August 2010
147 Stories
Students Trek Across Canada in an Electrified V-Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7sFPBq9EkA team of students from the University of British Columbia hope to set the record for the fastest coast-to-coast drive...
Plex Coming To Mac, iPhone In September
On Thursday several rumor sites posted an article about Plex, a Mac-based media center solution, with some hype about an...
Will “Banks” For Data Solve Our Privacy Woes?
For years now, what web sites do with our data has become a serious problem in the online world. From...
Reddit Diggs Reddit.. Geddit?
The new Digg has had quite the time settling in. There was always a concern with Digg that stories could...
Rupert Murdoch Sides With Apple?
As someone who is under 60 and has used the internet at least once, when I hear the name Rupert...
AutoCAD Returns To Mac With A Bang
It's been 18 years since AutoCAD ran on Macs, but now they're back - and boy are they back. After...
Google Introducing “Priority Inbox”
Let's face it, even in a world where spam is a daily occurrence, we still receive a load of email...
Essential Gear for Last Minute Summer Road Trips
With summer officially winding down, now is the time to take those little road trips and weekend getaways. Naturally, a...
Yamaha’s Silent Guitar Is Not Only Silent, But Near-Invisible
It would be uncustomary for me to let a day go by without showing off something designy and musical. Taking...
Chatroulette 2.0 Has Arrived – Guess How Many Genitals You’re Gonna See
Assuming you're one who enjoys nothing more than to gaze into the loins of a stranger, you'll be delighted beyond...
Techi Reviews the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint’s Network
The HTC EVO 4G is one of few in a lineup of “superphones” that have hit the market recently with...
Google Pitching Pay-Per-View – And Maybe This Time It’ll Work
So Google is pitching a YouTube pay-per-view service to Hollywood studios that would enable video rentals for five bucks a...
Because You Still Want An iPad Right The Hell Now
In case you wanted a giant phone, you'll be tickled previously-undefined shades of pink to know that you no longer...
Reddit To Cheezburger: Maybe You Can Haz Us?
When you are a social bookmarking site/community owned by a huge mega-empire like Reddit is (Condé Nast for those not...
Tickets to Space now Available for $200,000
I was bored and decided to check out the Virgin Galactic site earlier. I ended up accidentally swallowing an entire...
Alien Pez Dispenser Destroys Your Childhood… In the Best Way
Today is Toronto's FanExpo. In celebration of utter geekdom for all, I present to you this day the Alien Pez...
Old People Finally Getting Hip to Social Networks
A new study by Pew Internet suggests that more old people than ever are using social networks. Now, before the...
H.264 Standardization, The Final Nail In Flash’s Coffin
The big news announcement of the day is that MPEG LA, license holder for a number of high profile video...
Microsoft Works With Microsoft To Bring ActiveSync To Hotmail
The tech world is a heated place, with cutthroat competition and backstabbing commonplace. Microsoft has been known to be as...
Movie Studios Unite To Solve A Common Problem
Two big studios have joined forces to tackle a problem facing the industry. Which is great news, except they're working...
New Gmail Feature Racks Up A Million Calls
Google's new calling feature, typically poorly named and chucked out there to exist somewhere between Google Chat and Google Voice...
September 15th, Official Switch From Facebook Day
If you hate Facebook, mark the date September 15th in your calendar. The guys from Diaspora, the anti-Facebook, have announced...
Three Things Digg Needs to Fix In v4 (And Three It Doesn’t)
Regular readers of Techi know that we love Digg and that, most of the time anyway, Digg loves us.So when...
Sharp’s Upcoming E-Reader Set to ‘Rival the iPad’
Mikio Katayama, Sharp's president, is a man not in the business of making weak-assed claims, touting Sharp's upcoming e-reader as...
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