Author: Toby Leftly

Toby is a Mac nerd, a hardware nerd and a web nerd, rolled into one. You can find him at accentmedia.ca or on Twitter.

Palm Pre Two On The Way

The Palm Pre, Palm’s  last ditch effort to overthrow the iPhone as king of mobile and bounce back to profitability is getting an upgrade. The Palm Pre 2 is the first real announcement from Palm since they were bought out by HP, so it’ll be interesting more »

Giant Cushion Protects Your Delicate Ears From Your iPhone

Now ‘ears one for the books – a large padded earpiece that attaches directly to your iPhone. You’ll look ear-ily trendy with one of these on your phone, and your delicate ear holes will be saved from wear and tear. Designer Robert Potter created more »

Microsoft Through The Ages, An Infographic

Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 announcement is this infographic, showing how Microsoft has evolved in almost Darwinian style since 1985. All the old favorites are there – Windows 1, Windows 3.11 and of course Windows 95. As an infographics fan, more »

Dot Com Could Become Dot Anything

Since the beginning of the web, the scourge of developers and company owners alike has been the impossibility of finding the domain name you need. Everyone prefers .com addresses, but there re only so many out there. Add to that the annoyance more »

GPS Navigation Goes Small Scale

The world is getting smaller, but not fast enough for Nokia. The Finnish tech giant has been working on small scale GPS technology it calls ‘Location Indoors’. While it may seem like a step backwards, the tech is actually quite innovative. Exhibitions more »

Ga Ga Goo Goo.. 73% Of Toddlers Are Digitally Active

According to computer security firm AVG, 73% of kids under the age of 2 have an online presence of some kind. Obviously these aren’t child geniuses who have figured out how to bypass the Windows login window, but insipid new parents who think it’s more »

Oh Come On! Now Google's Making Self-Driving Cars

Google is innovating so quickly, at this rate we might actually have flying automobiles by the end of 2010. But in the meantime, how about just a car that drives itself? You could see this one coming a mile off. Google has itself a self-driving more »

New Tech Could Create Textured Touch Screens

We all know the problem with touch screens. You can’t text under the table while you’re in a meeting. Or while you’re driving. Or while you’re doing anything other than watching the screen carefully to ensure that the letter you tapped is the more »

Verizon Disses Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 is almost upon us and Microsoft is confident that it’s going to catapult them right back into the mobile space. Some aren’t so sure though, including Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam. In a recent interview with CNET, McAdam openly disses more »

Zuckerberg Takes Staff To See The Social Network

It appears the hype around the Facebook movie The Social Network has climaxed, as the one person who stated he would never see the movie has finally caved. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s privacy-hating CEO and the focus of the new hit movie decided more »

Liquid-Proof Tech Has Arrived

This is bizarrely charming and cute and funny, yet at the same time practical and innovative. Everyone know the inherent danger of electronics and liquids. Cell phones, laptops and hundreds of other expensive devices entrenched in our daily more »

ZX Spectrum iPhone Emulator!

Holy shit. My heart leapt when I saw this piece, and I’m sure any nerd worth his taped glasses will feel the same. The headline of this article doesn’t really leave much to the imagination, but two words stood out for me when reading this piece: more »

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