Archive for May, 2011

Slingshot reaches BFG status, and it would hurt you, badly

May 10 by James Mowery | add comment

In the war against zombies, the humans might be losing, but “The Avalaunche” might help sway the tide back into our favor, assuming all other weapon choices are exhausted. This bad boy packs the punch of a 20 mm steel ball — six of them, I might add, which fire at the same time. It’s sure to cause some more »

This future eco-friendly home is deadly, cramped, symmetrical, and awesome!

May 10 by James Mowery | 3 comments

All the things I want in the house of the future are represented in the Cube. It’s a 3 x 3 x 3 meter home that features a symmetrical box, a cramped living space (with an HD LED TV included), and a lawsuit waiting to happen if you’re in a hurry to go up or down some space-saving stairs. However, it is carbon more »

Sony: we are "uncertain" (have no clue) when PSN is coming back

May 10 by James Mowery | 6 comments

Sony was threatened, credit card numbers were stolen, gamers were frustrated, and Sony still doesn’t have a clue about what is going on. And yet the train wreck — also known as Sony’s PSN service — continues to take its toll on gamers. So, if anyone out there was hopeful for a return of multiplayer more »

Microsoft grabs Skype. Now what?

May 10 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

Microsoft announced this morning that they are moving forward with plans to buy Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement has been approved by the both boards. What does this mean for both companies? For Microsoft, it gives them proven technology that more »

Tumblr launches its own share button

May 9 by David Lux | 1 comment

Microblogging platform Tumblr has finally launched its own ‘Share on Tumblr’ button, following in the footsteps of other popular blogging and social media services. Tumblr’s share buttons will allow users to share content on their Tumblogs as a link, pull quote, photo, or video embed. The buttons more »

Luke, I am still dead.

May 9 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Just a little something to brighten your day. Lucas meets Sartre. more »

And you were never without internets again

May 9 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

In the market for a new computer? How does 25 bucks fetch ya? Cooked up by game developer David Braben, ‘Raspberry Pi‘ is a PC he’s hoping to market to teaching children the joys (or horrors, depending on which camp you’re in) of programming. So, what do you get for $25? Well, howsabout a 700MHz ARM11 processor, 128MB more »

Anonymous: "Sony, I am disappoint"

May 8 by JD Rucker | 3 comments

For the last two weeks, one of the largest security breaches in online network history has been grinding along. As of today, the Sony Playstation Network is still down. To make things worse, Anonymous, who claims to not be involved with these particular hacks, pointed their scowl at Sony today more »

Neurowear: Cat ears controlled by the mind

May 8 by Connor Livingston | add comment

Necomimi, a mashup of the Japanese words for cat and ear, is a new device that lets you express yourself visually through your thoughts. The ears, which you wear on your head, are connected to a strap that touches your forehead. By reading the electric impulses in your mind, the device attempts to more »

The Rise of Knowledge Workers

May 8 by JD Rucker | 2 comments

In 1975, Three Days of the Condor with Robert Redford highlighted the profession of CIA researcher, a non-combat, non-covert department of the spy organization. Redford played a standard “knowledge worker” who was propelled into the world of espionage. He got the bad guys, got the girl, and learned to shoot a gun. While more »

Amazon Cloud Player starts working on iOS

May 7 by Rocco Penn | add comment

When Amazon rolled out their cloud player, it streamed sounds from the cloud flawlessly on Android and the web but wasn’t working at all on iOS. It wasn’t a Flash issue, nor was there any indication why it was so. It simply didn’t work. That changed today. No announcements, no updates. It simply started more »

Because YouTube is just too damn fast

May 6 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

In a head-scratchingly bass-ackwards marketing decision, you can now send recorded videos to friends and family (and enemies, I guess – who are we to judge) via snail mail in the form of TV in a Card. Apparently born of a mind stuck in the late 90s, TV in a Card is what can only be summed up as the logical more »

When will smartphones replace our wallets?

May 6 by JD Rucker | 2 comments

Just as 8-Tracks led to tapes, tapes, led to CDs, and CDs led to MP3s, so too is that way we do our transactions changing. This is the early stage – it’s hard for most people to even imagine paying for things with their cell phones – but both technology and trending pop culture are pushing us all in that more »

Facebook fuels advertising growth with new social video ads

May 5 by David Lux | 2 comments

Facebook’s latest attempt at monetization includes video ads that are embedded inside games. The ads can be closed, but users that view that ads will be able to earn Facebook Credits — the company’s virtual currency — for watching the sponsored videos in their entirety. “It’s another way to get users to be more comfortable more »