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RETRO VIDEO: So, How Do Computers Work? - Did you ever wonder how computers work? By magic? UFOs? Are vampires involved? There's lots of theories out there. Let's ask an educational video from 1990 to see if it can shed any light on this "touchy subject."
Making Solar Energy Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels - How do you make renewable energy a reality? The best way would be to make it cheap and then let the market take its course. To that end, two new advancements in solar cell tech may help boost solar energy as a far more attractive alternative to fossil fuels.
Intel Hedges Tablet Bets with Android on Atom - Intel's relationship with various operating systems is looking rather like a geeky soap opera of late. And now chipzilla wants to get into the tablet market.
How Loud Is Too Loud for a Video Card? - Does the amount of noise a component makes affect your willingness to buy it? And should it? AMD's and Nvidia's new top-end video cards made us wonder.
Near-Bulletproof Qubes OS Goes Beta - Qubes is different from any desktop operating system you've seen before. It uses virtualization and sandboxing to create the most secure environment possible.
VIDEO: LG Ups the Transparent Display Wars - Just as Samsung looked like it was taking the lead in transparent LCD displays, LG introduces a larger screen with higher resolution and multitouch functionality. Let the translucent LCD Wars begin.
US Rep: iPad is "Responsible for Eliminating Thousands of American Jobs" - During the recent congressional budget debates, US Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. blamed the iPad for shuttering Borders bookstores and an overall assault on "jobs associated with paper."
This Electric Car Gets 200 Miles on a Single Charge - A Japanese car company claims their new all-electric prototype can travel over 200 miles of urban driving on a single charge.
The Hidden Multitouch Gestures of iOS 4.3 (and How to Unlock Them) - Apple designed some cool multitouch gestures utilizing four and five fingers into iOS 4.3, but kept them inactive. Of course, it wasn't long until hackers figured out a way to break these gesture controls free. Here's your key to unlocking these hidden treasures.
Google's April Fools' Joke Becomes a Reality - This past April Fools' Day, Google created a fake motion-based interface for Gmail they dubbed "Gmail Motion." The real funny part came the next day when a group of USC students were able to recreate the fictional tech using nothing more than an Xbox Kinect.