Archive for March, 2011

Google +1 For Search, -1 for Social Media

Mar 31 by James Mowery | 6 comments

It’s another year, which means the time has come for Google to take yet another shot at social. They added another one to the mix, and I got to hand it to Google, this one is… different. Google is calling it +1 — yes, +1 is the name. It’s a new social feature that integrates into Google Search. more »

As Online Education Grows, Does It Really Make More Sense?

Mar 31 by JD Rucker | 5 comments

The pros and cons of educating students online have been debated since the dawn of the Internet. It has proven over recent years to be both successful as well as loaded with major flaws. As more students move online to get their degrees, is the value of the education considered strong enough to take more »

Everything You Know About Piracy is Wrong

Mar 30 by Navneet Alang | 1 comment

Piracy has become part and parcel of discussions about media and the internet. And everywhere in online discussion, from the biggest tech blogs to the smallest forum, people seem to have the same basic idea about piracy. Piracy is an evil that stems from entitled people wanting to get things for more »

All Dreams of New Apple Hardware at WWDC Are Destroyed

Mar 29 by James Mowery | 2 comments

Were you hoping for a new iPad, iPhone, or other Apple-related gadget at the almost-instantly-sold-out Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6? Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there isn’t going to be any. Apple has stated that WWDC 2011 is all about software. What this means is that iOS is likely to receive more »

NES System Within A Cartridge? Is That Physically Possible?

Mar 29 by James Mowery | add comment

Apparently it is, according to creative hacker who gutted an original Nintendo NES cartridge, purchased some parts, stuck ‘em inside, and managed to create a working Nintendo NES console out of it all. In fact, you actually stick a cartridge within a cartridge. It’s nothing short of amazing. I would so buy one of these in more »

Amazon Cloud Drive Changes Everything You Know About Music

Mar 29 by James Mowery | 1 comment

Watch out, Google. Step aside, Apple. There’s a new way to store and play music, and it also happens to be free. It’s all thanks to Amazon’s Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, and you can be sure that this could be a game changer. Before now, the most popular way to purchase music was to fire up iTunes, pick more »

Japanese Condiment Remover: Another Example of Amazing But Useless Technology

Mar 29 by JD Rucker | 1 comment

Have you ever spilled ketchup on a table and wished there was a way to pick it up in its current form and replace it intact somewhere else? Of course not, but that fact didn’t stop Japanese restaurant gadget builder Furukawakiko from inventing something that does just that. Despite racking my brain, I cannot think more »

The Next Frontier in Modern Warfare: Robotic Hummingbirds

Mar 28 by David Lux | 2 comments

AeroVironment Inc. is the nation’s largest provider of small drones, which are at the forefront of modern war tech. But the drive to make even stealthier vehicles for spy missions has led to the development of the battery-powered Nano Hummingbird. Specifically designed to look like a bird, the Nano Hummingbird more »

Rolltop - A Flexible Laptop May Be Closer Than We Think

Mar 28 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

You’re already watching the video, so let me break it down: this is Rolltop. It’s a laptop that rolls out. Pretty simple. And probably not the first one of these you’ve ever seen – but as the technology actually exists to make this a possibility now, it serves to make something like Rolltop all the more »

Will the iPhone 5 Make WWDC '11?

Mar 28 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Maybe not. Apple has now officially announced WWDC 2011, and the rumours are flying out of the mill faster than can be caught. Though Jobs n’ Friends have promised a ‘preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X’,it remains to be seen whether or not any hardware will be making the scene. The iPhone 5 might more »

The Cheese is a Lie: How Scammers Bait Their Victims

Mar 27 by Rocco Penn | 1 comment

If you haven’t received an email from a Nigerian Prince, you either don’t check your email enough or you don’t have an email address at all. The ways that scammers operate to get information or cash from unsuspecting victims is humorous to some, but anyone who has been on the losing end would argue more »

How the Internet has Evolved

Mar 26 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

Can you even remember life without the Internet? It has become such an embedded aspect of our lives that many young people couldn’t imagine not having it. In western society, nearly everything is in some way tied in through the Internet. This graphic by our friends at Grasshopper Group gives us a timeline of events more »

Look at the Pretty Seagu... Wait. Wut?

Mar 25 by JD Rucker | 2 comments

Man has been able to achieve flight for over a century, but we have never truly mastered the art and science that propels birds and other flying animals through the skies. The team at Festo has brought us one step closer with the “SmartBird,” an ultralight flying robot that achieves and maintains flight more »

Apple TV 3 Coming... Soon... ?

Mar 25 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

Suffice it to say that up to now, AppleTV hasn’t fared too well. The first iteration was crap (compared to the more recent version), and even then, the more recent version, while ironing out some kinks, has largely been pretty middle-of-the-road on its own. So what of Steve’s favourite ‘hobby’ more »