WWDC 2011: The Apple Developer Conference
Apple's developer conference, WWDC, got rolling today with a few major announcements, like news of the iOS5 and Lion OS X, which will be available for a mere $29.
• Apple's Lion OS X Coming to Mac App Store in July
PLUS: Michael Miller on his Forward Thinking blog sums up details of the other much anticipated announcement about Apple's new cloud-based storage service, Apple iCloud
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 | Microsoft Brings Kinect to TV
Aside from all the Apple talk from WWDC, Microsoft today shared a big announcement regarding Xbox Kinect, it's motion- and voice-controlled gaming system. Arriving this fall, the Kinect will integrate with Live TV, allowing users to discover and control content stored in their consoles without the need for a physical remote control. Nearly everything will be controlled by gestures and voice.
Human Rights: Clean Water, Health Care, Internet
The UN's Human Rights Council has issued a report saying that Internet access ought to be an essential right for all citizens. When the UN calls something a human right, it's definitely time to take notice globally. The timing seems appropriate, not only with recent world events reported through online channels, but oftentimes with emergency and civic response coordinated through them, too. Frank La Rue, who authored the report, is the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, which gives a little more context into how the Internet is seen is a human right.
E3's Most Memorable Moments
The video game expo E3 has a history unto itself. In celebration of this year's event, which kicked off today, PCMag software analyst and games enthusiast Jeffrey L. Wilson revisited five memorable moments from the show's past. Fanboys and girls whose memories don't stretch all back to 1995 can get a taste of what they've missed since the expo first started.
The Peculiar Origins of Tech Terms
The etymology of words that have only recently made it into our tech lexicon aren't usually all that hard to pinpoint. Very often, they can be traced back to science-fiction novels dating from the mid-20th century, when interest in modern technology was on the rise. A few words had us stumped, so we looked for answers and share them in this little wrap.
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