Technology

Watson: Too cool not to share

by Norman Horn February 20, 2011

Perhaps you have heard – the future has arrived. Tech-giant IBM recently pitted their super-computer/AI named “Watson” against the two best Jeopardy players on earth and Watson won. I for one welcome our new computer overlords. Check out this interesting video about this historic event. To me, these kinds of things are far more important [...]

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Enjoy Snitchin’? There’s an App for That

by Brian Martinez December 15, 2010

If you suspect your neighbors are cooking up meth or fertilizer bombs in their basement — or maybe you just want those damn kids to get off your lawn — “help” from the government is as close as your iPhone: The PatriotApp links your phone to American security and law enforcement agencies via the Internet [...]

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Followup on Thoughts on iPad from a Slightly Disappointed Fanboi

by Stephan Kinsella December 10, 2010

Earlier in the year, I posted Thoughts on iPad from a Slightly Disappointed Fanboi. Having had most of the year to use it, I’ve got some updated thoughts. I still like the iPad. But my use of my iPad has declined, for reasons given below. I think it is beautifully designed. As for hardware, I [...]

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The Perils of Centralized Innovation

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché November 25, 2010

Gizmodo has an interesting post about How Ma Bell Shelved the Future for 60 Years. It is an excerpt from The Master Switch by Tim Wu. Here is the money quote: This is the essential weakness of a centralized approach to innovation: the notion that it can be a planned and systematic process, best directed [...]

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Pundits: Play Whack-A-Mole with WikiLeaks. Oh wait…

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 14, 2010

In How to Mirror a Censored WordPress Blog, I discussed how the Mises Institute open-sourcing all of Mises.org and putting its entire literature and media library online as a set of torrents will help ensure the continued existence of this treasure trove of liberty in the event of a natural disaster or a future crackdown [...]

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Denver police officer assaults man for talking on phone

by Ryan McMaken August 13, 2010

The brutality exhibited by the police in this video is so unwarranted, so vicious, and so totally despicable, that not even the usual “defend-the-police-no-matter-what” automatons are putting up a fight in the comments section. Of course, the “Safety Manager” maintains that the fine officer who obviously assaults a man for absolutely nothing, deserves to keep [...]

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All Your Tubes Are Belong to Googlizon

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 12, 2010

What you say!!! There has been a lot wailing and gnashing of teeth recently over a joint announcement by Google and Verizon of a legislative-framework proposal they’ve been working on. Now, I’ve seen this variously referred to as a backroom deal or pact, a secret treaty, or a set of regulations Google and Verizon are [...]

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