For the iPhone’s three generations, a common complaint among techies is the lack of support for Adobe Flash video, the most widely used video playback technology on the Web. Apple CEO Steve Jobs stated that the issue was Flash’s poor performance— badly written ActionScript code can, in fact, suck up resources faster than a tornado. [...]
In a recent study found in the American Emergency Medicine Journal, 16 sheep were involved in an experimental atrocity that was aimed at testing how being shocked with a Taser affects the heart of meth-induced targets. There is some scientific reasoning behind all the apparent madness, however. Growing abuse of methamphetamines has led to arrest-related [...]
Whatwill it be called? iSlate? iTablet? Something else? Will it even be announced? If so, will it float or bring about world peace? Well, questions are starting to be answered, as Steve Jobs has finally unveiled the iPad. At 0.5 inches thin, weighing in at 1.5 pounds and with a 9.7-inch IPS display, it’s a [...]
It doesn’t get much more epic than this. The Apple iPod Classic has been the undisputed titan of high-capacity MP3players, with a rich legacy dating back to 2001. Its adversary, the Microsoft Zune, stepped on the scene only a year ago and was promptly cast as an uglyduckling. In its latest embodiment, the Zune 80, [...]
Ipod WAKE-UP LIGHT $ 199 Some teens need nothing short of a bullhorn blasting in their faces in order to wake up in the morning. However, some students appreciate a more subtle approach. The Philips’ Wake-Up Light looks like a soothing pillow with an iPod dock attached so the user can set its internal lamp [...]
Most people have heard that texting causes carpal tunnel in your wrists, but is it true? Carpal tunnel syndrome, a gradual progressive agonizing event that occurs in the nerves of the wrists, starts with a burning, tingling, or numbness in the palms of the hands especially, thumb and index finger. Then their ability to grab [...]
Living in a high tech world can be hard. There are so many terms that people use when talking about technology, but do they really know what they mean? When people buy things like software or computers they use words like RAM or hard drive, but in general do not truly understand what these words [...]
Global warming has become an important topic in the last ten years and there is much discussion as to how to reduce global warming, much of it focused on the auto industry. Automakers have made hybrids to help the “going green” trend. There has been debate as to whether they are worth the price. However, [...]
It’s easy for this generation of students to take music for granted considering it has always been readily available to them, but this abundant freedom has not been around long; the ability to listen to music freely was only obtained a measly five generations ago. It all started in 1877, with Thomas Edison’s first phonograph [...]
While winter sports are finishing up, Robotics Team is starting to prepare for this year’s competition. The weekend of March 6 marks the start of this year’s regional competition. The team will start by traveling to Portland for their first face-off, and then later to the Seattle Key Arena for the second. The team has [...]
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