Acer founder Stan Shih on Friday said that tablets like Apple’s iPad and ultrabooks like those in the works from numerous Intel partners — including Acer — are a “short-term phenomena.†@TatWZA @YJB
Tech Talk News: Google’s Self-Driving Car Gets into an Accident
One of Google’s famous self-driving cars has reportedly been involved in one of its first traffic accidents.The accident occurred near Google’s Mountain View headquarters in California. According to a report from Jalopnik, the accident involved two Toyota Priuses. It looks like the Google self-driving car rear-ended the other Prius, at least from our initial assessment of a photo Jalopnik published. @TatWZA @Yungjohnnybravo
Tech Talk Space: Video Captures Expansion Of The Universe
How fast is the universe expanding? We could give you a number, but it’d be meaningless to those of you who aren’t Stephen Hawking. So here’s a video. Prepare to have your mind blown straight into orbit @TatWZA @Yungjohnnybravo
Tech Talk News: F-16 Goes Off Runway!!!!
A scary moment at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh Thursday as an F-16 fighter jet slid off the runway and crashed into the grass.All morning you could see and hear two F-16 fighter jets tearing through the sky.Just after 11 A.M., as the two Alabama Air Guard jets were coming in, one of those seemed to be going too fast to stop in time and ran out of runway.Witnesses said it looked like trouble from the moment the jet touched down. @TatWZA @Yungjohnnybravo
Tech Talk Gaming: Casual Mode Returns in Gears of War 3
The deluge of news from Comic-Con continues to, uhm, luge, even as the convention’s end draws closer and closer. Game Informer reports that Epic’s forthcoming Gears of War 3 will continue the series’ tradition of offering an aim-assisted Casual Mode for players who aren’t well versed in the delicate art of chainsaw sculpting. @Yungjohnnybravo @TatWZA
Tech Talk Cars: GM Announces Real-World Smart-Grid EV Pilot
Hundreds of Chevrolet Volt drivers will participate in a first smart-grid pilot in an effort to increase energy efficiency and offer lower charging costs, GM said. Modeled after nationwide programs that allow utility companies to stop and start participating customers’ home air conditioning units as needed when electricity demand is high–reducing electricity bills, GM and OnStar’s smart-grid solution builds on this concept, but to a much more advanced and sophisticated level, GM said. @YungJohnnybravo @TatWZA
