Growing Up Geek: Philip Palermo
By Philip Palermo posted Oct 22nd 2012 3:45PM Welcome to Growing Up Geek, a feature where we take a look back at our youth, and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. This week, we have our very own Philip Palermo! In case you couldn’t tell from that pirate / bandit / pimp / vampire pictured above, I sometimes have trouble making up my mind. It took me forever to decide what I wanted to be that Halloween —...
Going to Extremes with Aperture
After running Palouse Falls, a 189-foot waterfall in southeast Washington State, 24-year-old extreme kayaker Rafa Ortiz of Mexico described experiencing part of the descent in what felt like slow motion. But for photographer Lucas Gilman, who covered the attempt, the drop was very much in real time. “Rafa was actually visible for only three frames of the 4-second free fall, because after he got over the tongue, he was engulfed in...
ARM-powered Chromebook lands at Play store for $249
By Terrence O’Brien posted Oct 22nd 2012 4:19PM Samsung’s brand new ARM A15-based Chromebook is now available direct from Google at the Play store. The $249 WiFi only laptop was already available to pre-order through Amazon, but now you can go straight to the source, and Mountain View promises to have one of the light-weight machines in your hands within 3-5 business days. If you’re more interested in the 3G-equipped...
Intel strives toward tiny chips to run wearable computers
BARCELONA — Is your memory as sharp as it used to be? If your memory needs a nudge, you may someday be able to wear a device the size of a brooch or a Bluetooth earpiece to record your daily activities and conversations. Then days or years later you can get a digital reminder of that important meeting or particularly beautiful sunset. Intel evangelist Manny Vara, in an interview Monday, said wearable computers may be two to five...
Editorial: Turning point for the tortoise and the hare
By Brad Hill posted Oct 22nd 2012 4:54PM That meteor shower was a bust. I’ll never get back the five minutes I spent waiting to be awed. Anyone similarly impatient will be in gratification heaven for the next week, as the biggest cosmic bodies in the tech cosmos streak across the sky with announcements, device releases, price shifts and earnings reports. Tossing astronomy aside for its failure to bedazzle, I turn to astrology to...
