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Welcome to Techerator v3
16 Feb 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 6 Comments
You might have noticed that things look a little different around here today, and you’re right – I got a haircut. But besides that, we’ve launched a completely new version of the site, Techerator v3! Faster, Cleaner, Better Techerator v2 was all about adding features, so the goal of Techerator v3 was to take those features and streamline them. Starting from the ground up, we put ...
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First Look: Logitech Revue with Google TV
01 Feb 2011 by Evan Wondrasek / 1 Comment
Editor’s note: I am joined at the end of this article by software engineer Chris Finke, who was kind enough to share his experiences integrating Google TV with his Tivo. Both Chris and I won our Logitech Revues through a developer contest held by Google. The Logitech Revue with Google TV is Google’s first foray into the set-top box hardware format. The idea behind Google TV is tha...
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Schmidt, Schmidt, Page, Schmidt: An Ode to Google’s Breaking News
21 Jan 2011 by Evan Wondrasek
By now you’ve no doubt heard the news: Eric Schmidt is stepping down from his position as Google CEO and will be replaced by Google co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt joined Google in 2001, and has guided the company towards huge growth and tremendous profits (and by tremendous, I mean $25 billion in a year). Schmidt will now be taking on the role of Executive Chairman. Since every blog on the ...
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Review: Kinect for Xbox 360
12 Jan 2011 by Jake Joraanstad / 3 Comments
Kinect with Kinect Adventures! Remember when the PlayStation EyeToy came out? How about the Wii with its ground-breaking motion sensing controls? You can throw those gimmicks out the window, Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 is the new way to play! The Kinect gained huge popularity over the holiday season. Microsoft has finally done motion controls right and has done it simply enough that e...
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iPhone 4: Coming to Verizon on February 10
11 Jan 2011 by Jacob Bean / 1 Comment
Promo Image/Apple.com After years of wanting and months of speculations, the iPhone is finally coming to the Verizon network. I honestly never thought this would happen! Announcement A press conference was held this morning in New York City. At the press conference, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam and Apple COO Tim Cook, along with Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead made the big announcement. Apple CEO Steve...
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Staff Picks: The Best Tech of 2010
07 Jan 2011 by Techerator Staff / 1 Comment
The Techerator Team, January 2011 The holidays are over and the new year is here, time to recover from your multiple food-induced comas and get back to work (or school). But before the year 20-double-matchsticks gets under way, we here at Techerator decided to take a look back at what 2010 brought us. So here it is: our Best Tech of 2010. Evan Wondrasek Web-based Applications and Synchronization...
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How to Prevent Facebook and Google from Tracking You Online
03 Jan 2011 by Brian Nelson / 3 Comments
These days it’s impossible to casually surf the web and avoid sites that use tools from Facebook, Twitter, Google, and others that make the experience more social and immersive. Still, with privacy issues at the forefront of technology news, it is worth noting that many of these social media tools make your e-life more convenient at a price – they track your behavior. In most cases, ...
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So You Got a New Kindle for Christmas, Now What?
28 Dec 2010 by Evan Wondrasek / 3 Comments
Like many of you lucky people out there, I got a new Kindle as a present this Christmas (thanks, Mom!). I’m an avid reader so I know I’ll make good use of it, but I’ve come up with a few simple tips that can help you get the most out of your new toy. Oh, and did I mention you can get many popular books on your Kindle for free? Link your Kindle to your Amazon.com account The Kindle Store i...
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A Return to Old-School Gaming: Emulators and Abandonware
16 Dec 2010 by Brian Nelson / 6 Comments
Mechner used video of his little brother to help create his animations in Prince of Persia. Back in the early ’90s things were different and, in some ways, better. MC Hammer was lighting up MTV with inflatable pants, Compuserve 3.25″ diskettes were confusing households across the US, and my family’s 66 MHz Pentium PC was a $3500 fiery hellbeast that made the Pentagon as nervous a...
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Stay connected & save: 6 tips for padding your bank account in the New Year
08 Dec 2010 by Brian Nelson / 3 Comments
With the New Year just around the corner, saving money seems to be on the minds of many people. Being a graduate student, I am not among these people, because Academia pays huge sums of money for almost zero work. Let’s be serious, I’m broke, and I need to save some dough. New Years is just the time to start padding my savings account and cutting my costs. I had an interesting conversation r...
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