Remind Me Again Why We Practice Daylight Savings? [Energy]
March 14th 2010
On Google Buzz’s Awkward Launch [Blockquote]
March 14th 2010
Google Buzz Is the Polar Express of Social Networks [Blockquote]
March 13th 2010
Celsius X VI II’s Mysterious Mechanical Cellphone Gets Slightly Less Mysterious [Mechanics]
March 13th 2010
FujiFilm Finepix Z700 Point-and-Shoot Is the First To Offer Pet Detection [DigitalCameras]
March 13th 2010
Inside the Apple-Google War: It’s Personal [Applegooglewar]
March 13th 2010
Apple Will Replace Dead Battery iPads For $99 [Ipad]
March 13th 2010
How To: Turn Your Web Apps Into Real Apps [How To]
March 13th 2010
Netflix’s Million Dollar Contest Shut Down Amidst Privacy Concerns [NetFlix]
March 13th 2010
Verizon Wireless and Casio team-up to release nigh-invulnerable G’zOne Brigade
March 13th 2010
You only need to take one look at Verizon Wireless and Casio’s latest mobile phone to know it’s not aimed at Facebooking teenagers, Foursquaring metrosexuals or sleek businessmen: the Casio G’zOne Brigade Cellphone is a shockproof, water resistant handset aimed at business customers heavily involved in industries like construction, public safety and utilities.
It really [...]
Valve’s Gabe Newell cautions industry about DRM
March 13th 2010
At this year’s Game Developer’s Choice Awards at the annual Games Developer Conference, Valve Software’s Gabe Newell won a much deserved Pioneer Award. During his acceptance speech, he used the opportunity to send a message to developers and producers: DRM just isn’t good for business.
According to Newell, DRM adds negative worth to products. “One thing [...]
Five Foot Lego Blackberry Adds Punchline Functionality [BlackBerry]
March 13th 2010
Will the iPad’s text-to-voice eBook feature cause issues with book publishers?
March 13th 2010
A few previously unknown details have emerged in the wake of yesterdays’ iPad pre-order frenzy, but this might be the iPad killer feature that causes Apple the most trouble: according to Apple’s own documentation, the iPad will happily read all ePub format eBooks outloud to you, if you want it to.
Under a heading on the [...]
Toshiba Satellite U505 Video Overview
March 13th 2010
Toshiba kindly sent not one, but two evaluation notebooks and today I’m sharing a short video look at the Satellite U505. This 13.3″ device runs $799 as configured and is powered by Intel Core i3 platform. Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium is included as is 4 GB of DDR3 memory and a 500 GB hard drive. Toshiba offers a nice complement of ports ranging from ExpressCard above the audio jack to a combo eSATA/USB interface, plus a Sleep-and-Charge function for external devices.
I find the multitouch trackpad to be a little small for my taste initially, but perhaps I’ll feel differently after using it for a few days. From a personal preference standpoint, I like the wireless radio switch. More to follow as I put the U505 through the paces, and stay tuned for an overview of the other evaluation notebook too.
Bioshock 2’s latest DLC was already on the disc
March 13th 2010
Bioshock 2’s multiplayer is surprisingly great, and while I’m currently away from my Xbox 360, the release last week of the new Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack had my interest piqued: it promised a maximum rank increase up to level fifty, with rank rewards including a third set of weapon upgrades, as well as twenty new [...]
FCC wants to name broadband internet as the country’s communication backbone
March 13th 2010
On Tuesday, the Internet began rumbling that the FCC was planning to outline a bold new plan potentially offering free or subsidized Internet to every United States citizen by freeing up a section of the wireless spectrum.
It sounded a bit too good to be true at the time, but the New York Times is now [...]
Apple’s iPad Will (Perhaps Controversially) Read E-Books Aloud [Ebooks]
March 13th 2010
Google Reportedly 99.9 Percent Sure To Shut Down Its Chinese Search [Censorship]
March 13th 2010
Though the last we heard, Google was nearing a compromise that would allow them to stop censoring their Google.cn results, the Financial Times is reporting that they are almost certainly going to close their Chinese search engine. Since their initial ultimatum in January, Google and China have traded vague statements about reaching a compromise, but, unsurprisingly, talks haven’t produced a mutually agreeable solution. [Financial Times] More »
Researchers discover way to encode WiFi into blue LEDs
March 13th 2010
According to a group of German researchers, a WiFi router’s not the only way to get wireless internet in your home or apartment: the very light spilling out of the lamps around your house can do the same trick.
The team, lead by Jelena Vučić, a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, have discovered a [...]
Asus ditches physical recovery media in all Eee PC netbooks
March 13th 2010
If anything goes wrong with your Eee PC netbook, Asus is actually pretty good about giving you the easy ability to restore it to factory settings.
You’ve got two options: if your operating system goes funny, you can do one of the following. The first option you have is the easiest: you can just hold [...]