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‘Spelunky’ Review: A Punishing Platformer That’s Always Changing
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What Would You Like Apple to Do to Your TV?
When writers dream of someday producing work that will change the world, they are not necessarily thinking about adding millions of dollars to a company’s market cap. But my old boss, Walter Isaacson, pulled off just that with his upcoming biography of Steve Jobs, as Apple’s stock rose $3 a share 3% on a quote that Jobs was on the verge …
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Watson vs. the Humans, Night One
Jeopardy spoilers—and boy, is that one phrase I never thought I’d type here—coming up next:
The IBM computer Watson began its brave effort to supersede humanity and thus elevate the level of sentience on Earth last night,* taking on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in the first night of a three-night Jeopardy competition. And I have to …
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Vacation Robo-Post: In Which I Surrender To the iPad
When the iPad was first announced early this year, I wrote a post explaining why, media junkie and Apple acolyte that I am, I was not running out yet to buy one. If you had “eight months” in your betting pool as to how long it would take me to finally cave, you win.
I had my reasons. I was taking a trip (the trip I am on right now) to …
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iPad: So Do You Want Some of This?
Steve Jobs finally unveiled Apple’s long-awaited tablet device, the iPad. Yeah, it’s a dumb name. Get all your jokes out of the way now. (They should call the 8GB version “Light” and the 32GB “Maxi,” the 3G version comes with wings, &c.)
The iPad is a lot of things—better-informed people than I can describe it for you—but it’s …