Jack Wallen addresses the state of touch screen support in Linux via a piece of stellar System76 hardware. I recently received a review unit from System76 called Sable Touch, and it was $1,300.00 (USD) worth of touch screen goodness. Before I get into the actual state of “touch” on Linux, I want to highlight just […]
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Bots Now Outnumber Humans on the Web
Getty ImagesDiogo Mónica once wrote a short computer script that gave him a secret weapon in the war for San Francisco dinner reservations. This was early 2013. The script would periodically scan the popular online reservation service, OpenTable, and drop him an email anytime something interesting opened up—a choice Friday night spot at the House […]
Does the world need 5G? Driverless cars, IoT, future devices will demand it
Every ten years or so, something big happens in mobile. Once a decade, a new generation of mobile network technology comes along: the first mobile networks appeared in the 1980s, GSM followed in the 1990s, 3G arrived at the turn of the century, and LTE began rolling out in 2010. Each generation has set out […]
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Latest Leaked Windows 10 Build
Begin: WordPress Article Content Microsoft recently announced that it would not release another Windows 10 build this year. That statement became ironic when when a new version of its new operating system leaked by accident. The Microsoft-watching community quickly dug in, finding goodies like Cortana, and a new Xbox app; here were the consumer-facing pieces […]