Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Want to surf the web like we are in China?

Sections, Technology: October 28th, 2008

Well we may get the chance to really do that here in a few years, but for now you will need a Firefox plug in to really see how it works:
Experience a bit of that infamous China censorship.
The application, called China Channel, lets Internet users surf the Internet as if they were inside China. [...]

50th Anniversary of the first video game “Tennis for two”

Gaming, Sections, Technology: October 24th, 2008

Did you think that Pong was the first game?

You’d be wrong. Pong was actually a clone of *another* game that was first, simply called Tennis for Two.
Back in the mid 1950’s, a Physicist named William Higinbotham just wanted to give people something to do when they came to visit. To show that there [...]

Weak Economy, Great Tech Buys

Gaming, PC, Sections, Technology: October 10th, 2008

Great article and hopefully another silver lining in a bleak economic future.  Maybe we’ll get cheap gas and gadgets for Christmas?
Weak Market = Big Tech Bargains

-Wes

Apple Unloads Large Security Updates

Sections, Technology: October 10th, 2008

Apple fixed 42 security problems in the latest update.  Nice.  Full Article Here

-Wes

Space Elevator coming closer to reality

Sections, Technology: October 5th, 2008

I love the idea of a space elevator: A large metal cable strung out between earth and orbit. In fact Wes and I have been talking about this idea for a bit now, incorporating it in one of the many projects have in the works. From the research I’ve done on a Space [...]