Archive for February, 2011

Guys... We Just Broke Science

Feb 18 by Ty Dunitz | 4 comments

And here is a visual riddle to help ferry you into the weekend – Escher’s Waterfall, come to life. I’ve been sitting here for longer than I should trying to figure this one out. Any insights, Techi readers? Or did we really just kick science in the teeth? Before some humourless troll decides to remind more »

Sony's 4-Step Plan To Destroy Apple

Feb 17 by James Mowery | 52 comments

Sony was, at a time, the most well-known name in consumer electronics, but the company has lost its mojo. It has been relegated to the middle of the pack while a company by the name of Apple shines brighter than ever. But does Sony have a plan to regain its former glory? I’m not going to claim to know what more »

Obama to Meet with Jobs, Zuckerberg, and Schmidt: Will the World Tilt on Thursday?

Feb 17 by JD Rucker | 4 comments

Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Eric Schmidt walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Hey, I’m Barack Obama.” Not funny? That’s because it wasn’t really a joke. The setting will likely not be a bar, but the four leaders of arguably the most influential entities in the world will be meeting on Thursday more »

How Pirates Can Save the Home Movie Industry (And Why Netflix is its Future)

Feb 16 by Navneet Alang | 10 comments

Unlike other ‘old media’ establishments like newspapers or the music industry, the movie business has been hit less dramatically by the rise of the web – despite the fact that piracy is rampant. Even though revenues from DVD sales have continued to decline, box office receipts have, at the very least, kept up with inflation. Unlike the catastrophic losses more »

Pixels. Old School.

Feb 16 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

Children of the 80s, beware. This video is bound to bring back the nostalgia that only an attachment to something that we spent way too much time on can do. Today, gaming is all about removing the variances and deviations from reality to make the gaming experience more than surreal – almost too real. more »

Apple Rolls Out Subscription Service on App Store for Content Publishers

Feb 15 by Rocco Penn | 1 comment

Apple rolled out a subscription service today that will allow publishers to put their content on apps and charge for them through the App Store. The subscription billing service is based upon what they and News Corp have done with The Daily. By applying the App Purchases billing system to a content subscription more »

IBM's Watson Ties on Jeopardy, Has A Glitch or Two [Video]

Feb 15 by James Mowery | add comment

IBM’s Watson supercomputer had its first shot at Jeopardy last night, and, overall, it went well. Watson had a few moments that made me scratch my head — and it was clear near the end that Watson was having some trouble understanding the questions — but he did manage to tie with one of his human more »

A Guy Creates, Models, Prints, And Plays An Open Source Guitar From Scratch!

Feb 15 by James Mowery | 1 comment

In a sign that the creativity of people is truly unbound, a guy named BÃ¥rd has designed, printed, and played a guitar that he created entirely on his own. He also is giving away the design for free. And you know what? It looks pretty sweet. Unfortunately, it won’t help anyone play the guitar better. more »

Want iPhone 5 Rumors? You Got 'Em!

Feb 15 by James Mowery | 4 comments

It’s another day in the tech world, and, as one would expect, that means there are more Apple rumors being spread throughout the Internet. There are quite a few (three, to be exact). With the iPhone 5 rumored to be a heavily upgraded device, any of these are a possibility, but some of them have even more »

The United States of Facebook

Feb 15 by JD Rucker | add comment

Drawing comparisons between Facebook and the United States is easy. Both are influential in their world. Both have leaders that are loved and hated simultaneously. Both have both the ability to generate tremendous amounts of money while skeptics still point to their eventual economic collapse. more »

No Escape: SIM Card Released With Facebook Integration

Feb 14 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Gemalto has released the first SIM card with built-in Facebook functionality – meaning pretty soon, every GSM handset, regardless of its base functionality, will have the ability to connect one to Facebook. Said a spokesperson for the social network: We worked closely with Gemalto on their more »

Civ IV Wins a Grammy!

Feb 14 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Tech-savvy folk the world over, stand up and show your propers – for the first time in history, a video game theme song has won a Grammy. No, the recipient isn’t Nobuo Uematsu (of Final Fantasy fame), and not even Koji Kondo (quick, think of any videogame song – chances are it was written by or derived more »

WP7 - Not Dead Yet!

Feb 14 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

If you’re not an iPhone-toting Macolyte, you may be following the adventures of Windows Phone 7, the little operating system that could – and in particular, Nokia’s recent decision to ditch Symbian (the little operating system that couldn’t) to the curb in favour of it. Most tech heads, shocked more »

Why Facebook Will Eventually Win the Social News Race

Feb 14 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

If you want to hear the bright side of a company, you ask the CEO. If you want to hear the challenges, you ask the COO (unless the company is failing, in which case you ask the CFO). If you want to hear the truth, you talk to the CTO. That’s exactly what the BBC did last week when they asked their customary three more »