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Stocks Prime for Picking in the Current Economy

Posted by Chris on June 17, 2012 in News

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The economy sucks right now, but every cloud has a silver lining: nearly every stock is swinging low to bargain basement prices at the moment, and if you monitor your favorite companies’ share prices enough (go for Apple, Google and other established Silicon Valley companies), you’ll learn just what the key saddle price is for [...]

The Worst Job in the World

Posted by Anthony on June 17, 2012 in Reviews

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Ever think to yourself, “my job sucks?” Well watch this 15-second video and think again, it (and the ones following) will change your whole perspective on how bad your job compares to what’s out there: For clarity: that man is holding onto a metal frame very high above the ground, spraying water at 400,000 volt [...]

Skyrim: Dawnguard Beta Review

Posted by Peter on June 17, 2012 in Reviews

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As my first article here, I’m going to review the Skyrim: Dawnguard beta which I have been playing religiously for the past several weeks on the PC.

Computers in The Avengers Movie: A Reality

Posted by Stephen on June 17, 2012 in Theory

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If you’ve seen the movie The Avengers, you’re almost certainly mystified by the computers featured within the film: transparent glass, superimposed scientific graphing, multitouch gestures that can move an image from a hybrid mobile computer to several stationary networked screens, etc. But how far off is this technology from being mainstream? Let’s have a look.

Linus Torvalds: Nvidia, Fuck You!

Posted by Mark on June 17, 2012 in News

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Linus Torvalds, in a speech released today at a university, had some kind words to say to Nvidia related to Linux hardware support as seen in the video below:

Steve Jobs’s Contribution to Google Plus

Posted by Chris on June 17, 2012 in The Internet

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Nobody would expect that the famous and late Steve Jobs, Apple’s driving force for over a decade whose direction made them the world’s most valuable company, was a key contributor to Google’s Google Plus “social networking” website, but it’s true. In addition to that, I’m going to reveal that Google+ is functioning exactly as intended [...]

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