Posts Tagged ‘print’

Why (and How) Apple Killed the $9.99 Ebook

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

d097270dd8busted Why (and How) Apple Killed the $9.99 EbookPublishers joining Apple’s iBooks store are turning their back on Amazon and its vision of the flat $9.99 ebook. Apple forced the music industry to charge 99 cents per song, so why are they helping publishers set their own prices?

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More Apps, More Problems: How the iPad Will Change the App Store

Friday, January 29th, 2010

786ddaed5ex topp More Apps, More Problems: How the iPad Will Change the App StoreIt doesn’t really matter what you think of the iPad itself, because love it or loathe it, it will irreversibly change the landscape of the App Store. Here’s how.

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Five Best Photo-Printing Sites

Monday, January 18th, 2010

71de06041d091004 Five Best Photo Printing SitesDigital cameras are fantastic for letting us experiment, take tons of photos, and search for the perfect shot. Digital picture frames and at-home prints are often poor substitutes for real photos. Get a great print at one of these five photo-printing sites.

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There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook Readers

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

bf05f19a4ess top There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook ReadersA couple years back, we condemned digital photo frames as the spam of CES—this year, in the wake of the Christmas of Kindle, every company has its own ebook reader. And that’s a bad thing.

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The Larger-Than-Life Sex Lives Of Giant Women [NSFW]

Friday, December 25th, 2009

4921be2c6fhay 01 The Larger Than Life Sex Lives Of Giant Women [NSFW]If you’ve ever fantasized about Ginormica or the 50-foot woman, you’re not alone. “Giantess” porn is huge on the Internet. Witness massive (and half-naked) women stomping cities into rubble, and tiny men who adore them. And yes, it’s very NSFW.

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The Physics of Space Battles

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

cb3a2064c8big 01 The Physics of Space BattlesJoseph Shoer is a Ph.D. candidate in aerospace engineering, studying how modular spacecraft could be assembled, and hoping that they will be the telescopes and human exploration vehicles of the future, and not for crushing the dreams of Martian colonists.

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Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About Cameras

Friday, December 11th, 2009

371a56414clineup Giz Explains: What Everyone Should Know About CamerasTalking to a camera nerd—or even reading about new cameras—can feel like translating from a different language. But it doesn’t need to! Here, in this here post, is everything you need to know about cameras, without the noise.

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Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now

Friday, November 13th, 2009

4aa73727adst uni Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right NowAt TEDMED, I witnessed video clips showing science I never knew was so advanced. Dr. Anthony Atala has been growing human tissue and organs, in a lab, for nearly two decades. He’s even printed kidneys from a cell-stuffed inkjet printer.

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Is Choosing a Prosthesis So Different than Picking a Pair of Glasses?

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

d8b8d685c8lasses Is Choosing a Prosthesis So Different than Picking a Pair of Glasses?I think technology has evolved enough to let us be serious about the fact that a consumer of a prosthetic is the same consumer buying an iPod or glasses or a couch for their house. You want options.

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This Cyborg Life

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

36376467ealife2 This Cyborg LifeThis week, we’re celebrating the human body: the eventual machine, 4 billion years in refinement.

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