Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered the means by which a polymer known as PVDF enables capacitors to store and release large amounts of energy quickly. Their findings could lead to much more powerful and efficient electric cars. Continue reading
It’s a big week for Mozilla, as Firefox celebrates its seventh birthday and Firefox 8 hits the interwebs. In recent years, Firefox has lost ground to browsers such as Google Chrome. Yet Firefox remains a significant and important part of the browsing landscape. Continue reading
Google’s Chrome advertising push seems to be paying off, as the browser climbs closer to overtaking Mozilla’s Firefox. Since January, Chrome’s browser market share has climbed roughly one percentage point per month, while Firefox’s share has fallen by roughly 0.4 percent per month. Continue reading
In a previous post, I provided videos you could use to help out novice computer users. The videos were made by a few folks at Google and are also available at Teach Parents Tech. If you have friends or family … Continue reading
Ubuntu 10.10 released on 10/10/10 Ubuntu 10.10 was aptly released on the 10/10/10, on Saturday. Though this is only a minor release from the prior 10.04 major update, a few things have changed in the process. Mostly, the ‘cloud’ has … Continue reading
Here is a list of some more useful technology links from CosmoBC.com InTheBlogs (oldest first): Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary schools Children in the UK will now learn much less of the traditional school subjects such as … Continue reading
