Archive for December, 2010

First Photograph of Non-Existent iPad Mini Will Make You Believe... Or Not

Dec 22 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Oh, hi there. Remember that 7-inch iPad? Here’s a photograph of Taiwanese pop idol Jimmy Lin holding one. Yeah, I’m not buying it either. With all the trash talk Steve’s been giving the rumoured ‘Pad, it’s highly unlikely it could even survive at this point, if released. But that won’t stop the ‘evidence’ more »

UK Teens Buy Their Own Songs 6000 Times, Make Almost A Million Bucks

Dec 22 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Say what you will about these kids’ moral characters, but this is kind of clever. Uploading music to the iTunes store, a group of UK teens has been accused of using stolen credit cards to download their own tracks thousands of times – ultimately reaping almost £500,000 (almost $775,000!) in royalties. more »

ChromeOS Is Google's Next Attempt To Redefine Computing

Dec 22 by Navneet Alang | 21 comments

Now that the tech world has had some time to look at ChromeOS, Google’s new stab at an operating system, there is a lot of skepticism about the worth and viability of the move. While Google trumpeted the launch as the future of the OS, a lot of people are a lot less sure. Some, like Gmail creator Paul Buchheit more »

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

Dec 22 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

From the file labelled ‘stuff you didn’t expect to hear about today’ comes this puzzler: LG has announced that it’s teaming up with film score icon Ennio Morricone to produce exclusive ringtones and music for its devices. The music will come preloaded on LG’s entire range of smartphones, beginning with more »

Full Electromagnetics Ahead! EM Naval Launcher Test Successful, Will Replace Steam

Dec 22 by JD Rucker | add comment

Propelling a 5 ton jet to liftoff speed over short distances has been the key to US Naval success for 50 years and the reason why their aircraft carriers are unique. Their steam “catapults” allowed fast enough acceleration for launch. It was a good run, but it’s time to run out of steam. The Navy made more »

Microsoft Kinect Hacks Keep Getting Weirder

Dec 21 by James Mowery | 2 comments

Ever since Microsoft’s Kinect hit the market, it has been a hot accessory for the Xbox 360. However, it was only a matter of time before some clever hackers managed to break into its guts and use it to control even more than what had been initially planned. Now we have seen what those hackers could come more »

A Credit Card You Won't Be Taking Through Airport Security

Dec 21 by James Mowery | add comment

Now this is crazy. We’ve heard of credit card 2.0, but I don’t think we were expecting something so interesting (and so dangerous) like this. What we have now is a credit-card lookalike that is made of stainless steel that not only looks cool alone like that, but it also can be transformed into a small more »

No Groupon, No Problem: Google Hunts For Smaller Fish

Dec 21 by James Mowery | add comment

Google might of lost the battle with Groupon, but the Search Giant clearly feels that they have not lost the war in hyper-local deals just yet. Amidst their failed $6 billion takeover of Groupon, Google is now throwing out a line to smaller fish in the local deals marketplace. LivingSocial and BuyWithMe more »

Windows Phone 7 Sales: Who Said Numbers Never Lie?

Dec 21 by James Mowery | 1 comment

Microsoft was satisfied enough to announce that they had sold 1.5 million units of their Windows Phone 7 platform for the past six weeks it has been available. Not too amazing, sure, but it is a start. However, we were just thrown a curve ball when it was revealed that these numbers are not the actual more »

World's Biggest iPhone Erected in Honour of.... Lara Croft??

Dec 20 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

The iPad gets a bad rap from some people for being nothing but a ‘giant iPhone’. And really, that’s a little hard to deny – it sort of is. But the iPad’s got nothin’ on this. Behold, the world’s largest iPhone. Made of 56 iPads chugging away in tandem, this monolithic wall of iOS was erected to celebrate more »

Eat Your Heart Out, Kinect - Robot Arm Mimics Your Gestures

Dec 20 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

How cool is this? The answer, before you read any further or watch the video for additional information, is this: really cool. The Biological Cybernetics Lab at Tsukuba University here demonstrate a robotic arm that mimics a user’s movement via Kinect-like camera. It can recognize over 100 different hand shapes (after more »

Gmail Gets Merry: Free Calling FOREVER... Maybe

Dec 20 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

Hey, remember how much Gmail Calling happened to rock? Where Skype would have us toss them our spare change to call phones, Gmail flipped the proverbial bird, allowing this service for free… until the end of 2010. Well, the end is nigh, and many of us, myself included, are sitting cold and alone, more »

Motorola Takes a Jab at Every Tablet from The 10 Commandments to the iPad

Dec 20 by JD Rucker | add comment

The latest “buzz” in the tablet race comes from a video released yesterday by Motorola. “Tablet Evolution” walks us through a virtual museum with the progressing forms of tablet “technology” represented, starting with Egyptian Hieroglyphics. The format is clever, listing a positive element of more »

Black Friday was Strong, But Mondays Ruled Shopping on the Web

Dec 20 by JD Rucker | add comment

Cyber Monday broke the $1 billion mark for the first time as online shopping grew across the board in 2010. From November 1 through December 10, nearly $22 billion was spent through online shopping. With Facebook looking at eCommerce for businesses in an effort to become the hub for for online shopping, 2011 will likely continue more »