Zillow Updates Its Home-Rental App For Android
Zillow released an Android update on Tuesday, adding Spanish-language support to the home-rental app. The app allows users to search for homes based on location, by using their phone’s GPS, typing in a specific address, or drawing a search boundary on a map (e.g. around your office or favorite neighborhood)….
Windows 8 Metro interface Blues
I’ve got a bad case of the Windows 8 Metro interface Blues. It looks like Microsoft will be releasing Windows Blue midyear, but the interface is going to be the same old Metro mess that’s been giving its users the blues since day one.Windows Blue: More of the same old…
How do I print from an iPad
I intend buying a 3G iPad but I don’t have a computer or broadband connection in my home at present. Can I print from the iPad to an AirPrint Compatible wireless printer, or do I have to have Wi-Fi?Norman Reid, by email I have come across reports of it…
Saturday Webcomic: A roboticist meets his transgender robot doppelgänger in O …
Sixteen years after he died, famed roboticist Alastair Sterling wakes in a robot body to a world he barely recognizes. Artificial beings walk the Earth, many of them based on his own memories and designs. Confused about his resurrection and this brave new world, Al visits his old research partner…
My Netbook is Smokin’ Hot!!
Chairman Ray said:Looks like you’ve got a dust problem. The easiest way to clean it out is by using compressed air. If you take your netbook to your local gas station, you can use their air pump to blow out the dust. A more thorough way is to unscrew the…
Robot snakes can now wrap themselves around lamp posts
A robotic snake developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has suddenly gained a frightening new power the ability to hug things. Last week, the university’s Biorobotics Laboratory published a new video of its modular snake, demonstrating the robot’s ability to reactively latch on to objects. When thrown against a…
Looking for a good 11.6 netbook or laptop for $400-550
Hello All,My old netbook (Acer AS1551) which I loved recently died do to a hard fall on the floor courtesy my GF,lol @_@. Anyway I’m in the market for a new netbook to purchase. I would have just bought another Acer AS1551 as a replacement but unfortunately it seems…
Saudi top cleric: Twitter for clowns
Saudi Arabia’s top religious cleric has criticised the social media website Twitter, calling it “a council for jokesters” and a place for unjust, incorrect messages. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheikh made the remarks during a speech to other Saudi clerics on Friday. The Mufti’s remarks came on the same day…
Is The Only Way To Beat Android To Use Android?
Depending on how you look at the smartphone world, Android is in the driving seat. By other measurements, it’s comfortably in second place. But not every company is happy to use Android in their smartphones, and 2013 will see a number of alternatives. Why are many of them relying on Take…
GCI launches TiVo Mini set-tops
Alaskan cable operator GCI said Thursday that it launched TiVo’s (Nasdaq: TIVO) whole-home platform, which includes the TiVo Premiere DVR and the company’s new Mini companion set-top. (Source: TiVo) GCI began distributing the four-tuner Premiere DVR to subscribers last year. Adding the Mini to its portfolio lets subscribers access content…
