Archive for July, 2010

Get Down, Get Funky, Get Moist - Only In Japan

Jul 26 by Ty Dunitz | 4 comments

After this morning, a regular fountain is going to have a seriously hard time impressing me. Built by KOEI Aquatic (I spent a grueling… like, six minutes trying to figure out if this is the same KOEI behind Dynasty Warriors – I dunno, guys), the fountain, inhabiting Japan’s Canal City mall in Fukuoka, more »

Apple Posts Motorola Droid X Death Grip Video

Jul 25 by Toby Leftly | 3 comments

AntennaGate continues, and Apple is determined to alienate every single other mobile tech company in the world in order to prove that its iPhone 4 antenna really isn’t that big a deal. With the Blackberry Bold 9700, HTC Droid Eris and Nokia N97 mini already displayed on their “we’re no worse than more »

The Queen Is On Flickr

Jul 25 by Toby Leftly | 2 comments

We are not amused. The royal family now has a Flickr account to add to their Twitter account and YouTube channel. While you may think the shared photos might be boring, portrait shots of the Queen and her kin, but actually the gallery contains some fascinating glimpses into the history of the royals. more »

Get This Damned Ubuntu Out Of Dell's Internets!

Jul 24 by Ty Dunitz | 55 comments

It’s as if a million penguins cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. Dell has dropped Ubuntu-loaded machines from their online store – a head-scratching play, considering their original declaration that Ubuntu is safer than Windows. The move comes after Dell posted a totally compelling argument for each operating more »

Flipboard Explodes to Life, Requires Waiting List

Jul 24 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

The other day, while digging around for the day’s news, I chose not to cover an iPad app that seemed to be grabbing a bit of attention. This iPad app was Flipboard, the social news doodad that presents your Twitter and Facebook accounts as a sexy analog of print media. ‘So what,’ I said, ‘it’s an app. Whatever.’ more »

JVC Flexes and Grunts and Scratches Its 'Pods With the UX-FH7

Jul 24 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

I’ve always hated iPod stereos – always these fruity little white folding egg-shaped dealies with questionable sound quality. I mean, I enjoy what they’re trying to go for, emulating the design sensibilities of Apple itself, but guys, it’s not working. Case in point. I like minimal, sexy things, but I demand more »

16 Techi-rific Google Logo Doodles

Jul 23 by Ransler Dier | 13 comments

When Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, wanted to do something creative with their logo back in 1999 to signify their attendance at the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada Desert, things were simple for the Google logo; just a stick figure stuck in the middle of the second ‘o’. Since that seemingly spontaneous more »

Insert Obligatory Magic Mirror Joke Here

Jul 22 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Look at that iPad you’re holding. All compact, and… portable n’ junk. Crap on that. Portable is for chumps. Behold the Interactive Mirror by Lit Studios. One part gigantic iPad, one part standard mirror, and three parts awesome, the Interactive Mirror is the brainchild of Alpay Kasal, and while he’s been more »

Voodoo Founder Says Microsoft Is Doing Gaming Wrong

Jul 22 by Ty Dunitz | 9 comments

I’m totally a PC gamer, especially when it comes to first-person shooters. I play Team Fortress 2 most nights of my life (Heavy, if you’re wondering), and I’ve even been known to pick up the odd bout of Modern Warfare 2. So this news gives me a bit of a shit-eating grin. My apologies in advance to the Halo-folk more »

Five Apps To Declutter Your Online Life

Jul 22 by Navneet Alang | 4 comments

Quick: how many tabs do you have open right now? FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE?! You have sixty articles you wanted to read and another nine million links you wanted to check from Twitter and Facebook? Oh my. You, my friend, have a problem. But fear not! You are not alone! It’s a problem we all have. more »

RIM Releases More Details On Blackberry 6

Jul 22 by Toby Leftly | 1 comment

Research In Motion is having a pretty good week. Apple tried to drag them into Antennagate but they fought back, and now some more details of Blackberry 6, the upcoming operating system update for RIM’s flagship product. Blackberry 6 features a new user interface, new social networking features more »

...And They Never Made Real Phone Calls Again.

Jul 22 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

And the peasants rejoiced; For iOS4 was released, and so did it support multiple tasks; And Steven smiled, for it was good. And for a time, it was good. And then, so too did come Skype v2.0.1, and so it did support the multiple tasks; And it did threaten with a totally scary voice, “[Skype 2.0.1] supports multitasking. more »

Twitter Wants To Beach The Whale Once And For All

Jul 22 by Toby Leftly | 4 comments

Twitter has always had problems keeping its service up. Although twitter only deals with tiny amounts of information, the number of constant reoccurring requests, particularly by third party clients via Twitter’s API. The Fail Whale sees way more action than he should these days, but Twitter more »

Unfortunate Thief Not Too Bright About Tech

Jul 22 by Toby Leftly | 4 comments

Yes, we’ve all read the iPhone theft/loss stories where the owner happily retrieves their lost phone, but I couldn’t resist posting this story about a thief who is not only ignorant about technology but also extremely unlucky. Horatio Toure is a thief who doesn’t know about technology. If he did, more »