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As inventive and imaginative as speculative fiction and sci-fi is, often it feels as though it misses the mark when it comes to predicting the future of technology. There are very few stories for instance that feature the internet heavily before it became available, and almost any film set in ‘the year 2,000’ is filled [...]

RIM has upgraded its PlayBook tablet software but does it make it competitive after so many market developments lately? The Waterloo, Ontario based company is hoping that a fresh upgrade with PlayBook 2.0 software will ignite demand not only among its corporate customers, but among consumers as well. E-mail, calendar, and contacts are finally included, [...]

By Guest Author ReflexAV Much of education has been linear and text-based – read it and memorize it, write it down on the test. Educators have long known that there are many students who simply don’t learn well in this fashion. As computer technology expands, “computers in the classroom” have expanded too. While we used [...]

Verizon Wireless updated its Usage Controls, an option giving subs more granularity to set data limits for family members. I can now limit data consumed in my household including apps/games, and block ringtone purchases. The option’s still $4.99/line/month, on top a family plan. Pretty steep, but it allows for limiting data abuses. Go here to read [...]