Monthly Archives: January 2013

Intel leaving desktop motherboard market

After 20 years of selling desktop motherboards Intel will begin winding down and dissolve its Desktop Motherboard Business over the next three years. Intel plans on shifting resources from the desktop motherboards to newer form factors like the new NUC (Next Unit of Computing), a 4 inch by 4inch self contained PC.  The company will have…

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  • Gear

Get Your Wall Outlets Back!

Tired of your phone and tablet chargers taking up your outlets?  This device may be just what your looking for. The U-Socket Dual Outlet Dual USB replaces your stand dual outlet and allows you to plug in 2 USB devices while leaving both outlets free for other mundane household items like lamps or alarm clocks.…

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Watson Uttered Its First Swear

Who doesn’t remember IBM’s super computer Watson after it played on Jeopardy against humans.  Naturally Watson won, but who doubted that would be the outcome. However, a recent addition to Watson might leave many wondering what researchers thought the outcome would be when The Urban Dictionary was downloaded to it.  The outcome was predictably that…

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Don’t throw away old cell phones – donate them!

How many of us have old cell phones sitting around with no idea what to do with them?  Probably everyone.  You give them to your kids as toys when they’re little then you just push them off to the side.  Maybe instead of a “junk drawer” you have an old cell phone drawer. With many…

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  • Apps

Android Greeting Card Maker

Hallmark, with their Smilebox software used to be the leader in the – “OMG I forgot it’s Mom’s birthday today!” category.  But now a whole new selection of Android and iOS apps have hit the market.  Some are naturally better than others and many on Android are free. If you’re looking for a good Android…

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