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Daily Crunch: Dust

Paul Lilly — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:00:11 +0000

Here are some recent posts on TechCrunch Gadgets: The Peek Bites The Dust Steve Jobs Impersonator With Angel Wings And Halo Used To Hawk A Worthless Android Tab The $199 PlayBook Returns For A Limited Time [......]

Watch An iPad (And GoPro Camera) Survive A 100,000 Foot Drop

Ludwig — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:24:46 +0000

There were doubters last time . They said a 1300 foot drop wasn’t all that much. It wasn’t a true test. [......]

The Commodore 64 Is 30 Years Old

Nathan Edwards — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:43:06 +0000

It’s been a long time since I clacked away on a C64 but I remember that hunk of pure computing power like it was yesterday. The keyboard (complete with dingbats on the front surface), the power light that glowed like a monocular rat eye, the lines of dust that formed in the 80s-era case. [......]

The Death Of The Spec

author — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:14:37 +0000

Earlier today, my colleague Matt Burns wrote a post noting that most tablet makers may be largely failing because they’ve sold their soul to Android and are now just in the middle of a spec war, which no one can win. I’m gonna go one step further in that line of thinking: the spec is dead. There have been a few key stories from the past couple of weeks that highlight this new reality[......]

MSI X79A-GD65 8D Motherboard Exposes Itself in Public

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:19:02 +0000

If the sight of Gigabyte's G1.Assassin 2 motherboard left you jonesing for more bare naked shots of upcoming LGA 2011 (Sandy Bridge-E) motherboards, you're in luck. MSI's X79A-GD65 8D appeared bareback in front the camera and it's glamor shots are now all over the Web where you can check out its 8D frame (8 DIMM slots). The quad-channel DIMM slots are arranged on both sides of the CPU socket, which is a design you're going to see on all LGA 2011 boards, at least for the time being. [......]

BuddyTV Partners With AT&T To Let You Turn Your U-verse Into A Smart TV

Ludwig — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:06:39 +0000

Back in July, Erick took a trip to a hotel suite in Manhattan to get a demo of BuddyTV's new iPhone app. [......]

The Motorola Xoom Family Edition Hits Best Buy For $379, Comes Loaded With Extra Apps

Ludwig — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:07:20 +0000

Don't let the name fool you. This isn't just a special edition of the original Xoom. This is a new tablet that comes loaded with a bunch of family apps[......]

OCZ Rock and Rolls through Second Quarter, Plucks UK-based SoC Design Team from PLX

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:38:16 +0000

Remember being angry and disappointed when OCZ dumped its DRAM business to pursue other interests? Looking back, it's hard to argue with that decision, and even more so when you consider the numbers. [......]

Firebox jumps on the Silicon Roundabout

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:01:00 +0000

Firebox is the latest big name to announce its involvement with the 'Silicon Roundabout' Tech City in London, with the online retailer moving its headquarters to the area. The Tech City project has the backing of the government and the whole project has been boosted by Google's recent announcement that it will lease a building in the area to aid its development. [......]

Feature: UNIVAC: the troubled life of America’s first computer

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:00:00 +0000

It was November 4, 1952, and Americans huddled in their living rooms to follow the results of the Presidential race between General Dwight David Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, Governor of Illinois. We like to think that our time is a unique moment of technological change. But the consumers observing this election represented an unprecedented generation of early adopters, who watched rather than listened to the race on the radio[......]