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Chrome OS, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cloud
Yesterday, Google finally took the cover off Chrome OS and, in so doing, gave a bunch of foamy-mouthed tech journalists an idea of what to expect once consumers are able to get their hands on it late next year. There weren't many surprises in the ... Read more →
Schools of Swimming Robots to Study Ocean Currents
8 days ago on SwitchedIf you happen to notice a swarm of robots floating past your beachfront home, don't panic; it's not the first wave of the SkyNet invasion. Aided by funding from the National Science Foundation, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) is ...
Ultrasound Could Protect Pacemakers From Hackers
9 days ago on SwitchedYou never want your wireless device open to attacks, but if that device is implanted inside your body, security becomes even more important. With pacemakers and other medical devices being controlled and monitored from afar, scientists say it's time ...
Women More Likely to Call Tech Support, Survey Shows
10 days ago on SwitchedProving that it's no longer restricted to the domain of toilet seat treatment, the great gender divide has extended to the world of technology, as well. The BBC reports that women are substantially more likely to read the instruction manual for a ...
Parents Plan 24/7 Webcast of Disabled Daughter
11 days ago on SwitchedVideo cameras are everywhere. Whenever you're in public, whether it be a subway station or in front of an ATM, chances are that there's a device somewhere capturing your every move. And everyone's pretty cool about it, for the most part. But when ...
What's the Best iMac for Basic Creative Tasks?
11 days ago on SwitchedQuestion: I'm finally ready to move to Mac, especially with Apple's latest iMacs. I really like the design and simplicity. But which one should I get? I was thinking I should get the base model for $1199, but the big 27-incher is pretty tempting, ...
How to Truly Browse in Private
13 days ago on SwitchedAll the modern browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc...) come with what has affectionately been dubbed "porn mode." Though it goes by different names in different browsers (InPrivate, Private Browsing, Incognito), the idea is the same; ...
Gift Guide: The Vision One Computer Workstation
14 days ago on SwitchedThe Vision One Computer Workstation (Gamer, Under $2,500) There are desks, and then there's the V1 ($1,700 starting price), an uncompromising workstation aimed squarely at appeasing the ergonomic needs of the seasoned PC gamer. The standard and ...
Large Hadron Collider Clogged by Bird's Baguette Bomb
14 days ago on SwitchedEvery now and then, something will randomly fall out of the sky into an extremely insular environment, and chaos and confusion will erupt. Those consequences, as Chicken Little will tell you, can be devastating. Something along those lines ...
Agri-Nerd Programs Classic 'Hello World' Code... in a Wheat Field
14 days ago on SwitchedThe intricate and wondrous designs of crop circles have mystified and enthralled generations of global spectators from all walks of life. A new, unique crop design, which is actually a square, has recently appeared and is specifically designed for ...
Maryland Computer Crash Causes Gridlock and Mayhem
14 days ago on SwitchedO, mighty gods of technology! How beholden to you we are! You hold every facet of our lives in your cold, digital paws. And to remind us of just how much control you wield over our fragile lives, you decided to bring all of Montgomery County, ...
Robotic Fish Could Help Scientists Monitor U.S. Waters for Pollution
15 days ago on SwitchedOver-fishing poses a severe threat to many fish species, but scientists around the world are currently hoping to stock various bodies of water with an impervious new breed. These mechanical robo-fish won't provide valuable sustenance, though, but ...
Gift Guide: Litl Webbook
16 days ago on SwitchedLitl Webbook (Novice, Under $1,000) Think of the Litl Webbook ($699) as the anti-PC. Sure, the 1.6 GHZ Atom processor and 1-gigabyte (GB) of RAM comes standard with most netbooks, but that's where the similarities end. For starters, the user ...
'2001' Geeks, Rejoice! World Learns Why HAL Sang 'Daisy'
16 days ago on Switcheddigg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/11/04/2001-geeks-rejoice-world-learns-why-hal-sang-daisy/'; We're sure many of you are familiar with the death-of-HAL scene from the Kubrick classic '2001: A Space Odyssey,' in which the rebellious computer ...
Windows 7 Performing Just Fine, Despite Haters
16 days ago on SwitchedApparently, some media outlets are so eager to see Microsoft fall flat on its face that they're already calling Windows 7 a failure -- less than two weeks after its debut. Electronista and CNN Money have already declared that, with Windows 7, ...
Gift Guide: HP Touchsmart 300z
16 days ago on SwitchedHP Touchsmart 300z (Novice, Under $2,500) HP's all-in-one desktop ($799 – $1,099, depending on the configuration) includes the specs you'd want for day-to-day computing: a 20-inch widescreen LCD, an AMD Athlon multi-core processor, ...


