Monthly Archives: May 2011

One Saturday in January 2010, Devendra Deshpande left his home in the Delhi suburbs and drove into the city to get a vasectomy. He was 36 years old, married with two young kids, and he thought it was time. He … Continue reading →

Copenhagen Suborbitals hopes to launch the world’s first amateur-built rocket for human space travel and have announced an upcoming launch window for their Tycho Brahe capsule. The window extends from June 1-14, 2011 and they are currently shooting for Thursday, … Continue reading →

From The Inquirer: TABLET AND SMARTPHONE MAKER Samsung has escalated its patent dispute with Apple by asking a court to force Apple to hand over the Ipad 3 and Iphone 5. The request follows a previous court order by US … Continue reading →

From Infoworld: I really like the iPad 2. I use mine every day for work and personal purposes, and I’ve even co-written a book about how to work it. But as good as it is, the iPad 2 is not … Continue reading →

In an effort to ease overcrowding in California prisons, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered state officials to reduce the 143,335-inmate population by roughly 33,000, according to the Los Angeles Times. Typically, inmates with a low risk of re-offending are the … Continue reading →

Your keyboard is one of your most important peripherals, but it’s bound to get clogged with dirt and grime over time. Dust off, scrub down, and clean up your number one input device safely with these tips. There are plenty … Continue reading →

Intel has unveiled design guidelines for a new category of thin-and-light laptops, dubbed “Ultrabooks,” that take cues from Apple’s iPad and MacBook Air. Intel executives detailed the new designs at the Computex trade show, Engadget reports. Ultrabooks will marry the … Continue reading →

Advanced Micro Devices needs to improve performance of its FX-series “Zambezi” microprocessors for desktops featuring the Bulldozer micro-architecture before launching them, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Performance can be improved with a new stepping, which will be … Continue reading →

Intel Corp. on Friday clarified the terms of warranty for its 320-series solid-state drives. The company will only “replace drives in terms of issues”, not because the NAND flash media wears out or something else – which relates to extensive … Continue reading →

CUPP Computing has debuted an unlocked module for x86 PCs that allows users to combine a high-performance PC processor (x86/IA) and a low-power chip (RISC/ARM) into a single platform. Oh, and yes, you can use PunkThis to run Android apps … Continue reading →

The Golden Age of ever-decreasing PC prices is over, at least as far as Intel is concerned. Speaking to investors in London last week, the chip giant’s CFO Stacy Smith boasted how the vendor had broken the pricing death spiral … Continue reading →

A space plane that can take off and land from conventional runways is one step closer to reality. Following a series of meetings in September 2010 at the International Space Innovation Center in Harwell, U.K., to look at the feasibility … Continue reading →

Just days following the announcement that Microsoft is to buy Skype for a massive $8.5 billion, the company has begun pushing crapware called ‘EasyBits Go‘ onto Windows systems without consent or permission. More

From The Register: The ongoing x64 server chip war is going to heat up considerably in the third quarter, with both Intel and AMD firing off new processors for midrange server buyers. And we now have a few more details … Continue reading →