Day: September 25, 2013

Disabled gamer: The incredibly inspirational story of Keith ‘Aieron’ Knight

A filmmaker, browsing Reddit, reads about a popular League of Legends disabled gamer and creates a Kickstarter-funded documentary about him…….


BlackBerry bid will be financed, says Fairfax’s Watsa

After the struggling smartphone maker threw in the towel and announced its plans to go private, the man behind the buyout proposal Prem Watsa says he’s confident the deal will succeed…….


Supplemental OS X 10.8.5 update to address outstanding problems

Pending update from Apple should fix HDMI, Bluetooth, hard-drive sleep, and FaceTime HD camera issues in the latest OS X release…….


Samsung’s teased curved phone may not be what you think

Can’t wait to own a phone you can bend? Hold your horses. That technology isn’t here quite yet…….


Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source CRM/ERP System For a Small Business?

An anonymous reader writes “One of my coworkers recently left the company, and I had to take over most of his responsibilities, including the maintenance and development of a homegrown CRM/ERP system. The system has evolved over more than a decade under the hands of at least four different developers and is based on Microsoft…


T-Mobile US exec mulls merger with rival Sprint

Only a larger company can take on Verizon, AT&T, moneyman says……


Scientists Build Computer Using Carbon Nanotubes

trendspotter writes “Future computers could run on lab-grown circuits that are thousands of times thinner than a human hair and operate on a fraction of the energy required to power today’s silicon-based computer chips, extending ‘Moore’s Law’ for years to come. Stanford engineers’ very basic computer device using carbon nanotube technology validates carbon nanotubes as…


ShowerTunes: How I took a shower with the cast of ‘Fringe’

Crave’s Amanda Kooser takes a shower curtain with built-in speakers for a hands-on tub test…….


The next Steve Jobs isn’t Jeff Bezos — or so Bezos says

When you get a personal product walkthrough from Jeff Bezos, you learn a lot about the new Kindle tablets — and about the Amazon CEO himself…….


Target hits play on digital video service

Target Ticket lets users pick from more than 30,000 titles to buy or rent, including new film releases, next-day TV show, and exclusive Target content…….