Engadget. By Michael Gorman It was inevitable that Logitech would expand its Ultrathin iPad keyboard cover lineup to include an offering fit for the iPad mini, and the time has finally arrived. Priced 20 bucks less than it’s full-sized counterpart, the $79.99 Ultrathin Keyboard mini brings tactile typing and some added protection to Apple’s 7.9-inch slate. Like the bigger version, it offers full size keys to please tapping fingers, has an aluminum cover and comes in…

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Mobile OS Story Tech

StormFly Wants To Childproof Your Computer With Its Ubuntu-Booting USB Bracelet

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CHRIS VELAZCO When I was but a wee lad, I hosed my share of family computers simply because I wanted to help out — once I tried to free up space on a 6GB hard drive by deleting anything larger than 1MB. You can imagine how well that played out. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that the founders of Barcelona-based Now Computing went through something similar, because they’ve just recently launched a Kickstarter…

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HP intros the Pavilion 14 Chromebook, its first Chrome OS device: available now for $330

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As reported on Engadget. By Dana Wollman Remember last week when HP leaked a 14-inch Chromebook on its own site? That was a big surprise, to say the least — the company has never put out a Chrome OS system before, and we weren’t aware this was even that popular a category. Well, HP just officially announced the Pavilion 14 Chromebook, and pretty much the only surprise is the availability date: we had heard it would go on sale February…

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Google Glass headset with bone-conduction speakers revealed in FCC filing

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As reported on The Verge. By Nathan Ingraham Google has been pretty up front about its plans for Google Glass — the company said the first “Explorer Edition” of its virtual reality headset would arrive early in 2013, and now the glasses themselves have shown up at the FCC. That said, it’s not clear yet that these will be the glasses that end up shipping to developers who ordered a pair back at Google I/O last summer.…

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