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CausaLens gets $45M for no-code technology that introduces cause and effect into AI decision making

One of the most popular applications of artificial intelligence to date has been to use it to predict things, using algorithms trained with historical data to determine a future outcome. But popularit

Essential acquires email startup CloudMagic

Andy Rubin’s Essential has acquired CloudMagic, makers of the Newton email app, for an undisclosed sum. The news, first reported this morning, has since been confirmed by TechCrunch. An Essential sp

The Newton Messagepad that got away

This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand

The Top Ten Groundbreaking Slates

Tomorrow is a big day. Apple will be revealing a brand new product to the masses. While we don’t know what it will be called, we’re quite certain Jobs will be unveiling the much-anticipate

Apple brings back Newton designer, defines irony

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/249258227_4e4710db66.jpg">That fact that <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/apple">Apple</a> has rehired Michael Tchao, one of the or

Netbook + mouse = Newton Mogo Mouse for netbooks

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/mogon.jpg" />Is this not the most impressive thing you have ever seen? It's the Newton Mogo Mouse, a mouse for netbooks. <i>Very</i> fanc

Video: Meet IBM's Newton

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qdXkJVQUfM] This is a promotional video for a “home robot”, and it is awesome. You must watch this all the way through, and then you must comment b

Rumor confirmed: Wiimote-like controller coming for Xbox 360

A couple days ago we posted a sketch from MTV news detailing a new Wiimote-like controller for the Xbox 360. Today, 8bitjoystick has some more information about the device, more or less confirming it&

Time-killing list: Top 25 tech flops

[photopress:topflopsss.jpg,full,right] It’s a federal holiday today so you can look forward to a whole lot of soft news: predictions, explanations, funny videos that serve no real purpose and, m

Apple tablet is real, on its way

I suppose the previous rumors of a new Apple Newton tablet were true considering Asus has now confirmed they’re ‘helping Apple build a Tablet PC’. There’s no word on when or how far along the

Newton 2.0?

Excuse me while I cram this chunk of salt down my throat. Now that we’ve put that out of the way lets chat about the return of the Newton. AppleInsider has some insider info that a team of engineers