The Bitcoin Wallet I Forgot I Had
A Senate hearing on Bitcoin regulation turned out surprisingly not-hostile, the price went wild, and it sent me digging through an old external drive for a wallet I forgot I had.
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The PS4's Blue Light Problem, Two Days In
A look at the small but real percentage of PS4 launch units bricked by bad HDMI ports over the weekend, and why that story is more interesting than another sales-numbers recap.
5.75 Billion Reasons My Checkout Page Should Be Embarrassed
Everyone's lining up for the PS4 launch today, but the number that actually stuck with me this week is the $5.75 billion Alibaba moved in one day for Singles' Day.
PS4 Reviews Are Up and I Still Cant Decide
PS4 review embargo lifted this week ahead of Fridays launch, and reading through them has me stuck between wanting one immediately and knowing better.
35 Billion Yuan in a Day (and My Backup Paranoia)
Alibaba's Singles' Day just moved about $5.75 billion in a single day, nobody I know here had heard of it, plus a mobile checkout rant and a CryptoLocker-induced backup panic.
123456 and Other Things the Adobe Leak Taught Us
Security researchers cracked open Adobe's leaked password file this week, and the most popular password on it was, predictably, 123456.
A Pound Lighter: First Week With the iPad Air
A few days in with the new iPad Air, why the weight drop matters more than any spec sheet, and two real complaints (no Touch ID, stingy base storage) amid all the Twitter IPO noise.
The More Interesting Story Isn't the Twitter IPO
Everyone's watching the Twitter IPO price tonight, but the more interesting tech story this week happened on a launch pad in India.
I Set My Alarm for 4AM to Watch India Launch a Mars Probe
I got up at 4am to watch India launch its first Mars probe on a shaky livestream, and I can't stop thinking about how little anyone around me noticed.
Buying a Nexus 5 Was Its Own Little Ordeal
The Nexus 5 launched last Thursday at $349 unlocked, but actually buying one from the Play Store turned into its own small ordeal. Early thoughts on the phone and on Android 4.4 KitKat.
349 Dollars Broke My Brain a Little
The Nexus 5 landed in the Play Store this week at $349 unlocked, and I spent the afternoon fighting a broken checkout page and rethinking what a flagship phone is supposed to cost.
Ordering a Nexus 5 Between Doorbell Rings
Ordering a Nexus 5 on launch day while handing out Halloween candy, plus a grumble about Adobe's breach turning out to be way bigger than first admitted.