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| Posted: 17 Jan 2011 05:20 AM PST  Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful: 1. Computer beats Jeopardy! champs The clue: It's the size of 10 refrigerators, has access to the equivalent of 200-million pages of information and knows how to answer in the form of a question. More @ CBCNews 2. Why I Don't Use Facebook People are always baffled by the fact that I don't use Facebook. I don't care much about Facebook any more than I cared about MySpace and LiveJournal before it. In almost every way, these subsystems are too retro for my taste. More @ PCMag 3. What Do You Do When You're Not On the Computer? Microchips are replacing chemical processes in amazing ways, and shrinking formerly giant machines down to little bitty things, and making all kinds of tasks easier and cheaper. I took a friend to get a dental implant last week. More @ LinuxToday 5. Auto industry off to a fast start in the Motor City After years of challenges, the news out of Detroit this week has automobile industry experts hopeful for a strong 2011. The 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit kicked off this week and as the world's attention is on the Motor City, we thought it was time to take a closer look at what consumers are most interested in as it applies to cars and trucks. More @ Googleblog 6. Are Apple's Best Years Over? The stock has been a mainstay of my portfolio since I recommended it during the depths of the financial crisis. I have owned Apple shares and long-term options, including those I bought in 2009 with a strike price of just $50. I recommended Apple again last April, when shares were at $272. This week they hit $345. More @ WSJ.com 7. What's Hiding Inside Android's Honeycomb? Android 3.0, aka "Honeycomb," made several appearances at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, surfacing in upcoming tablets from the likes of Motorola and LG. More @ LinuxInsider 9. Can't stop the signal: Sony's options limited in face of PS3 jailbreak The PlayStation 3 is a compromised system. Its master key is all over the Internet, custom firmware allowing third-party software to run on the hardware is a click away, and Sony is furiously trying to stop this information from spreading. More @ ArsTechnica 10. Top 10 Unusual Gender Selection Techniques Many couples worldwide are wanting to increase the probability of bearing a baby of a particular gender they want. Some couples have even had four or five sons or daughters, when all they wanted was a child of the opposite gender. More @ Listverse  |
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