To-A-T is an application that uses an iPhone’s GPS feature to locate the closest MBTA subway or bus stop, and tell users when next train or bus will arrive. (Boston Globe, 11/8/09)
E Ink devices Smartphones and netbooks may be the best things that ever happened to multimedia junkies, who can now watch movies and play games wherever they like. (Boston Globe, 11/8/09)
Excerpts from the Globe’s environmental blog. You’ve probably heard about the dreaded Asian longhorned beetle wreaking havoc - and forcing the cutting down of some 25,000 trees - in the Worcester area. (Boston Globe, 11/8/09)
On many adapters, particularly the ones that power my home computer and laptop, there’s a “lump’’ in the cord close to the end that supplies power to the computer. What’s the lump’s purpose? (Boston Globe, 11/8/09)
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. (Boston Globe, 11/8/09)