Palm heard that people like phones, so they made a phone for your phone so you can use your phone instead of using your phone. This really is the concept of Palm’s new “ultra-mobile” smartphone, and yes, it does sound ridiculous. I was ready to dismiss the idea out of hand, but I’m starting to […]
Video games provide a chance to witness artificial intelligence (AI) craft characters and the dynamic systems that create the worlds within which we play. Much like when a good movie suspends the viewer’s disbelief, effective usage of AI in video games becomes imperceptible as the players immerse in the experience. Bots turn into characters, and […]
Keeping a data center up and running at optimal efficiency is a difficult challenge under the best of circumstances. Power demands, cooling requirements and security considerations are ongoing concerns for data center providers. However, looming in the back of their minds is a much larger potential problem, one that could pose an even greater threat […]
I don’t know about you, but as someone obsessed with tech who also loves all things spooky, one of my favorite shows to watch come Halloween time is Black Mirror. Besides being an undeniably brilliant show, the worst-case scenarios of permeative technology it presents are genuinely frightening. Although it may be a fictional show, it […]
It seems like every month we write a post about a new Facebook breach or some other scandal. This month is no exception. In this edition of “Seriously Facebook, Get It Together,” we’ll take a look at the social media platform’s September 29 announcement that a breach had affected at least 50 million and possibly […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for Apple die-hards. For everyone else, this year’s launch event fell a bit flat, with social media responses indicating less excitement for new items than in the past. The announcement elicited a few responses of “Oh, that’s interesting” from me, but admittedly, I wasn’t as psyched as […]