Ideally you'll go off to school, meet a fantastic roommate or two and live in happy bestie-hood forever, watching each other's backs. Unfortunately things don't always go down like that. It's bound to happen when you stuff people from all walks of life into one big dormitory. Everyone has different habits and proclivities, and that's part of the reason you're there — to learn how to...
In the beginning, there was Windows, and it was good. As a wee Buffalo calf, I harbor fond fragments of life piloted behind weathered grey CRT monitors as I quested through virtual mazes on Prodigy. Many hours were dissolved by frantically playing NHL ’99 on an IBM tower with a Thrustmaster joystick—the pin connection type. I even remember my first dance with the Internet at the...
Can the whole Internet share a single Starbucks card? Jonathan Stark thinks so, and he’s offering his Starbucks card up for the sharing. The programmer is offering up a digital copy of his Starbucks card for the masses, which you can download and use to buy yourself a cup of joe. In addition to offering up a way to pay for your coffee, he also asks you to help the card’s balance when...
Oxford researchers think they have what amounts to next-generation eyeglasses — basically, these are spectacles embedded with cameras mounted inline. I’m resisting a serious need to insert a Geordi La Forge/Star Trek TNG joke here, but frankly, I’m too busy being a little agog at this. The sheer brilliance of eyeglasses are their lenses-plus-frames-and-that’s-it simplicity. I’ve never...
Father’s Day is this coming Sunday. Last week Mike hit you with some cameras that are great for dad (that can probably still grab BTW), and today we thought we’d offer some suggestions for quick-and-easy geek gifts you can pick up on your way home from work or school today that are likely to be in stock and won’t break the bank. Video Game Is Dad a gamer? Just buying pops any old game...
TechnoBuffalo Defines is a weekly thing here on the range, where every Tuesday we give you guys a new tech term to define. You give us your best shot at a definition in the comments, and then the TechnoBuffalo staff picks our favorites from the mix, posts them on Thursdays as a poll, and let you all vote for who you think did the best job of explaining the term to everyone else- with...
TechnoBuffalo Defines is a weekly thing here on the range, where every Tuesday we give you guys a new tech term to define. You give us your best shot at a definition in the comments, and then the TechnoBuffalo staff picks our favorites from the mix, posts them on Thursdays as a poll, and let you all vote for who you think did the best job of explaining the term to everyone...
TechnoBuffalo Defines is a weekly thing here on the range, where every Tuesday we give you guys a new tech term to define. You give us your best shot at a definition in the comments, and then the TechnoBuffalo staff picks our favorites from the mix, posts them on Thursdays as a poll, and let you all vote for who you think did the best job of explaining the term to everyone else-...
The issue of privacy has been a public topic for years (even decades). Lately, however, with federal inquisitions and corporate espionage making headlines, it seems to be an even bigger hot-button issue than ever. I’m not talking about security hacks and server breaches, but the intentional collection and recording of our personal information and behaviors. The way this is playing out...
While many Google/Android fans may be looking toward Google I/O with great anticipation, I know at least a few who are already thrilled today with some news that hit the wire. WatchESPN for Android has just debuted in the Market, allowing users with select TV subscriptions to enjoy live video on the go. Not to be confused with another app called Watch ESPN Free, the official Android...