Archive for January, 2011

The iPhone 4's Delay Was Caused by... Paint

Jan 31 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

The Woz has let fly a rumour that the iPhone 4′s delay is, in fact, due to the paint, of all things. During an appearance on The Engadget Show Live! last night, Woz explained that the painting process being used was allowing light to leak in and cause issues with camera performance. But those of you still clinging more »

Egypt: Why the Web is Broken (And Why We Can't Fix it)

Jan 31 by Navneet Alang | 3 comments

The recent events in Egypt have, among other things, been inspiring, terrifying and remarkable. But though the political situation is obviously the story here, this hasn’t stopped many from commenting on the role the internet and social media have played. Of course, we also know that Egypt very more »

Old Laptop Into Digital Frame? Sure, Why Not?

Jan 31 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Erik Pettersson isn’t about to spend over 100 dollars on a lame, featureless digital frame. And why should he, when he’s got an old laptop and a nice, modern picture frame from IKEA? Don’t answer that. This is too cool to suffer your smarmy comments. Running on Ubuntu, the once lap-worthy machine more »

Xserve: The Short Goodbye

Jan 31 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

In case you just can’t get enough of Apple’s Xserve, you’d better take some time out to order a few – like right now – for today is the last chance you’re gonna have. You’ll recall back in November, when Apple announced the end of Xserve – how time flies.  Maybe you won’t, but either way, it’s over. In case you’re still more »

Dear Apple: Why Do You Hate Porn?

Jan 31 by James Mowery | 7 comments

Over 40 million Americans visit porn sites. Men aged 18 to 24 account for roughly 70 of this audience. One out of three is female. And the fascinating thing is that Sunday is considered primetime for pornography. But you don’t care, Apple, and that is a problem. So let me ask you a question, Apple: more »

17 Years Ago, "What is 'Internet'?" Was Asked on The Today Show

Jan 30 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

Has it really only been 17 years? Apparently, Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel had no idea what the Internet was, or even for certain what “@” meant. We can watch this video and laugh now, but this thing that seems to have engulfed many of our lives was a mystery to most less than 2 decades ago. Just goes more »

Why the Internet Kill Switch is a Really, REALLY Bad Idea

Jan 29 by Rocco Penn | 3 comments

There are certain things, particularly in politics and technology, that seem to make sense on the surface. Take, for instance, the rejuvenated legislation they’re considering putting back on the table that would grant the President of the United States the power to “kill” the Internet in times of extreme crisis. Makes sense, more »

How Technology has Changed the Tax Dynamic

Jan 29 by JD Rucker | add comment

The phrase “file your taxes” is quickly becoming obsolete. Technology is becoming the driving force behind the yearly process that once required calculators, pens, and a guide book. The sale of stamps is even down during tax season (a funny thing since tax return envelopes do not require stamps). more »

If You Hate Twitter, Charatter Bear Will Surely Keep It That Way

Jan 28 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Some people just don’t like Twitter – and can they be blamed? An ever-shifting sand of mostly-idle information, a Twitter account following even less than 50 people can be a terrible, cacaphonous racket of nothing in particular. So how would you like to have every tweet read aloud to you? Japanese more »

Rapper T-Pain Reps Facebook - Forever

Jan 28 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Among the list of things I believe I can speak on behalf of everyone at Techi about, it’s that we were probably never going to talk about popular rapper and pop culture curiosity T-Pain. Colour us all the most vibrant hues of wrong. Pouring his poetic mastery of the English language into Twitter’s more »

Philips Introduces First Wireless HDMI Blu-ray Player

Jan 27 by David Lux | add comment

Everything seems to be going wireless, and that trend was obvious at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Philips unveiled what’s likely to become one of the hottest solutions for wireless entertainment, the world’s first wireless HDMI Blu-ray player. The BDP7580 not only features wireless HDMI, but it boasts more »

Ray Kurzweil's Tech Predictions Have Been Eerily Accurate

Jan 27 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

The Wall Street Journal called him “the restless genius.” Forbes said he was “the ultimate thinking machine.” by Forbes magazine. Inc. Magazine proclaimed him the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison.” Author. Inventor. Futurist. Freak? If you don’t know Ray Kurzweil, you should definitely read more »

Netflix Integrating with Facebook, Splitting Households Into Users

Jan 27 by Connor Livingston | add comment

After failing miserably and discontinuing their attempt at “going social” last year, Netflix is giving it another run. This time, they’re getting help from a company that has experience in social media. Their integration will be with Facebook. You may have heard of them. Wednesday, Netflix more »

Google Censoring Torrent Search Suggestions: 7 Terrible Things They Don't Censor

Jan 27 by JD Rucker | 91 comments

Google’s war against torrents is being kept quiet. No announcements. No press releases. You will only find the story in blogs that are carefully watching. In essence, Google is removing keywords from their Suggest and Instant results so that they are no longer recommended when people start typing more »