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A "recent news" article referencing the defunct "Sports Authority" caught my attention today. The entire text appears to be computer generated nonsense. Is there a business case fo…

A recent news article referencing the defunct "Sports Authority" caught my attention today. The entire text appears to be computer generated nonsense. Is there a business case for …

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I was very passionate about Wikimapia as an actual wiki for everyday people to add to in the first few years. There was a lot of graffiti, but it was also building into a great res…

I'm interested in seeing how this plays out. I've seen such a volume of smartphones die in give or take five-year-old waves from "sudden death syndrome" EMMC failure. Right now the…

I am in Wallonie. We hear this a lot.

Huh. I hear "Leaving on a Jet Plane" while listening to this.. http://grooveshark.com/s/Leaving+On+A+Jet+Plane/3nvT5s?src=5

Anyone can create a poorly made adapter or a poorly made plug. My question is why would an industry leader put an elementary risk at the forefront of a new technology? The pins sho…

So if I understand this correctly, this system uses a male connector as a power OUTput? Does that mean every charger must be intelligent enough to properly detect shorting if someo…

The Nook Tablet's included micro-USB charger is 2.0A, and the Nexus 7 also includes a 2.0A charger. Both also charge (slower) on standard lower amperage micro-USB chargers.

Nice phonetics. You're right. No less frustrating though. Anytime I'm denied a choice, especially in the face of enforced inferiority it raises my hackles. Here's hoping all the pr…

How does "competes with existing functionality" not wake up the antitrust regulators? Wasn't the entire IE shipping with Windows situation based on a competitive functionality?

Look up e-waste in general and you'll find more than enough to read.. The difficulty is always in chasing these companies around following every step and verifying they actually do…

According to what NatGeo and a few others dug up (literally) Apple hardly recycles anything. The glue alone makes recycling an impossible task. They ship most of it off in containe…

Am I wrong in thinking the only thing this does is protect Facebook's financial interests? Don't they profit from the proper app and ad based mining and selling of this information…

When the poorly coded app freezes, the Android menu buttons are often the only escape. This was an advantage in my opinion.

It's never going to work anyway unless they put a roof on that thing.