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In his book Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years, Jared Diamond offers a couple of explanations for the evolution of bureaucracies. One may be the physiological limit to the number of faces you can store in your mind as “friend or foe.” The other may have been the need for centralized irrigation in dry, lowland regions. He may be right or he may be wrong, but one thing is for certain – stable, overblown, crushingly oversized bureaucracies have evolved from the very dawn of history. They are big, bulky and decidedly analog. Continue Reading →

Intel recently showed off technology aimed at making our massive consumption of power more energy efficient. Using its Wireless Energy Sensing Technology, homeowners can monitor the power usage of each individual item over Wi-Fi. Intel hopes the same technology can be utilized to make data centers more energy and cost effective. Read the full article Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110609_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Intel recently showed off technology aimed at making our massive consumption of power more energy efficient. Using its Wireless Energy Sensing Technology, homeowners can monitor the power usage of each individual item over Wi-Fi. Intel hopes the same technology can be utilized to make data centers more Continue Reading →

According to the coordinator of the United States intellectual property enforcement, moving to the cloud could vastly help copyright protection. Services like Apple’s iCloud and Amazon’s Cloud Drive could theoretically prevent pirating if that was the only way we could access music online. That’s the governments hope, but the reality is that we can never Continue Reading →

Welcome to Shelly Palmer’s Technophobe’s Guide to HDTV — a very biased, highly opinionated, absolutely partisan instruction manual focused entirely on purchasing something you absolutely don’t need.   George Bernhard Shaw once said, “Every profession is a conspiracy against the laity.” And, retail television salespeople (most of whom also sell toaster ovens) have the added Continue Reading →

Intel showed off some new technology behind phones and tablets at its annual investor meeting. The design being called “Medfield” will allow your devices to sync with each other over Wi-Fi and utilizes flash memory for data storage. Intel predicts users will see a twelve-fold improvement in graphic performance by 2015. Read the full article Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110518_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] A new study reveals that 30% of all U.S. Internet traffic during peak hours is consumed through Netflix. While only 25% of broadband users have Netflix, video streaming has eclipsed every other form of Internet use since last year. The percentage will only increase, as broadband connections Continue Reading →

Intel and Aldebaran Robotics show off the Nao Robot on Live Digital. Continue Reading →

Intel recently announced an update that will completely change the way it creates processors. The company will now fit its chips with 3D transistors that utilize the space above a processor. The improvement in technology allows for 37% faster chips that consume 50% less power. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110505_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple recently released iOS update 4.3.3, which reduces the volume of information that is collected. If you want to stop tracking completely, turning off location services will now delete the file. But remember, turning location services off will affect any app that uses the information to provide Continue Reading →