Monthly Archives: January 2012

iBooks 2s Instant Flash Cards Are Pure Apple Magic

Its hard to get excited about textbooks, until you see something like this: Apple just made the notecard obsolete forever. No more index cards, no more boxes—no paper. iBooks 2 turns your reading habits into instant study help. via iBooks … Continue reading

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Apple announces free iBooks Author app for OS X, allows users to publish books to the App Store — Engadget

We’re here at Apple’s education-themed event at the Guggenheim museum in New York City, and the company’s just followed up its long-awaited textbook announcement with something unexpected: iBooks Author, a free OS X program for creating books. The intent is … Continue reading

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Apples iBook 2 Textbooks Arrive Today for $15

Algebra, Biology, Geometry—these have never been particularly exciting words when it comes to textbooks, but that could change today. Apples attempt at reinventing learning is officially online and ready for download—with each title offered at only 15 bucks. via Apples … Continue reading

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Tell Congress: Don’t censor the Web; Stop S.O.P.A. / P.I.P.A.

████ ██████████ now! ████ our ████████ ████! Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on … Continue reading

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Nissan announces the worlds first self-healing iPhone case

Nissan on Monday announced the company’s new Scratch Shield case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. The case is made of ABS plastic that is designed to create a rigid, robust and tighter-fitting case. Perhaps the most exciting news … Continue reading

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Jet-powered aquatic space fighter designed to take on pirates | DVICE

It’ll be a bad day to be a pirate if Juliet Marine finds any takers for their “Ghost” high-speed attack boat. It’s got jet engines, a heavy weapons payload, and it can somehow raise itself up out of the water … Continue reading

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Smart Window puts a tablet computer on every window in your home | DVICE

Lately, the film Minority Report seems so passé. How quickly we take amazing tech for granted. For example, Samsung has just unveiled something many of us probably unfairly feel is overdue, the equivalent of an iPad on every window in … Continue reading

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How to Apply a Dust-Free Screen Protector Even if You Don’t Have a Clean Room

Lift and restick. Lift and restick. You’ve been trying to get that screen protector on for over an hour now only to be repeatedly foiled by an errant speck of dust or pernicious air bubble. Bugger that. This new roll-on … Continue reading

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The Pill That Could Cure Depression by Growing Your Brain

If you are depressed, or schizophrenic or have Alzheimers, scientists say you probably have a shrunken hippocampus. The good news: a drug that just entered human trials promises to re-grow that part of the brain.Its an entirely new approach to … Continue reading

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The New X PRIZE Wants to Save Your Life, Star Trek Style

The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm are partnering to try to make the Tricorder—Star Treks famous health-diagnosing gadget—a reality. They are offering up $10 million in purse money. This may be the most practical X PRIZE yet.The gadget that takes … Continue reading

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