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Video: SU tennis coach on team’s success
In this video, SU men’s and women’s tennis coach Randy Halfpap describes how he keeps his team focused.
Continue reading...Wave hello to user-friendly news aggregation
Monday, April 16, 2012
Wavii is your own personal internet slave. It runs around the world wide web every day looking for stories written on topics that interest you. It can save you time, keep you informed, and maybe even teach you something. This personalized news aggregation site uses artificial intelligence to scour the web for things you like, grabbing [...]
Continue reading...Fruit Ninjaddiction
Saturday, April 7, 2012
“I feel like the last New Yorker who looks at the world and people around me every time I ride the subway.” So says Steve Bolger of New York who posted this comment on an article by the New York Times about society’s obsession with handheld games. The paper highlighted games you can play on [...]
Continue reading...Allow pop-ups?
Friday, March 30, 2012
Last night I watched a show on VH1 called “Pop-up Video,” a television show in which producers insert fact bubbles, trivia, and quotes into a show or music video. The pop-up bubbles are referred to as “info nuggets” and are intended to entertain viewers. “Info nuggets” were first featured on a music video in 1996 [...]
Continue reading...The Rumble Seat
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Cadillac is driving ahead with plans to produce a sedan complete with a seat that alerts drivers of imminent crashes. This technological feat is accomplished by a special chair called a “Safety Alert Seat” that will be installed in General Motors’ 2012 Cadillac XTS. The seat features innovative technology that can detect potential hazards on [...]
Continue reading...Your boss has now been blocked
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Do employers have the right to ask for employees’ Facebook passwords? Facebook’s chief privacy officer doesn’t.The newly-public social networking site threatened today to sue employers if they request the passwords of potential employees. Lawmakers are already taking action. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) says he is currently composing legislation that would officially outlaw the practice, believing [...]
Continue reading...Why So “Siri”-ous?
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Apple is currently being sued in a class action lawsuit due to complaints with the new Siri technology. Frank M. Fazio, the man who filed the complaint, claims that Siri does not perform as advertised. “The iPhone 4S’s Siri feature does not perform as advertised, rendering the iPhone 4S merely a more expensive iPhone 4,” Fazio [...]
Continue reading...High Standards of Definition
Monday, March 12, 2012
Apple released the iPad 3 for pre-order this past Friday. But instead of being excited about the new features and sleek design improvements, some are debating whether or not the device’s name will contain the letters “HD.” Maybe it’s because they have nothing else to debate. Apple is known for running a tight ship and [...]
Continue reading...A Ten Dance
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The deluge of papers and projects due before spring break has begun, but many students at SU still consider going to class a priority. “It’s not that I’m thrilled to attend class as much as I’m thrilled to have a college degree,” said senior Greg Weston, a communications major from Montgomery County. “Not everyone is [...]
Continue reading...Nike Foamposite: Health Hazard?
Monday, February 27, 2012
Some fight for religion, some fight for politics, others fight to the death for fashion. Three riots erupted into the news this weekend. Senegal citizens protested the constitutionality of reelecting their current leader, youths in Nigeria engaged in riots that proved fatal for at least three people, and a Md. man was reportedly stabbed to death [...]
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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