March 2, 2010
As I’ve written before, date and time calculations are surprisingly difficult. What’s more, even the bits that aren’t difficult often get messed up. Sony have just demonstrated this.
Apparently, a firmware bug in the real time clock in some models of PS3 lead the RTC to think that 2010 is a leap year. This confused the [...]
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February 13, 2010
Reflections on the Google Buzz fiasco, a few days on.
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August 31, 2009
WIRED magazine has finally noticed that the long term trend for technology is cheap, simple and ubiquitous.
Back in the 1990s everyone was excited about “cyberspace”. We were going to build a whole new world in virtual reality, with virtual banks, virtual shopping malls, and virtual libraries. We would drive around in virtual cars and be [...]
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March 25, 2009
Is OnLive going to kill the video game console and the gaming PC?
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