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An Interview With Ray Kurzweil

Sunday, 04 April 2010

In an interview with Techland, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts the existence of machines with human-level intelligence by 2029, offers advice to inventors, and discusses how you can prepare yourself for the very real possibility of human immortality in the not-too-distant future. Dr. Kurzweil will be delivering a keynote address titled “Acceleration of Technology in [...]

Posted originally: 04/02/2010

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Apple iPad: Eight Hours Later

Sunday, 04 April 2010
I've had about eight hours to play around with the iPad. Not much has changed since January when I first handled the iPad. But here are a few thoughts (including answers to questions from Twitter): • You definitely have to handle one before passing judgment. If you haven't then you should really keep your trap shut [...] Posted originally: 04/03/2010 Write comment (2 Comments)

Continue?: Games to Help You Stop Stressing

Sunday, 04 April 2010
Because gaming moves at the speed of light, it's easy to gloss over or outright miss the quirky, bizarre or just plain interesting elements that go into the games we obsess over. Continue? will be where we dig back into the used bins and back-catalogue stacks to talk about the trends, personalities and uniqueness that [...] Posted originally: 04/02/2010 Write comment (2 Comments)

Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal

Sunday, 04 April 2010
It's Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket. 10% ($0 to $8,375) Don't [...] Posted originally: 04/02/2010 Write comment (2 Comments)

In Which Penny Arcade Picks the Championship Monster Madness Matchup

Sunday, 04 April 2010
So, Tycho and Gabe from Penny Arcade dropped by the offices earlier this week in between book tour duties and we decided to ask them to pick the winners of our Final Four matchups for Monster Madness. Well, we asked them a bunch of stuff. This is the first of many Penny Arcade-related stories we [...] Posted originally: 04/02/2010 Write comment (2 Comments)