Geek Coefficient™

It’s not exactly official, but should also surprise no one: According to a new study the psychological profile of iPad owners can be summed up as “selfish elites” while have-not critics are “independent geeks.” Consumer research firm MyType conducted the study, in which opinions of 20,000 people were analyzed between March and May. The firm’s [...]

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Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest mobile-phone carrier, will start selling iPhones to customers in January, Bloomberg News is reporting. Bloomberg cited “two people familiar with the plans” as the basis for its report. Verizon Wireless rival AT&T has had exclusive claim on the device in the United States since Apple [...]

“Silicon Valley police are investigating what appears to be a lost Apple iPhone prototype purchased by a gadget blog, a transaction that may have violated criminal laws, a law enforcement official told CNET on Friday. Apple has spoken to local police about the incident and the investigation is believed to be headed by a computer [...]

Henry Edward Roberts dies at 68; inventor of early personal computer that inspired Bill Gates. Roberts built the MITS Altair 8800, which had no display screen. Gates and childhood friend Paul Allen created BASIC code for the computers. Later in life, Roberts became a physician. Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, a developer of an early personal [...]

“Amazon.com removed titles from its Kindle store from publishing giant Macmillan Friday night in a dispute sparked by Apple Inc.’s new iPad. But the move is only temporary as Amazon said it would capitulate to Macmillan’s demands that it be allowed to charge more than the $9.99 e-book maximum allowed by Amazon. Apple announced Wednesday [...]

“Apple is holding an event on January 27th to show off something the company is calling their “latest creation.” Everyone thinks that this is going to be their Mac Tablet that has been all over the gadget blogs for the last few months. I think it makes more sense for them to release a Kindle [...]

Call it a “slate” or call it a “tablet,” the technology world is suddenly awash with a novel category of mobile devices seeking to grab the spotlight from a hugely anticipated product launch by Apple Inc later this month. Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell Inc, Motorola Inc and Lenovo Group Ltd are among the companies showing off [...]

“Microsoft’s new $500 million Chicago data center is one of the largest data centers ever built, spanning more than 700,000 square feet. But it’s also one of the most unusual, with its garage-like lower level optimized for 40-foot shipping containers packed with web servers, while a second story houses traditional raised-floor data center space. Microsoft [...]