When I dare put ‘rad’ in the headline itself, you know something must be goddamn rad as all hell. And this is, so you knew correctly. Fist bump. I refuse to give you any additional context for these pictures, because they say everything you need to know. It’s a(n official) Lego Wiimote. Or, rather: it’s a regular Wiimote, with Lego pegs built into the top and underside. Is that not the raddest goddamn thing in the universe? It’s not? Well, (s)he-so-tragically-born-without-an-imagination, consider the following: This + Mindstorms. Yeah, that’s sounding a little more badass now, isn’t it? Ya damn…

Strap in, folks. A week today (the 20th, if you don’t wanna hit F4), Apple will be holding a media event dubbed ‘Back to the Mac’. By the image, it would seem we may be seeing a new jungle cat enter the OSX family – Lion. That’s honestly all the info. Just a heads up to save the date, so you can watch Steve jump around and assimilate more buzzwords into Apple’s fold. ‘Magic?’ Please. I’m gunning for something even more spectacular. Like, ‘legendary’. ‘Mythic’. You know, something totally ridiculous. I’m vibrating like it’s Christmas, guys….

No one ever accused Trent Reznor of being anything less than tech-savvy, and his recent scoring of The Social Network is a shining contribution to the social networking sphere at large. I’m not sure if that sentence makes total sense, but I’m listening to said score as I type this, and it’s a hell of a sexy beast. Anyhow, Reznor recently rapped with Drowned in Sound about the film, his score, and Facebook in general, and had some (un)surprisingly snarky things to say about Zuck and his claim to fame. “Facebook is a good idea, I guess. Certainly, I don’t really use it that much, but it has got me closer to…

She has been called hypercompetitive, the queen of the search-o-sphere, and one of the hottest geek girls on the planet. Now, bloggers and tech magazines can add another title to the list: member of Google’s operating committee. It doesn’t sound like much, but it is. Only the top of the top of upper management for Google gets put on their operating committee, and Marissa Mayer is in. Google Inc.’s vice president of search products has helped to take the most profitable product that Google has ever created to the stratosphere. According to Bloomberg, her successful run will switch to another…

Unfortunately, it’s only a skit at this point. But if someone out there wants to make it, we will pay MUCH MORE than $3.99 for it….

The Palm Pre, Palm’s  last ditch effort to overthrow the iPhone as king of mobile and bounce back to profitability is getting an upgrade. The Palm Pre 2 is the first real announcement from Palm since they were bought out by HP, so it’ll be interesting to see what if any influence HP has over the new hardware. Details are currently light. All we know at this point is that the device will run the next version of Palm’s WebOS software, WebOS 2.0, and contain a 1ghz CPU and 512mb of RAM, kind of a no-brainer if you’ve been following mobile tech for the past couple of months. The Pre was a great potential competitor…

Now ‘ears one for the books – a large padded earpiece that attaches directly to your iPhone. You’ll look ear-ily trendy with one of these on your phone, and your delicate ear holes will be saved from wear and tear. Designer Robert Potter created his Earos concept in response to the minimalist approach to headsets by modern phone manufacturers. While this seems a bulky addition to the iPhone, it i true that Apple didn’t give much thought to comfort in their design process. Thanks Robert, this will be a ‘noise’ addition to my mobile experience!…

With yet another report stating that Android is actually outselling other smartphone platforms, it’s clear that Google’s smartphone OS is here to stay. And thank goodness. Android has been a boon to the tech world, driving competition in the smartphone market while introducing the benefits of those devices to way more people. Yet, despite it’s massive success, it’s also clear Android as a platform could be better. Compared to – yes, you knew it was coming – Apple’s iOS, Android is still lacking in some areas. Now, it’s not that Android should necessarily try to emulate Apple’s OS. Instead of trying…

Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 announcement is this infographic, showing how Microsoft has evolved in almost Darwinian style since 1985. All the old favorites are there – Windows 1, Windows 3.11 and of course Windows 95. As an infographics fan, this ticks a lot of boxes for me. It’s huge, for starters. The cute Darwin theme provides some appeal. After that, it’s really just a big image showing the history of Windows. But, you know, it’s still cool and stuff….

Since the beginning of the web, the scourge of developers and company owners alike has been the impossibility of finding the domain name you need. Everyone prefers .com addresses, but there re only so many out there. Add to that the annoyance of domain squatters sitting on huge portfolios of unused domain names in the desperate hope that someone might pay for the domain name of their choice and you realize the nightmare of picking the right domain name. But there’s hope for new business owners. ICANN, the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers is planning a dramatic re-write of the…