Recently retired computer mogul Bill Gates filed patents that propose to be able to save the United States, and elsewhere I presume, from the devastating impact of large hurricanes. While scientists seem both skeptical and encouraging: “There is no way to stop it. The storm might weaken in the center, but the outer areas wouldn’t [...]
When Apple announced their game-changing iPhone in 2007 there was immediate concern over their choice of a touch-screen based keyboard. While somewhat inconvenient as it tended to take up 40% of the screen real estate when in use, it was explained away as a powerful future proofing opportunity to developers. Unrestricted by a physical keyboard [...]
While vanity surfing on the new Microsoft search engine Bing.com I found the following link: Fair enough I guess. But the more I thought about it the more I found it strange that I couldn’t remember making the comment. Naturally I followed the link to see when I said such a thing. Here is what [...]
