A Trip Down Internal Memory Lane: How Playstation Changed the Game
Gran Turismo, Tony Hawk, Medal of Honor—remember how excited you were the first time you played these now prolific games, fueled only by Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew? Back in 1994, when the original Playstation hit the market, kids everywhere began spending countless hours with their buddies, trading off controllers after getting sniped while toggling…
Why Old Refrigerators Make You Bend Over and Nothing Fits Inside
Have you seen the amazing refrigerators in some peoples’ kitchens these days? They have touchscreens, doors in surprising places, special compartments with precise temperature settings for everything from broccoli to wine. It wasn’t always this way. Until a couple decades ago, even top-of-the-line fridges used a ton of energy, couldn’t fit a gallon of milk…
How the Technology Behind Nanosecond Trading Could Make Markets Go Haywire
The afternoon of May 6, 2010 was among the strangest in economic history. Starting at 2:42 p.m. EDT, the Dow Jones stock index fell 600 points in just 6 minutes. Its nadir represented the deepest single-day decline in that market’s 114-year history. By 3:07 p.m., the index had rebounded. The “flash crash,” as it came…
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: More iPhone-Like Than Ever
Seemingly out of nowhere, Mountain Lion, the next version of the Apple’s OS X operating system, is formally in the works and will be on our computers later this summer. Most intriguing is that it will further blur the lines between iOS and OS X, bringing apps like Messages, Notes, and Reminders along with utilities…
Samsung’s Super-Sized Galaxy Note Changed My Life
Yeah yeah, the Galaxy Note is huge. But Abdel Ibrahim and Jon Dick at The Tech Block found ways to work the mobile colossus into their everyday lives. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked at my puny iPhone 4 with disgust, wishing with all my might that it were bigger. It’s too…
