Moore’s Law has predicted the exponential increases in microprocessor efficiency for 45 years (read about a few interesting misnomers associated with it). Needless to say, it has proven so accurate the semiconductor industry itself has used it to guide growth and R&D for years. Self-fulfilling prophecy arguments aside, with data storage reaching cheap commodity status [...]
Read more →I ran across a disturbing post on time.com. It concerns the incredible decision by the California Ninth Circuit Court that citizens have no expectation of privacy on their own property from government agents. This stemmed from a 2007 case where DEA agents placed a GPS device on a man’s car in his driveway based on [...]
Read more →Apple has proven time and again that is very adept at separating us from our hard-earned cash. Now it appears Steve Jobs may be making a bid at your future digital wallet by hiring an NFC-based mobile payments expert. Lost in the usual excitement of media speculation on Apple’s every move is an interesting tidbit [...]
Read more →Fate, they say, a fickle mistress. The industrial age and exploitation of fossil fuels revolutionized economies around the world, but not without cost. Huge oil spills, massive pollution, global warming, depletion of resources. The list goes on. Will geoengineering be the solution to save us from ourselves? The success of the human race is largely [...]
Read more →Source: Bloomberg.com. Sony Corp.’s and Panasonic Corp.’s ambitions for higher earnings this year depend on convincing Yin Weiguang, a retired construction worker in Beijing, that he chose the wrong television. “I don’t really care about fancy features,” said Yin, 55, who paid 2,799 yuan ($413) for a 32-inch set made by Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd. “I just use [...]
Read more →We throw our lives out there on Facebook, our buying habits are tracked at the behest of mega-corporations and with a stroke of the keyboard you are sharing buying-habit information, underwear size and even your taste in women. You have to admit, there is impressive technology behind all of this. But when do we take it too far?
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