Woz Plus Spock Equals a Geek Swarm

Apple co-founder and geek hero Steve Wozniak will share a stage with geek hero Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock. They probably won’t talk about how flash memory speeds up servers.
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How Siri Really Works (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Talking Science Fiction and Fact With Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson (Video)

Science fiction makes it possible to have a conversation about the future, Johnson says, by giving us the metaphors we need to figure out what we want and don’t want to happen.
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Larry Page Might Be Bill Gates+, But He Wants to Be Steve Jobs

Let’s face it: Everyone in Silicon Valley — one way or another — fashions themselves as the next Steve Jobs.
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News Byte

CBS Signs On for Netflix Latin America Trip

Another CBS Web video deal: The broadcaster will provide some of its old shows to Netflix streaming customers in Canada and soon in Latin America. The announcement is very similar to the one the two companies announced last February, which brought old shows like “Star Trek” and “Medium” to U.S. Netflix Web streaming subscribers. Which means it’s also quite similar to the one announced last week, which brought old CBS shows to Amazon streaming customers.

There's More to Life Than IT?

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Shocking Bieber Upset: Oil Spill Tops Twitter's 2010 Trends

Although World Cup tweeting caused record high volume and infrastructure demands on Twitter, the most-discussed topic on Twitter this year was actually the Gulf oil spill, said the San Francisco-based company tonight.

QOTD

“‘Star Trek’ really piqued my interest in technology. And that translated into an interest in search, and, for the last 20 years, I’ve been doing search.”

Google search guru Amit Singhal on sci-fi’s role in innovation

Apple iPad Event Liveblog

After months of feverish speculation and as many years of wishful thinking, Apple uncrated its tablet computer–the iPad–at an invitation-only event in San Francisco this morning. We’re covering it live with photos and text.

Almost Famous: Harold Smith IV of OWLE

We Skyped with Harold Smith IV, CEO and co-founder of OWLE, the uber-built iPhone rig that attempts to bridge the gap between a camera on a phone and camcorder. We talked gadgets, apps, “Star Trek,” the Apple stores and more. Enjoy Harold’s yellow suspenders!
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Tablet Schmablet: How About a Mud PC?

D7 Tech Demo: Immersion

Live Long And Proposition.