With all of the recent chatter about the rise of Bitcoin , a number of theories have been put forth as to how the "digital gold" achieved its status. In this week's issue of our slate mag , we examine whether the so-called virtual currency is the prototype for a digital economy or if ...
If we want to learn about the downsides of Bitcoin, then we should turn to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who explained the deflation problem back in 1998. He told the story of a babysitting co-operative that was set up in the late '70s by Washington civil servants. In or...
Taiwan might have an HTC One and an HTC First, but starting today, Singapore has a Synrgic Uno to join the banter (get it?). The name Synrgic might not immediately ring a bell, but if you dig a little deeper, you'll see a mention of its earlier phone plus three tablets from a while ba...
online shoe repository and haphazardly toggle through color options for a custom pair of kicks . Or, you could let your Instagram library do the heavy lifting. With the new PHOTOiD HTML5 web app, the shoe maker combines those filtered smartphone snapshots with its custom ordering proc...
, says he has the low-down on a new Vertu smartphone coming in February. It'd be the first release since Nokia sold the luxury brand to a private equity firm last year, and Eldar Murtazin claims the rumored switch from Symbian to Android is definitely a go-er. He also reckons the hand...
When Bill Gates first demoed his BASIC interpreter for the Altair, it seems a safe bet that he could've never guessed that his company would eventually be collaborating with the US military to introduce new forms of physical therapy . Thanks to Kinect , however, Microsoft and the Air ...
, but it looks like a European Bitcoin exchange will beat it to the punch. After working with French financial regulators, Bitcoin-Central has hammered out a deal with French payment processor Acoba and France's Credit Mutuel bank to become a payment service provider, which allows it ...
, but it looks like a European Bitcoin exchange will beat it to the punch. After working with French financial regulators, Bitcoin-Central has hammered out a deal with French payment processor Acoba and France's Credit Mutuel bank to become a payment service provider, which allows it ...
The military has come up with a multitude of ways to utilize robotics, from bomb disposal and recon bots to Avatar-like surrogates . But a robot that takes its cue from squirrels and African birds to deceive its enemies is decidedly novel territory. Researchers from Georgia Tech, who ...
We've known for months that HTC intends to upgrade the One X to Jelly Bean, but now it appears the update is finally going live, at least for folks in Taiwan. Members of the XDA Developers forum are chiming in about a 352.87MB OTA update that's available within both HTC's home country...
Well, BitInstant is insistent that it will launch a BitCoin debit card , but MasterCard is claiming it will not be part of the plans. After a mock up of the plastic made the rounds featuring the company's logo, the financial powerhouse felt it necessary to reach out to us, clarifying ...
debit card could be in your very near future thanks to the efforts of trader-backed BitInstant. That fund transfer outfit, dedicated solely to the digital currency , has partnered with an undisclosed international bank to launch a branded debit card within six to eight weeks. News of ...
debit card could be in your very near future thanks to the efforts of trader-backed BitInstant. That fund transfer outfit, dedicated solely to the digital currency , has partnered with an undisclosed international bank to launch a branded debit card within six to eight weeks. News of ...
Researchers in Singapore have managed to create high-resolution color images several times sharper than typical methods using a metal-laced nanometer framework. While normal inkjet and laser jet printers can reel out up to 10,000 dots per inch, this nanotech -based technique has a the...
