Monthly Archives: September 2011

How the Kindle Fire Could Make 7-Inch Tablets Huge

Steve Jobs made it clear what he thought of 7-inch tablets in October 2010. They’re “too small,” and as good as “dead on arrival.” But the announcement of and anticipation surrounding Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet may soon have Jobs eating his words.

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Microsoft Anti-Malware Tool Mistakenly Snuffs Google Chrome

Microsoft?s Security Essentials anti-malware tool has mistakenly identified Google Chrome as a password-pilfering trojan ? and actually removed the browser from many users’ machines ? but a fix for this rather amusing false positive is now available.

AT&T Begins Sending Throttling Warnings to Top Data Hogs

Following a trend set by other carriers, AT&T has begun sending SMS warning messages to the top 5 percent of data users on its network. The message alerts consumers that they are among AT&T’s top 5 percent that billing period, and suggests they use Wi-…

Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant Heckles Superheroes, Scientists, Sellouts

Want proof that you don’t need to draw muscled paragons like Jim Lee to make it as a comics artist? Check out Kate Beaton’s smart strips skewering Wolverine, Wonder Woman, and whoever else she deems worthy.

Google Analytics Rejigged for Assault on Enterprise

Six years after launching Google Analytics as a free service for the web at-large, Google has introduced a for-pay incarnation of the traffic tracking machine designed specifically for the enterprise.

Video: Watch ‘AlphaDog’ Robot Walk, Get Up, Fetch

Just what soldiers are looking for: a creepy, quadrupedic robot to haul around their heavy gear. Robotics shop Boston Dynamics has been producing them for years. And now they’ve got their biggest, meanest ‘bot yet: the AlphaDog, an autonomous, headless…

Amazon Joins (Long) List of WebOS Suitors

Amazon has joined the long list of tech giants rumored to be eyeing HP?s lame duck webOS mobile operating system.

Gadget Lab Podcast: Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and a Mini-Trampoline

This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, the crew talks about big Amazon news, the upcoming iPhone event and Microsoft’s latest mobile update.

From Kindle to Fire: Why Amazon Needs to Go Global

Amazon’s customers outside the US have good reason to be both excited and frustrated by its three new Kindle devices.

Study Finds Women’s Voices Are Unreliable Sign of Fertility

Though some research suggests that women unconsciously advertise their fertility, a new study shows that their voices are misleading to would-be mates.

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