Geeking Out: The minimal life of a so-called techie

Sept. 5, 2011   1 Comment  

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It’s hard

iPhone will stream Super Bowl live by 2015

Jan. 19, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Great news for football fans, even better news for NFL and advertisers

High school student develops iPhone app for Lexington TV channel

Dec. 12, 2010   2 Comments  

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With an idea and some motivation, the LexMedia app was born

Joby Gorillapod review

Oct. 4, 2010   3 Comments  

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Not your average tripod

ableplanet NC300 Headphones review

July 24, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Built well, but do they even work?

Why move to Southern Florida? It’s the jobs.

April 11, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Tech pros moving south for their jobs

EarthTalk: Radioactive tribal waste? Battery technology?

Feb. 24, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Are Native homes being used as chemical weapons depots?

Renown Boston tech writer Mark Baard gets “Heretical” on Blast

Nov. 17, 2009   Leave a Comment  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2009 Renown Boston tech writer Mark Baard gets "Heretical" on BlastMagazine.com Mark Baard has a knack for fringe science and, let’s say, odd areas of technology. The renown Boston tech writer and Boston Globe columnist will get to explore Boston’s boldest and outwardly oddest people and discoveries in the world [...]

Zipcar: Car sharing for the future

Oct. 5, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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The business and technology that put the zip in Zipcar

Study: Women are techier than perceived to be

April 23, 2009   2 Comments  

Educational programs like the Women in Technology Project, at Vermont Technical College, are committed to encouraging young women in middle school and high school to study math, science and technology. (Media credit/Vermont Technical College)

Men may generally be considered more tech savvy than women, but a new study shows that these days, women know gadgets, and its the men who are behind the curve. A new study conducted by Retrevo, a company that matches consumers with compatible electronics, found that although men are confident about the latest gizmos, women [...]

LG, Sharp, Chunghwa agree to plead guilty in price-fixing conspiracies; will pay $585 million

Nov. 12, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The U.S. Department of Justice released the following: Three leading electronics manufacturers “" LG Display Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. “"have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $585 million in criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix prices in the sale of liquid crystal display (LCD) [...]

Staff announcement

May 22, 2008   1 Comment  

Dear Staff,   I’m pleased to announce that Joe Sinicki will take over the long-vacant assignment editor duties for our technology section.   “Milwaukee Joe,” 23, has written for Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro and has served as senior editor for the Milwaukee Times. He has been a tech mainstay since our early days, putting [...]

EarthTalk: Green computers? Meat?

Feb. 25, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Dear EarthTalk: As an online gamer, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer. What’s the environmental impact? And are “greener” PCs available?  – Bob Grant, Burlington, Vt. Online gamers and other heavy computer users are definitely leaving an environmental mark. Depending on when it was made and how it was designed, [...]

Computer-free online dating

Feb. 14, 2008   1 Comment  

In this day and age finding love has become a more-than complicated issue for some. Long work hours, an overall sense of independence amongst young people and a 24-hour technological world, are some of the causes. Because of these problems many people have turned to dating sites that, "promise results within six months," or your [...]

New tech reviews policy

Aug. 6, 2007   Leave a Comment  

Dear Staff, From now on when we do reviews, you need to put the following info … for example: Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. Developer: Level-5 Inc. Platform: Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, DS, GBA, PC, MAC, Linux Genre: Strategy/RPG Players: Single-player Launch Date: August 2007