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  • UW Researchers Create World’s Thinnest LED | EE Times

      The researchers harvested single sheets of tungsten selenide (WSe2) using adhesive tape, a technique invented for the production of graphene. They used a support and dielectric layer of boron nitride on a base of silicon dioxide on silicon, to come up with the thinnest possible LED. via UW Researchers Create World’s Thinnest LED |…

  • Windows Phone 8.1 shows up on Microsoft’s website, Windows 8.1 Update goes live early

    Originally posted on Tech News for Geeks: http://wimages.vr-zone.net/2014/03/windows-phone-8.1-ms-website-leak1.jpg Microsoft?s upcoming updates for both the desktop and phone versions of Windows 8 popped up prematurely on the company?s website.  Microsoft is expected to announce Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update (earlier known as Update 1) in early April, but both have managed to make an…

  • Gmail Traffic Between Google Servers Now Encrypted To Thwart NSA Snooping

  • Layar brings augmented reality and a QR code scanner to Google Glass

    Originally posted on Gigaom: Google(s goog) Glass got an unofficial augmented reality app on Thursday as Layar introduced its immersive platform to the wearable device. The beta software has to be downloaded directly from Layar’s website and installed manually to Glass. Once that’s done, however, you can simply say “OK Glass, scan this” to see…

  • AnandTech | Testing SATA Express And Why We Need Faster SSDs

    Even a PCIe 2.0 x2 link offers about a 40% increase in maximum throughput over SATA 6Gbps. Like most interfaces, PCIe 2.0 isn’t 100% efficient and based on our internal tests the bandwidth efficiency is around 78-79%, so in the real world you should expect to get ~780MB/s out of a PCIe 2.0 x2 link,…

  • Microsoft Office for iPad to be unveiled on March 27

    Originally posted on Tech News for Geeks: http://wimages.vr-zone.net/2014/03/office_ipad.jpg Microsoft Office for iPad will feature similar functionality as Office for the iPhone, with users requiring an Office 365 account for document creation. Satya Nadella is holding an event for the press on March 27 in San Francisco in which he is slated to discuss the details of…

  • Link to specific points in YouTube videos

    Originally posted on URMC Learn: Sometimes when sharing YouTube videos, we only want people to focus on a certain point in the video, not the entire video. To link to a specific point in a YouTube video, take the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WcUqxcWMes At the end, add &t=1m3s   (Replacing 1 with any numeric value for…

  • Feedly + OneNote helps you better organize your world

    I am a big fan of OneNote which was just released for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) today. Kudos to Microsoft for trying to get the word out and to get people to try it out. I don’t hate Evernote. I’m just an early adopter of OneNote on TabletPC going back to 2005. More competition…

  • The technical aspects of privacy – O’Reilly Radar

    The first of three public workshops kicked off a conversation with the federal government on data privacy in the US. by Andy Oram | @praxagora via The technical aspects of privacy – O’Reilly Radar. Interesting topic covering a wide range of issues. I’m so happy MIT sees fit to host a set of workshops on…

  • Virtual Reality | Oculus Rift – Consumer Reports

    Imagine being able to immerse yourself in another world, without the limitations of a TV or movie screen. Virtual reality has been a dream for years, but judging by current trends, it may not be just a dream for much longer. via Virtual Reality | Oculus Rift – Consumer Reports. I won’t claim that when…