Thursday, November 17, 2011

Tech Links: November 17, 2011

Featuring every computer released by Apple


Barnes and Noble brings up the Microsoft Patent Squeeze on Android. Sounds like it has a chance to get nasty - but it might pay off for everyone working with Android, and B&N sounds like they want to embarrass Microsoft.

Google Verbatim Search. Last week Google disabled the '+' operator. In response to feedback, they have now created a search mode that doesn't try to out-think you. 

Google Analytics Unmasks Anonymous Bloggers: How a program usually used for Web traffic can be used to unmask people who attack and harass others online and then try to cover their tracks.


iTunes Match: A Solution to a Problem Apple Helped Create: The new service solves the problem of where to store all that music you've downloaded and ripped, and keep it safe. It's not free - the cloud service costs $24.99 a year - but it solves a lot of problems for people who want to access large music libraries at home and at work without dragging along their iPod


The Metaphysics of Morrowind: an essay series that looks at the deceptively deep lore that surrounds one of the best-loved open world games ever made, and incorporates not only the plot elements of the game world, and the supplementary books scattered for the player to find, but also the meta-narrative of the gameplay itself, including the player character and the construction kit. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4

Netflix iPad App Redesign to Follow Android One: The new iPad program is said to be making its debut in a few weeks.

People suddenly want Siri everywhere and a group of people hacked into it and found out quite a bit about how it works.

ThinkUp, the free, open-source brainchild of programmer and Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani, keeps track of what you've done online. It extracts the data from the walled gardens that that house more and more of people's digital lives then replants it in your own garden.  [More]

You Can Root Your Kindle Fire Now—But Should You?
In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, the Android faithful have achieved root access to the Kindle Fire though a simple, one-click process, opening the doors to mucho customization. But just because you can, should you?

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