Archive for June, 2010

iPhone 4 Gets Shot, Microwaved - Y'know, Phone Stuff

Jun 30 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

Cripes, people, it hasn’t even been a week yet. Apple’s working on a fix, alright? I promise. There’s no need to show this level of hostility right outta the gate. Jeez. Some people. I TELL YA. Anyway, the headline pretty much says everything that needs to be said – you came for some iPhone phuck-uppery, more »

Four Ways the Web Helps Challenge Authority

Jun 30 by Navneet Alang | 1 comment

Today, new developments in media and technology are almost always about making people’s lives easier and more fun. Social networks let us stay in touch with our friends and family quickly and easily. Advancements in video games let us immerse ourselves in increasingly compelling worlds. And more »

Infinite USB? Right On! And on, and on, and on...

Jun 30 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

The word ‘infinite’ is pretty versatile – infinite wisdom, infinite kung fu, infinite shrimp buffet. It’s a buzz word, and one that can make one stand in awe of whatever it is making a claim of infinity. Infinitec has it in their goddamn company name, so it stands to reason they’re hoping your aforementioned more »

She Deafened Me With Science: DJ LHC Spins Its Own Hits

Jun 30 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

IDEA TIME: Let’s stop talking about iPads and shit for a minute, yeah? Yeah. Let’s just rap about this and then I swear I’ll show you a cool case or something, alright? Just settle down, we’ll get back to your regularly-scheduled mobile-and-mobile-accessories in a second. Y’know the Large Hadron more »

iPhone 4 Signal Saga Continues - Did Apple Know?

Jun 30 by Ty Dunitz | 16 comments

News of the day seems to be a series of job postings at Apple – no less than eight – for antenna engineers. Posted on June 23rd, the day before the launch of iPhone IV (or, 4, if you’re not into epic things), the postings raise some suspicion about the alleged signal failure problem, and whether or not more »

Exploring The Dark Side of Technology

Jun 29 by James Mowery | 9 comments

Feelings are hurt and lives are ruined on a daily basis because criminals are taking advantage. They’re taking the very tools and technologies we have thought of as good, and using them to do great evil. Unfortunately, as the world’s reliance on technology grows, the dark side of technology more »

Microsoft Unleashes The Archivist

Jun 29 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Microsoft’s MIX online lab actually contains some pretty cool stuff. Take The Archivist, for example. Microsoft’s newest MIX online project is still in alpha, but shows immense promise. The Archivist is, at it’s most simplest, a tool for searching Twitter. Enter a word or term or either including a Twitter more »

Early Images and News About Windows 8 Leaks

Jun 29 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Microsoft has been bragging recently, but deep down its still hurt and offended that some of you prefer Apple toys. Some leaked documents provide some insight into Windows 8 and the thinking behind it, and apparently Microsoft wants its users to think of its products just like they do Apple’s. A minor service pack more »

Playlistify, Does Exactly What It Says On The Tin

Jun 29 by Toby Leftly | 3 comments

Playlistify is one of those unfortunately rare products that does exactly what the name suggests. That’s right, Playlistify “playlistifies” your playlists. As creator Roeland Landegent explains in the video above, Playlistify allows you to take lists of songs from anywhere – iTunes, Winamp, more »

Google Alters Its Approach To China After Beijing Complains

Jun 29 by Toby Leftly | add comment

For those of you following the Google Vs. China melodrama, you know the internet giant is doing its best to walk a fine line between revolutionizing search in China and getting kicked out. So far, Google’s tactic has been to redirect users from its google.cn page to google.com.hk, effectively more »

Lists For The Masses By The Masses

Jun 28 by Ransler Dier | add comment

Lists are everywhere on the Internet and everyone seems to have an opinion about how the items are ranked therein or just all out disagree with the choices. Thankfully, Listiki has come up with a way for everyone to be happy while allowing everyone’s opinion to be addressed. Listiki is a new site just fresh more »

AT-T Day Afternoon Video Shows a Day in the Life of an AT-T

Jun 28 by Angela West | 2 comments

Patrick Boivin, a French Canadian autodidact director, shows us all what it is like to be a happy-go-lucky AT-T, if just for an afternoon. more »

iOS4 Multitasking - What You Need To Know

Jun 28 by Jon Edwards | 2 comments

Is this you? You updated your iPhone to iOS 4 and now you’re looking to multitask — and it isn’t working? What’s going on? Here’s what you need to know. With iOS 4, multitasking is already here, but in order to use it developers must update their apps to support this new feature. (We have a short list of multitasking-enabled apps at the end of this more »

6 Outstanding Sim Games For iPad and iPhone

Jun 28 by Jon Edwards | add comment

The great thing about Apple’s portable devices for fans of simulation games is that you can actually live more of a life while spending almost every waking moment tweaking some setting or researching new technology, or exploring a series of bad decisions as you go to war with your neighbor. This more »