Wordament hits iOS, complete with Xbox Live Achievements
Wordament, one of the first Xbox Live-enabled games Microsoft brought to Windows 8, is now available for free on iOS devices. The tournament-based word game connects to Xbox Live and is capable of cross-platform play, as it uses the same servers as the Windows 8 and Windows Phone versions. Wordament is a…
Bahraini activist arrested for Twitter posts
STORY HIGHLIGHTSYousif al-Muhafda is accused of disseminating false information about clashesA prosecutor points to a photo that went up during a demonstration MondayThe activist’s attorney says he was observing the demonstration, not participatingHuman rights activists say his arrest is part of a growing crackdown on social media (CNN) — Twitter…
Asus X201E reinventa il netbook, 280€ per un bel 12″ agile con Ubuntu
Si puo realizzare un netbook interessante nel 2012? Asus dice di si, ma lo fa sovvertendo alcune regole basilari: addio ai lentissimi Intel Atom o C-60 di AMD, e addio anche a Windows. La risposta e l’X201E, un ultra-portatile imparentato con l’ottimo Vivobook S200 ma spogliato del touchscreen, Windows 8 La…
Boeing Used 20000 lbs of Potatoes to Test Its In-Flight WiFi
How do you ensure an even distribution of WiFi throughout an airplane’s cabin as that cabin moves through the air at 35,000 feet and 500 mph? When engineers at Boeing attempted to test different WiFi system designs, they needed to either stock the plane full of warm human bodies or find something…
Rocky Point Middle School Students Join New Robotics Club
The new Robotics Club at Rocky Point Middle School has been drawing student interest as a way to express their creativity. The club, advised by teachers Dorothy Burns and Mark Moorman with the assistance of parent volunteer Dr. Chris Pinkenburg, is open to students in grades 6-8. The club meets…
After BlackBerry 10, RIM will let customers cherry-pick services
Research In Motion will let its customers pick and choose individual BlackBerry services such as security and mobile device management after it introduces the long-awaited BlackBerry 10 platform next month.Thorsten Heins Offering different tiers of service and letting users choose from a menu will help to better suit the needs…
Facebook launches Poke app, reinventing feature
Facebook has reinvented its Poke feature with a new standalone iOS app that lets you send messages, photos and videos to your friends on the social networking service that disappear within 10 seconds of someone opening them.Image courtesy of Facebook While it might have been a while since any of…
DARPA Robot Trudges Over The Tough Terrain Where Soldiers Tread
Over the past months, Boston Dynamics and DARPA have been working on their Legged Squad Support System (LS3). The LS3 is designed to help soldiers carry their gear in the field in terrain where wheeled vehicles just won’t cut it. Basically, it’s sort of like a robotic donkey, capable of…
49ers’ David Akers quits Twitter after death threat
The grand promise of social media is its immediate, unfettered access between athletes and fans. The grand problem of social media is also its immediate, unfettered access between athletes and fans. In other words: The idiots are ruining Twitter too. Forty Niners kicker David Akers is the latest athlete to…
Puck Daddy’s 10 NHL Twitter moments of 2012
Through New Year’s Eve, your friends at Puck Daddy fondly recall the Year in Hockey for 2012, such as it wasn’t. Twitter has become an invaluable resource in the hockey community, used to break trades and other news the moment it happens. But at times, Twitter goes beyond being the medium…
