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Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.
IBM’s vision of the technology world in the next 5 years
Every year, IBM takes a stab at telling the future by examining what they're working on in their 5in5 series....
This cake is not a lie
We normally don't look at cooking as a way to generate tech discussions or exemplify geek awesomeness, but this sort...
Samsung unveils the smartest window you’ve ever seen at CES
"Quite frankly, I feel like I'm in Minority Report and that's really awesome," said Ashley Esqueda from Mobile Nations. If...
Website owners, here’s how to protest SOPA on January 18th
Social news aggregator Reddit.com took the lead and announced that they were "going black" on January 18th to protest SOPA...
Visualizing the answers to the ultimate showdown: “Geeks vs Nerds”
For much of the 70, 80s, and even 90s, "nerds" and "geeks" were synonymous for most who used the terms....
90s kids in 45 years
If you ask older people today, many would use phrases of disappointment akin to "weeping for the future" or "I...
Samsung Galaxy Note starts the tablet/smartphone hybrid race
Those of us at CES know have seen a million gadgets and gizmos in the last few hours. We've seen...
Link’s Love Nest
Ah, young love. It warms the heart to see young gaming characters finding each other after a long quest and...
Ericsson’s vision of a “Networked Society” is beautiful, terrifying
There's a fine line between technology that enables a better world and technology that makes us head in the wrong...
Fighting America’s “Brain Drain”
The new global economy isn’t defined by the battle for the newest machines or precious ore, but a battle of...
Fun and frightful UFO video for the skeptic in all of us
Most people fall in the "maybe" category. There are others who are absolutely certain there are no extra-terrestrial UFOs, that...
Google tosses its hat in the political ring with Google Elections
With Iowa deciding on their choice for GOP candidate tomorrow, Google's timing is much better this election season to roll...
Internet killed the outlet store
The concept of "Factory Outlets" was a brilliant one. For better or for worse, they are dying a rapid death...
The major video game companies may be off the SOPA list but they still support it
It's one thing to distance your company from a list that had proven in the last couple of weeks to...
The face of mobile? One little girl appears in Apple AND Samsung commercials.
One of the most important ongoing stories in tech for 2011 was the incessant legal maneuvering between Apple and Samsung....
My faith in the US education system has been restored
Blogging can be rough (from a #firstworldproblems perspective, at least). You're constantly being attacked for your opinions, bashed for your...
“Blue Busters” video proves nothing, not even Apple, was immune to the 80s
Those of us who grew up in the 80s are well aware that the culture, attitude, and utter cheesiness of...
How Digg left its tech geek roots behind and embraced the mainstream
I was struck by something when I began reading Digg's list of its "Ten stories you'll be sorry you missed...
Flying robots that build things open doors to automated architecture
In the movies, it always start innocently. They are designed to help humans, to do the mundane or difficult tasks...
Apps are rising on Windows Phones. Should they be taken more seriously?
I'll never forget when my boss at the time showed me his shiny new Windows Phone. I liked the interface,...