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Numbers don’t lie–it’s time to build your own router

Posted by ismavis on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @03:26PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/numbers-dont-lie-its-time-to-build-your-own-router/

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Dell Demonstrates 30-inch 4K OLED Display

Posted by ismavis on Thursday January 07, 2016 @06:46PM
from the anandtech.com dept.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9923/dell-demonstrates-30inch-4k-oled-display

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Re:Big RAM laptops are abundant as Lenovo does its Skylake refresh on Monday January 04, 2016 @12:10PM (#10836762)

There's now an OLED screen option in the new X1.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/lenovo-x1-carbon-adds...

What’s in a web browser

Posted by ismavis on Monday December 07, 2015 @10:59AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@camaelon/what-s-in-a-web-browser-83793b51df6c

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The secrets of high-performance balloon manufacturing

Posted by ismavis on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:06PM
from the fusion.net dept.

http://fusion.net/story/237732/project-loon-balloon-manufacturing/

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Android Google Search lets you use an app without installing it

Posted by ismavis on Thursday November 19, 2015 @11:27AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/android-google-search-lets-you-use-an-app-without-installing-it/

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The Samsung 950 Pro PCIe SSD Review (256GB and 512GB)

Posted by ismavis on Thursday October 22, 2015 @11:28AM
from the anandtech.com dept.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9702/samsung-950-pro-ssd-review-256gb-512gb

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My unconsciously biased address book

Posted by ismavis on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:46PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@rklau/my-unconsciously-biased-address-book-90a3d35bceee

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Drawings – Paintings in 3D Space

Posted by ismavis on Thursday September 03, 2015 @05:44PM
from the penny-arcade.com dept.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2015/09/03/drawings

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D-Wave unveils new quantum computing benchmark (and it’s fast)

Posted by ismavis on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @12:10PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/09/d-wave-unveils-new-quantum-computing-benchmark-and-its-fast/

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Re:Android Wear now works with iPhones on Monday August 31, 2015 @02:52PM (#10148384)

Yup, Huawei Watch..not released yet. Dates will probably be announced at IFA this week.

Re:Google loses data as lightning strikes on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @11:50AM (#10086344)

You find more details in the Google incident report: https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/15056#57195...

Droidcon NYC: 22% women speakers

Posted by ismavis on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @10:45AM
from the blog.sqisland.com dept.

http://blog.sqisland.com/2015/08/droidcon-nyc-22-percent-female-speakers.html

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Altitude has become the defining characteristic of roller coasters

Posted by ismavis on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:06PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/08/17/travel/17Coasters.html

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Android Experiments: A celebration of creativity and code

Posted by ismavis on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @12:36PM
from the android-developers.blogspot.com dept.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/08/android-experiments-celebration-of.html

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How Google Renewed Its Fight Against Patent Trolls

Posted by ismavis on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @10:40AM
from the motherboard.vice.com dept.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-google-renewed-its-fight-against-patent-trolls

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Chrome tests “discarding” background tabs to save memory

Posted by ismavis on Thursday July 30, 2015 @03:26PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/chrome-tests-discarding-background-tabs-to-save-memory/

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Is Facebook Lying About Video Views?

Posted by ismavis on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @08:01PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@hankgreen/is-facebook-lying-about-video-views-4fc41450a266

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Android auto review: A beautiful, but beta alternative to awful OEM solutions

Posted by ismavis on Thursday July 23, 2015 @09:27PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/android-auto-review-a-beautiful-but-beta-alternative-to-awful-oem-solutions/

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Demo of Web Bluetooth

Posted by ismavis on Friday July 17, 2015 @03:57PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LV1Fk5ZXwA

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You Can't Compare Facebook and YouTube Views

Posted by ismavis on Friday July 10, 2015 @02:31PM
from the baekdal.com dept.

http://www.baekdal.com/insights/you-cant-compare-facebook-and-youtube-views/

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‘DeepStereo’: Google research turns Street View into actual movies

Posted by ismavis on Monday July 06, 2015 @06:28PM
from the thestack.com dept.

http://thestack.com/john-flynn-google-deepstereo-deep-network-240615

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Samsung Exynos 7420 Deep Dive – Inside a Modern 14nm SoC

Posted by ismavis on Monday June 29, 2015 @11:45AM
from the anandtech.com dept.

http://anandtech.com/show/9330/exynos-7420-deep-dive

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Google Photos and the unguessable URL

Posted by ismavis on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:02AM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/23/8830977/google-photos-security-public-url-privacy-protected

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White House Sides with Oracle, Tells Supreme Court APIs Are Copyrightable

Posted by ismavis on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:05PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/white-house-sides-with-oracle-tells-supreme-court-apis-are-copyrightable/

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Inside OCZ's Factory: How SSDs Are Made

Posted by ismavis on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @05:24PM
from the anandtech.com dept.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9218/ocz-fab-tour

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Tone: An experimental Chrome extension for instant sharing over audio

Posted by ismavis on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @06:25PM
from the googleresearch.blogspot.com dept.

http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2015/05/tone-experimental-chrome-extension-for.html

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The State of Wireless Charging Standards in Mobile

Posted by ismavis on Thursday April 02, 2015 @09:59AM
from the anandtech.com dept.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9130/wireless-charging-standards-in-mobile

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Google’s ARC Now Runs Android Apps on Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, and Linux

Posted by ismavis on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @07:24PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/googles-arc-opens-up-to-developers-runs-android-apps-on-most-desktop-oses/

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How to enable Dropbox integration into the file manager on your Chromebook

Posted by ismavis on Monday March 30, 2015 @05:13PM
from the androidcentral.com dept.

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-enable-dropbox-integration-file-manager-your-chromebook

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