June 30 ‘Leap Second’ Bug Briefly Knocks Out Reddit, Foursquare
The final minute of June 30, 2012 was actually 61 seconds long. The extra, or “leap second” was added to the clock to ensure official time clocks the world over were accurately synchronized to the Earth’s rotation. Unfortunately for big-brand websites like Reddit and Gawker, neither Linux nor Java’s base Many computing systems…
Microsoft Windows 8 on ARM: No business use?
HP won’t be first in the Windows RT—Windows 8 on ARM—parade partially because the company is betting that businesses won’t be interested. For now, HP’s bet looks like a good one. Last week, a report in Semiaccurate noted that HP was bailing on the Windows RT effort. Naturally, HP’s news looked…
Hollywood’s failed WiFi rankles residents
The city had planned to be on the front lines of technology but instead finds itself sidelined over a $3.8 million WiFi debacle. The city’s WiFi has never worked and residents call the broken network a headache that invades their homes and blocks Internet access from their own providers. Settlement negotiations…
iPad becomes dance stage
NEW YORK In a new dance work, choreographer Jonah Bokaer, dressed in black, moves inside a sleek box that stands an arm’s reach taller than his 6-foot frame. Transferring his body weight with exacting control, he maintains a profile stance as his arms and legs extending straight like rods create…
AT&T Internal Document States Windows Phone 7.8 Update Will Release After …
An internal AT&T document to employees pretty much states with confidence that the Windows Phone 7.8 update will release after Windows Phone 8 device become available. The internal document was sent to AT&T employees as a read-all know-all in regards to the recent 2012 Windows Phone Developer Summit. Windows…
Chrome Rockets to Top as No. 1 Free App in iTunes
Chrome is already the No. 1 free app in the Apple App Store even though it has only been a few days since Google announced its browser is now available for the iPhone and iPad. It’s getting decent reviews from users who so far have cumulatively ranked it at 4.5 stars, PCWorld’s…
Has Google Done Enough to Keep Android Phones Up-to-date?
Google announced a new version of Android this week with some impressive new features, but it’s unclear if it’s done enough to solve a problem that has dogged its mobile OS: fragmentation. Even as it announced the imminent launch of Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean, the majority of users are That…
Military machines showcased at Robotics Rodeo
Photos by MIKE HASKEY/mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.comThe Protector, from the robotics division of HDT Global, was one of several unmanned vehicles on display at the 2012 Robotics Rodeo at Fort Benning on Friday morning. The Protector can run on internal fuel for four days at a time, carry up to 1,000 pounds of…
Hoops-playing robot reported stolen from Riverside students
A trailer containing a student-built robot that can pick up and shoots basketballs was reported stolen from a parking lot in Riverside, police said Friday. A 17-foot trailer belonging to Team Robokong 2493 was taken with the robot inside Wednesday from Gethsemane Lutheran Church on Blaine Street near UC Riverside. At…
Chrome for iOS: Not So Fast, Cool Features
Google’s mobile version of its Chrome browser has now graduated out of beta and is now available for the iPhone and iPad from the App Store. I took it for a spin to see how it compares to Apple’s built-in Safari browser. In brief, the Chrome iOS mobile browser has…
