Archive for March, 2011

Amazon vs The Tax Man (with Roger Ebert caught in the crossfire)

Mar 11 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Whenever a state’s tax man steps foot on Amazon’s porch, they make a hasty escape out the back door. That’s been the modus operandi for a while now and Illinois is the latest victim. Governor Pat Quinn just signed a bill that requires Amazon and other affiliate retailers to pay the state’s 6.25 more »

Anorexic iPods of the Future Set to Baffle Even the Faithful

Mar 11 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Steve must’ve completely lost it. Not content to leave the z axis uninsulted, it would appear Jobs & Friends are still pursuing ever-slimmer, nigh-paper-thin iDevices, to the point of near lunacy. Check out this new patent, which details the construction of a new headphone jack design which would more »

Why I Might Be Out Of A Job Soon

Mar 11 by James Mowery | 4 comments

I have been blogging professionally for nearly five years — it has been my sole source of income. It isn’t by any means an easy career decision, but I make it work for me. But, as they say, all good things must come to an end, and I fear that the day of the professional blogger is no different. For now, more »

From Bits to Yottabytes: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Data Measurements

Mar 10 by JD Rucker | add comment

We’ve all heard of bytes, kilobytes, and megabytes for decades. The last couple of decades has put “gigabytes” into our vocabulary, while “terabytes” are become more commonly used lately. What about a petabyte? Zettabyte? It seems that as our understanding of data and our ability to quantify more »

Net Neutrality Rules Voted Invalid by House Panel

Mar 10 by Connor Livingston | add comment

A Republican-led House subcommittee voted 15-8 to invalidate the FCC’s net neutrality rules. The rules will likely stay in place, however, as the bill has to get through the full House (which it likely will), then through the Senate, then signed by the President. Even if the Senate miraculously more »

At Google: Choose Your Own Results

Mar 10 by Rocco Penn | 2 comments

Google has held the keys to their search for years. They’ve attempted to personalize and localize search, but it still makes it challenging to get the exact right results you’re looking for because of poor sites with strong search engine optimization. Now, the power is in your hands. Blocking more »

Microsoft's Kinect Trumps Apple for 'Fastest-Selling' Device Title

Mar 9 by David Lux | add comment

What outpaced the ubiquitous Apple iPad and iPhone in terms of sales? According to the Guinness World Records, it’s the Kinect for the Xbox 360. Kinect has officially become the Fastest-Selling Consumer Electronics Device. The device enables users to play video games without the use of a traditional controller. On average, 133,333 Kinects were more »

Three Things The Web Can Learn from Old Media

Mar 9 by Navneet Alang | 2 comments

It has become common wisdom in the tech world that old media represents an obsolete mode of thinking that should be discarded as quickly as possible. The attitude to physical, broadcast or film media could generally be summed up by saying “Newspapers? Print books? Those things are ancient and more »

Capture Your Entire Life With Your iPhone (Seriously)

Mar 8 by James Mowery | 2 comments

Lifelapse is an application for your iPhone that will take snap shots every 30 seconds, and, in turn, will give you an opportunity to replay your daily life. What does that mean, exactly? If you think about strapping a camcorder to your head and recording all day long, you have the idea. However, Lifelapse more »

T-Mobile and Sprint Considering A Merger?

Mar 8 by James Mowery | add comment

Rumors by an anonymous source reported by BusinessWeek are revealing that two of the top four U.S. wireless providers are considering a merger. This would combine the third- and fourth-place wireless carriers into one entity and could give both companies a fighting chance against the likes of AT&T and Verizon. It more »

The Kitchen Stove Will Never Be The Same

Mar 8 by James Mowery | 8 comments

This is something you don’t see every day. “The William” is a stove that puts all others to shame. It’s first magic trick is that it adapts itself to your cookware by providing 1,500 individually heated honeycombs that activate when placed on its surface. Each piece of cookware places on the surface then is assigned more »

One Billion Reasons Nokia Likes the Microsoft Deal

Mar 8 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Let the money exchange flow both ways. That’s what is starting to transpire in the Nokia/Microsoft deal and there are a lot of zeros involved in the transactions. Microsoft is set to pay Nokia Oyj over $1 billion for the development and promotion of Windows-based phones. In exchange, Nokia pays Microsoft for each copy more »

You're The Beast Around

Mar 7 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Straight outta the ‘Things You Probably Don’t Care To Know’ department comes Mark Zuckerberg’s new dog, Beast. Now, you might think this isn’t Techi material, but let’s get one thing crystal clear, here: this dog is immeasurably adorable, and if there is one axiom of the universe, it’s that cute more »

iPad Set to Take to the Air

Mar 7 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

It’s only a matter of time before the iPad erases print entirely. The Federal Aviation Administration has granted early approval for the use of iPads in airplane cockpits – meaning before long, we could see the end entirely of paper maps and charts aboard planes. It would seem commercial airlines more »