“Dystopian films cover such a rich and wide variation of themes that picking the top 15 is just about impossible. Pretty much every film in which the future is shitty is considered dystopian, so that means everything from post-apocalyptic to corporate control to biological viruses. It’s a huge field, but here are doubtlessly some of [...]

“One of the most persistent myths about Windows is that you need to reinstall the operating system regularly to keep it running at top performance. Let’s take a look at the real problem and how to fix it.
Today we’re talking about the myth that Windows slows down over time, and how to solve the problem. [...]

“Their arrival heralded a new age of communications and they played a major role in the explosion of the internet. We’re talking, of course, about modems. Herewe look back on the development of this remarkable device.
When the US Air Force needed a convenient way of transmitting hundreds of radar images to command centres during the [...]

“An obsession with the end of our species as an interactive entertainment experience.”
Gaming After the Apocalypse (via IGN)

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“On the last day, they gathered for a group photo. They were videogame programmers, artists, level builders, artificial-intelligence experts. Their team was — finally — giving up, declaring defeat, and disbanding. So they headed down to the lobby of their building in Garland, Texas, to smile for the camera. They arranged themselves on top of [...]

“You might wonder, why can’t more movies be shown in 3-D? It would just take some post-production video rendering and a pair of stereoscopic glasses, right?
Actually, 3-D projection is a lot more complicated — and expensive — than one would think. In anticipation of Avatar, Wired.com paid a visit to Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco [...]

“Windows 7 is a big step forward from XP and Vista, but there are plenty of issues that it leaves untouched. If we were in charge of producing Windows 8 then these would be the areas we’d want to address first…..”
What Microsoft must fix for Windows 8 (via Techradar)

10 Technologies We Were Promised But Never Got (via Gizmodo)