The X1 Carbon Shows Lenovo Can Think Different

The X1 Carbon Shows Len...

Lenovo rolled out its latest notebook today. It is, in a word, spectacular. The Chinese company proves time and time again that Apple isn’t the only company capable of producing class-leading designs. Lenovo’s 14-inch X1 Carbon shown here by Engadget is everything an...
Begun, The Retina Wars Have

Begun, The Retina Wars ...

As we approach the E3, the electronic gaming show in early June, I suspect that the value of “retina” high-resolution displays will soon become apparent. While the prospect of retina Macbooks is all but inevitable, we have reached a plateau when it comes to general computing...

Understoodit Lets Stude...

Over the course of the last few years, more and more “ clickers ” have found their way into college classrooms. These little devices allow teachers to request real-time feedback from their students through short quizzes and surveys. Toronto-based developer Liam Kaufman,...
Smarter TV: CrestaTech Grabs $13M To Bring Region-Free TV Reception To Any Device

Smarter TV: CrestaTech ...

Cord cutters and web TV users could be heard issuing a collective groan yesterday as rumors surfaced that popular online video service Hulu may soon begin requiring its users to prove they have cable or satellite subscription. Sure, distribution models have changed, but we’ll still...

No, AirPlay Is Not The ...

Editor’s note :  David McIntosh is the founder and CEO of Redux , a fast-growing video discovery company. Redux is the top downloaded app on Google TV, and you can read David’s other guest posts here . If you asked your mom or dad what DLNA or UPnP stood for or did, would they...
The Open Source CEO: Jim Whitehurst

The Open Source CEO: Ji...

If you read the Red Hat website, you’ll find pages describing their attitude toward open source , collaboration , and more. It reads pretty much like every other marketing spiel from every company online today. There’s something different about Red Hat, though: they actually...

Microsoft Israel’s Be...

Slowly but surely, Microsoft Israel is making itself more and more relevant for the local startup community. In fact, we recently covered its latest major push, the Windows Azure Accelerator . Then there’s the annual ThinkNext conference which has become one of the local tech...

An Interview With Linus...

The Millenium Technology Prize , awarded every two years, is a Finnish award designed “to improve the quality of life and to promote sustainable development-oriented research, development and innovation.” Sir Tim Berners-Lee won the prize in 2004. The finalists this year are...
TuneUp Takes On Shazam With Free (And Ad-Free) Mobile Music ID App

TuneUp Takes On Shazam ...

TuneUp , the service that cleans up your iTunes or Windows Media music collection, is moving into mobile from an unexpected angle. Unlike the TuneUp iTunes and Windows Media plugins, the main feature of the new iPhone app isn’t its ability to correct song titles and supply missing...

It’s Not About Instag...

Editor’s note : Guest author   Keith Teare   is General Partner at his incubator   Archimedes Labs   and CEO of just.me . He was a co-founder of TechCrunch. Follow him on Twitter @kteare . It has been more than a week now, but Techmeme today is dominated by Instagram related...

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