Entries Categorized as 'software & computers'

iPhone Survival Gear

Date November 20, 2008

It’s like a tale from Worst-Case Scenario:
It’s cold out but the only way to warm up is to have someone let you in the house. No one can hear you knocking in your deluxe faux fur mittens.

You whip out your iphone and try to call your friends inside but the touch screen won’t pick up [...]

Twitter…more powerful than Motrin.

Date November 19, 2008

 
The pain reliever, Motrin, lost a major bonding opportunity by poking fun at new moms who use baby slings and other “close to the body” carriers. A new online and magazine ad was pulled Monday with an apology on their home page due to thousands and thousands of twitter comments by outraged moms and blogs [...]

NC State develops ‘Internet for Energy’

Date September 12, 2008

The National Science Foundation (NSF) named NC State University as the leader of a national research center to focus on the development of technology to revolutionize the nation’s power grid and speed renewable energy technologies into homes and businesses.
NC State’s Centennial Campus will house NSF’s Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy [...]