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  • Host of Family Feud Richard Dawson Dies at 79
    Perhaps best known for hosting the game-show Family Feud, game show host extraordinaire Richard Dawson died today at age 79 from the complications of esophageal cancer.
    06.03.12
  • Book Review: The True Adventures of The World's Greatest Stuntman
    Vic has been doing stunts in movies and on television since the 60's and the list of projects he's been involved with is impressive. He's been Indiana Jones, James Bond and even Superman. He gets to play all the best characters, even though no one knows it's him. Reading his stories about his time on various sets and the challenges of being a stuntman is a behind-the-scenes of some of the biggest movies ever made.
    06.02.12
  • Google Blockly Lets You Hack With No Keyboard
    Google has released a completely visual programming language that lets you build software without typing a single character. Now available on Google Code -- the company's site for hosting open source software -- the new language is called Google Blockly, and it's reminiscent of Scratch, a platform developed at MIT that seeks to turn even young children into programmers.
    06.01.12
  • New Chromebooks: Has the Post PC-Era Arrived?
    With news of the latest souped-up Google Chromebooks, as well as a capitulation by Google that its cloud/web-centric Chrome OS needs to act more like a traditional OS and ditch the browser-only model, it's time to ask if we could be looking at the first post-PC era machines.
    06.01.12
  • Calendars in the Cloud: No More Copy and Paste
    The humble example of a church supper -- recorded in Google Calendar or Hotmail Calendar, published on a website, and syndicated to other sites -- illustrates a general idea about personal (and organizational) clouds, writes Jon Udell.
    06.01.12
  • Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad
    It had me at "Hello." IPad 2 and iPad 3 compatible, this keyboard is one of my new favorite toys. At first glance, it was already showing up my current iPad keyboard. Not only is the new Logitech keyboard shiny, it also looks great on my iPad and it¿s slim enough to fit in my current Mickey Mouse iPad sleeve.My previous keyboard was bulky and added a lot of weight to my device. This keyboard feels lighter and easier to take with me.
    06.01.12
  • Product Review: ION Audio's Piano Apprentice System
    The ION Audio Piano Apprentice is a fun, unique way to introduce a young musician to the piano. The Piano Apprentice combines a 25-key keyboard with an iOS-compatible device and the free Piano Apprentice teaching app available from the Apple App Store. The app works with or without the keyboard.
    06.01.12
  • Montessori Letter Sounds: Another Winning App From Les Trois Elles
    Last year, as I prepped for a trip to Seattle, I wrote about one of my all-time favorite apps, Numberland, by Les Trois Elles. It was not an app that I was asked to review, or given for free. I found it through a great aggregator called "Moms With Apps" and gave it a try. I loved it so much that I reviewed it, and then contacted the company to tell them how much I appreciated such a smart, interactive, and highly layered app for learning.
    06.01.12
  • Judge Frees Google's Android From Oracle Copyrights
    The federal judge refereeing the billion-dollar fight between Oracle and Google over the Android operating system has dismissed Oracle's claim that the Java APIs used by Android are subject to copyright.
    05.31.12
  • 'Father of Google Apps': Chrome OS Is Still the Future
    It was the most Googley of propositions. The most successful company in the history of the internet said it would reinvent corporate computing by selling subscriptions to streamlined machines that moved all data and applications inside a web browser. A year later, Google has adjusted this audacious pitch, but the change in tack show that Google is intent on building a business around these machines -- something that many pundits have questioned over the last year.
    05.31.12
  • Ford's 'Sync' Driving Data to Provide Insurance Discounts
    State Farm is expanding its Drive Safe and Save usage-based insurance program to include cars equipped with Ford¿s Sync telematics system. Also known as ¿pay as you go,¿ usage-based insurance programs look at how many miles drivers put on their cars and calculate premiums accordingly.
    05.31.12
  • Larry Ellison Claims Victory in Battle With Google
    Larry Ellison has never been one to go quietly into the night. On Wednesday, at the annual All Things D Conference in Los Angeles, the Oracle boss was asked about the company's ongoing legal battle with Google over the Android mobile operating system, and although Oracle's claims of patent and copyright infringement are now hanging by a thread, Ellison sees the court case as a victory.
    05.31.12
  • iPhone to Go Prepaid (And Downmarket) on Cricket Wireless
    Apple has been pushing to get its phones into the hands of the masses, particularly those in the low-end market looking to make their first smartphone purchase. That initiative takes on a new direction today as Cricket Wireless announced it would be selling the iPhone 4 and 4S prepaid for the first time.
    05.31.12
  • Battle of the iPhone Cases
    In a perfect world, I wouldn't be a klutz and I would never drop my phone. On the off chance that something happened to my device, like my six-year old son, it would survive the experience unscathed. Yea¿I¿ll hang on to that pipe dream. The reality is that phones get dropped. If you have children, regardless of how high you put your phone, eventually they will get their hands on it . So, what is the best way to protect your device? That's a question I have been asking myself since I first got my iPhone last year.
    05.31.12
  • Audio Reviews: Vortex Pro Earphones & Wicked Audio X-Ray Yankee Zulu
    So far, out of everything I've reviewed, I'd recommend Urbanears and the Wicked Audio X-Ray Zulu headphones pictured above for kids, especially younger ones. The two main reasons are durability and price. The Urbanears is going strong after about six months, which is a record for my youngest daughter and my youngest son thinks he new X-Ray Yankee Zulu heaphones are "cool" and comfortable. A google search yielded prices in the $20-$30 range, making it a good buy for kids.
    05.31.12


 

 

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