Frequently, you’ll see a tech site – just like this one – tout a feature of some smartphone, PDA, tablet, or other mobile device by talking about what’s under the hood. “It runs Java.” or “It’s based on Webkit.” or “It’s developed using the Python standard library.” And at least some of you are out [...]
There is a game they play in Asia, which is called “Go”. Go is a very artistic game. It is played with black and white stones on a wooden board. The object is to surround the most territory. Go is unique, because, unlike many board games, the pieces in Go have no rank. Every stone [...]
Oh, the plight of the new mobile Internet consumer! Wandering into a mobile phone store, asking a simple question about some gizmo, and getting buried under an avalanche of buzzwords, and acronym soup. We gadget geeks do it without thinking; we run around hurling off those technical terms like they were a part of natural [...]
