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Consumer & Gadgets May 5, 2015

Review: Apple MacBook introduces exciting design, features

Apple has a history of deciding what features we need, and more important, what features we don't need in our computers and mobile devices.

Engineering Apr 7, 2015

Successful demonstration of DARPA's Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) system

Close air support (CAS)—delivery of airborne munitions to support ground forces—is difficult and dangerous because it requires intricate coordination between combat aircrews and dismounted ground forces (for example, ...

Consumer & Gadgets Mar 20, 2015

USB-C connector featured on Apple's MacBook has fascinating promise

Get ready to replace your computer cables and buy some new adapters - the ports and plugs you use with your computers, tablets and smartphones are about to start changing.

Space Exploration Nov 2, 2014

Tech execs running the commercial space race

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company is reeling from the loss of SpaceShipTwo, which crashed in California's Mojave desert on Friday, killing one of its pilots and seriously injuring the other. Branson, a billionaire ...

Hardware Nov 11, 2012

Intel's Next Unit of Computing models prepare for landing

(Phys.org)—Intel will introduce two NUC barebone computer models for the general public by next month. These are tiny barebone PCs that will be available through online retailers. One of the two models, the DC3217BY, has ...

Consumer & Gadgets Jun 28, 2012

Tech review: New MacBook Pro puts form over function

Steve Jobs was great at introducing devices before people realized they wanted or needed them.

Earth Sciences Jun 19, 2012

Put a seismometer in your living room

Back in the 1960s, Charlie Richter (PhD '28) installed a seismometer in his living room. It was bigger than his TV set, and it didn't go with the sofa, but it saved him a lot of late-night drives into the Seismo Lab and was ...

Software Jun 12, 2012

Apple kicks Google Maps off iPhone, adds Facebook

(AP) — Steve Jobs' vendetta against Google remains alive, eight months after the Apple co-founder died feeling betrayed by a company he once embraced as an ally.

Software Jun 11, 2012

Apple integrates Facebook into iPhone software

(AP) — Apple is kicking an important Google application off its iPhone and buddying up with Facebook rather than Google's social network, as it distances itself from a bitter rival in the phone arena.

Consumer & Gadgets Jun 11, 2012

Apple introduces MacBook with sharper screen (Update)

Apple Inc. says its newest MacBook Pro laptop computer will be about as thin as its already-slim MacBook Air. It will also have a sharper display, akin to what the iPhone and the iPad now have.

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