Author: Ty Dunitz

Ty is an illustrator who stays up too late, and has to wear glasses. You can follow him on Twitter if you want to (@glitchritual), but he's just gonna throw your stupid PR crap in the garbage, so don't email him.

The Most Dangerous Website in 2010: Google

Jan 3 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

According to the security gurus Trend Micro, the most dangerous site on the net in 2010 was none other than google.com. Of course, no one would believe this out of hand – Google’s had its problems in the last year, what with user privacy snafus and other ballyhoo, more »

CR-48 Not Cutting the Mustard? Install Win7 or OS X!

Jan 3 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

The reviews of Google’s Chrome OS have thus far been lukewarm at best, and tepid at worst – suffice it to say, no one really has strong feelings one way or the other. It’s doubtlessly cool, but most seem to agree that the majority of the public just more »

Apple Attempts Avoidance of Antennagate 2 with New Patent

Dec 24 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Antennagate sure was a mess, wasn’t it? Maybe ‘mess’ is the wrong word. All things considered, it was pretty tidy mess, and even included sweet pictures of Apple’s underground antenna testing crypts. Was it the biggest case of mass hysteria more »

Happy Holidays, from SCIENCE!!

Dec 23 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

As a Canadian, I am well-versed in the art of snowcraft. The frozen North tempers us with flakey hides of frost-resistant skin-maille as we build our monolithic winter totems, which you in warmer climates dare mock as ‘snow-men’. May a thousand more »

Obama Name-Drops Jobs As 'Incentive'

Dec 23 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

In a speech yesterday, Mr. President took a moment to give Big Steve some props, citing him as an example of someone whom Americans should ‘expect to be rich’. An example of modern wealth. What is…a fact is that people in the top 1 percent, people in more »

Japanese Researchers Create Tweeting Mouse

Dec 23 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Alright, before you read too far into that headline, let me immediately reassure you that we’re not talking about that kind of tweet. Indeed, a mouse that could post inane quips and lulzy links to Tweetdeck would be a marvel of science indeed, more »

First Photograph of Non-Existent iPad Mini Will Make You Believe... Or Not

Dec 22 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Oh, hi there. Remember that 7-inch iPad? Here’s a photograph of Taiwanese pop idol Jimmy Lin holding one. Yeah, I’m not buying it either. With all the trash talk Steve’s been giving the rumoured ‘Pad, it’s highly unlikely it could even survive more »

UK Teens Buy Their Own Songs 6000 Times, Make Almost A Million Bucks

Dec 22 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Say what you will about these kids’ moral characters, but this is kind of clever. Uploading music to the iTunes store, a group of UK teens has been accused of using stolen credit cards to download their own tracks thousands of times – ultimately reaping more »

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

Dec 22 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

From the file labelled ‘stuff you didn’t expect to hear about today’ comes this puzzler: LG has announced that it’s teaming up with film score icon Ennio Morricone to produce exclusive ringtones and music for its devices. The music will come preloaded more »

World's Biggest iPhone Erected in Honour of.... Lara Croft??

Dec 20 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

The iPad gets a bad rap from some people for being nothing but a ‘giant iPhone’. And really, that’s a little hard to deny – it sort of is. But the iPad’s got nothin’ on this. Behold, the world’s largest iPhone. Made of 56 iPads chugging away in tandem, more »

Eat Your Heart Out, Kinect - Robot Arm Mimics Your Gestures

Dec 20 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

How cool is this? The answer, before you read any further or watch the video for additional information, is this: really cool. The Biological Cybernetics Lab at Tsukuba University here demonstrate a robotic arm that mimics a user’s movement via Kinect-like camera. It more »

Gmail Gets Merry: Free Calling FOREVER... Maybe

Dec 20 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

Hey, remember how much Gmail Calling happened to rock? Where Skype would have us toss them our spare change to call phones, Gmail flipped the proverbial bird, allowing this service for free… until the end of 2010. Well, the end is nigh, and more »

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