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Though Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of its latest gaming console, there are still many questions left up in the air regarding the quickly forming industry standards of the next generation of consoles. This includes software licensing methods, how physically interactive it will be, and what features many consumers would consider to be basic features that are expected. The change that has caught most people’s attention in what has been announced so far is the integration of TV and media content, making the new consoles just as much about services such as Netflix, Hulu, and streaming radio as they are gaming platforms. The new Microsoft console has been named Xbox One and their...

It is the end of the day and you have been stressed from the days workload. You're ready to just go home and spend some time with your family. As you're leaving, you remember you left your USB drive connected to your computer. Do you just disconnect it and stuff it in your bag or do you spend the time to safely remove it?

Your wedding day is arguably the most important day of your life, which is why your wedding anniversary is such a big deal. A partner that forgets to celebrate their anniversary is due in for a world of pain, as seen in classic sitcoms. How can technology help? Alaska Jewelry has helped by upgrading the token of marriage: The wedding ring.

            While most of my colleagues have made the plunge and installed Windows 8 on their work computers, I have only installed Windows 8 on a single home machine to date.  Still, I wanted to offer my first impressions of Microsoft’s new operating system from my own brief experience: I guess my first impression is more of a warning: Don’t let you parents install or buy a computer with Windows 8 anytime soon.  It’s not going to go well.  Microsoft’s decision to have 2 different primary interfaces (the more traditional desktop and the tiled “Start screen”) seems bizarre and confusing even after using Windows 8 for a couple of weeks. ...

The year is 2013 and we, as humans, continually strive to make things smaller, faster, and more efficient. Gone are the days of the rotary phone and the computer processing unit that needed a 12-by-12 room to use. Now we can call our friends halfway around the world using nothing but our voice via recognition software. So why are you still using a fax machine?