Apple Does Away With the MacBook
Look carefully at Apple’s new laptop lineup. It includes the new MacBook Air, but it also lacks something — the MacBook. Before Wednesday, Apple had three different types of laptop: the ultraportable MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro (in three screen sizes), and the budget-friendly, plastic MacBook. It seems that Apple thinks its cheapest option is [...]
Read MoreOmar Wasow: How a $10 Computer Changed My Life
BlackPlanet co-founder Omar Wasow recently spoke at TEDxBoston. The topic of conversation? How his parents decision to get him a Commodore VIC-20, instead of an Atari changed his life and inspired him to become a programmer. For those of you that might need a quick history lesson, the VIC-20 is an 8-bit home computer and one [...]
Read MoreSummer of Tech: Summer Computer Maintenance
It’s summertime which hopefully means that well deserved vacations are being enjoyed. This is also a great time to perform basic computer maintenance on your system that is often ignored during busier times of the year. Back It Up Backing up computer data is a lot like flossing. It’s something most people know they need [...]
Read MoreA Sight for Sore Eyes: Gunnar Optiks Review
As a writer, I spend a lot of time in front of a computer screen. Seriously folks, the hours of research, fact-checking, and writing can really put a strain on the eyes. Then I have the nerve to jump on a video game and play for countless hours on end. Did I mention I wear [...]
Read MoreDell Unveils the Most Power Gaming Laptop in the Universe
Well, maybe not in the universe, but with headers like “Indisputable Power” and “Pure Domination” on its website, you can tell Dell is feeling itself right now. But the PC giant is right. When it comes to computer gaming, it all comes down to speed, power and graphics. Those three things are the difference between going on 10-hour questing missions with your guild on World of Warcraft or resigning yourself to casual Facebook games like Mafia Wars. So with that in mind, it be nice to have a gaming laptop that can handle all the heavy lifting and look good doing it, c’est no?
Read MoreGoogle Sponsors Sixth Annual Spelman College Computer Science Olympiad
Google, for the second year in a row, sponsored the sixth Annual Spelman College Computer Science Olympiad. The Olympiad consisted of 16 teams from eight Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), or Association of Computer/Information Sciences and Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI) competing in five computer science-related events. One of the events consist of [...]
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