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Slate Magazine - Sep 4, 2008
At the turn of the century, Microsoft vanquished Netscape in the browser wars. For a while, that victory looked permanent. The battle had been ugly: A federal court found that Microsoft illegally used its Windows …
Slate Magazine - Technology - Sep 2, 2008
Disputes over line calls used to be one of the main joys of tennis—this, after all, is John McEnroe's game. But fans rarely see players explode in rage anymore. In high-profile matches (i.e., those broadcast on TV) …
Slate Magazine - Technology - Aug 27, 2008
A few months ago, I visited the optometrist for an eye exam, and, as usual, the doctor found that I'd grown still-more nearsighted and needed a new pair of glasses. The optometrist handed me off to a stylish …
Slate Magazine - Aug 25, 2008
In its ubiquitous TV ads, Apple claims that its new iPhone is twice as fast as the original version and just half the price. Neither is true. The half-price fib has been obvious for some time: When you add the price of …
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How your printer tricks you into buying ink and toner when you don't need it.Slate Magazine - Technology - Aug 21, 2008 I bought a cheap laser printer a couple years ago, and for a while, it worked perfectly. The printer, a Brother HL-2040, was fast, quiet, and produced sheet after sheet of top-quality prints—until one day last year … |
Slate Magazine - Aug 14, 2008
As Russian and Georgian troops fight on the ground, there's a parallel war happening in cyberspace. In recent weeks, Georgia's government Web sites have been besieged by denial-of-service attacks and acts of vandalism …
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The death of planned obsolescence.Slate Magazine - Technology - Aug 11, 2008 In 2005, a Southern California start-up named Sonos put out a multiroom digital music system, a gadget that sounds straightforward but was actually ahead of its time. Back then, music had already gone digital, but most … |
Slate Magazine - Technology - Aug 7, 2008
On Wednesday, the FBI released a raft of documents to buttress its case against Bruce Ivins, whom the government says bears "sole responsibility" for the 2001 anthrax attacks. The FBI says Ivins, the late military …
Slate Magazine - Technology - Aug 4, 2008
In mid-July, representatives of Microsoft traveled to San Francisco in search of people who hated Windows Vista. The company recruited 140 Mac and PC users who thought Microsoft's latest operating system was slow, that …
Slate Magazine - Technology - Jul 31, 2008
Most of the time, you can get along fine without in-car GPS. Your daily commute is marked by well-worn drudgery: You drive to work, to the store, and back home, rote trips for which you don't need help. And nowadays …