December 2008
30GB Zunes dying en masse across the globe →
We haven’t the slightest clue as to why this is happening so please bear with us, but owners of Microsoft Zunes with 30GB hard-drives have been reporting that their devices have…
30GB Zunes mysteriously begin to fail at 12AM,... →
Do you have a Zune 30? If so, does the thing look something like the above? That is to say, stuck at a loading bar and completely non-functional? If so, you are not alone. We’ve been…
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The Quattro 6000D: this ain't your grandmomma's... →
The latest piece of tech in the war on grandmas has gotta be Brother’s Quattro 6000D sewing machine, a beastly machine with specs that will help even the most diligent granny patch up those…
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LOL: The Fake 20th Century Fox Twitter →
While everyone on Twitter was bitching and complaining about the Fox/Warner Bros Watchmen legal mess, someone asked out loud if Fox was ever going to create a twitter account.
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First 'Street Fighter' Trailer Now Online! →
The first trailer for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li is now online, and although it’s the Japanese version (which would explain the non-English voiceover), it still looks like a…
Fox Aims to Delay 'Watchmen' Release →
Watchmen is not going to end 2008 on a high note. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a lawyer for 20th Century Fox has said that the studio will seek an order delaying the release of the…
Nokia Phones Coming With Stalin-Themed Wallpaper... →
Filed under: Cell Phones
Personally, we’re always excited to get free multimedia packs loaded on our phones — wallpapers and ringtones don’t come cheap, after all. We draw the line at…
RA: Renters Anonymous - December 30th, 2008 →
New Releases
Eagle Eye - 7.2/10 - Trailer Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Billy Bob Thorton, Anthony Mackie, Michael Chiklis, Cameron Boyce,…
The plot thickens: reputable case manufacturer... →
Vaja, a reputable case manufacturer known for high quality leather cases, has added an entry for the iPhone nano to its site. A round of rumors that started months ago and resurfaced…
iPhone madness: $49 and $149 for refurbs until... →
If this isn’t AT&T trying to push the iPhone down your throat, we don’t know what is. First, refurbs were dropped to just $99 and $199 for 8GB and 16GB iPhones, respectively. And now…
The obvious truth about text messaging: you're... →
C’mon folks, does it really take an in-depth research study to figure this one out? On the whole, per-use SMS rates have doubled from $0.10 to $0.20 in the span of three years, and…
Creative's Zii actually a CES-bound processing... →
While our vivid imaginations certainly had something more invigorating than this in mind, we suppose Creative could still surprise us at CES 2009. The curious Zii website we peeked a…
2009 Conquest Knight XV →
Inspired by the Gurkha military vehicle, the KNIGHT XV is an ultra-luxurious handcrafted, Bio-fuel powered fully armoured SUV. The KNIGHT XV is powered by a V10, 6.8-litre engine and sits on…
AT&T letting go of 8GB refurb iPhone 3Gs for... →
Filed under: Handsets, ATT, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, Apple, OS X
Ha, you or someone you love just paid full retail for an iPhone 3G a few days ago, didn’t you? We’ve always…
12 Innovations Porn Has Brought to Technology →
Filed under: Audio/Video, Cell Phones, Computers, Top Lists
Like it or not, but every major media format in the world has only been successful because of the embrace of the …
Comic for December 24, 2008 →
T-Shirts & Apparel : Property of Princeton... →
A shirt dedicated to the Hugh Laurie / House fans out there.
If you’re dying of a disease nobody can figure out, Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital is the number one fictional…
Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds dual-screen laptop details... →
We caught wind of this dual-screened ThinkPad last week, but now we’ve got some more details to get your mouths watering — and your wallets running for cover. The W700ds comes with…
NBC kills Top Gear USA →
Filed under: Cancellations, Reality-Free
NBC had planned to bring the popular BBC and BBC America car show Top Gear to us yanks. Instead, NBC has decided to cut its brake cables in…
RIAA abandons the practice of suing Joe the... →
In an uncharacteristically rational move, on the surface at least, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has decided that it will stop suing individuals caught downloading…
IBM claims title of world's fastest graphene... →
As we’ve seen, plenty of researchers and companies are betting on graphene as being the big thing that will revolutionize transistors and, hence, all manner of electronics, and it looks…
iPhone Spyware Gets More Sophisticated →
Filed under: Cell Phones, iPhone
Spyware on the iPhone hasn’t evolved quite as far as that on your Windows PC, but iSpyware is slowly becoming a real danger. Until now, spyware and…
Three of four undersea internet cables get cut,... →
So, there’s good news and bad news, and per tradition, we’ll be starting with the latter. Three of four undersea cables that route internet traffic from Asia to North America have…
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Sling Media announces public SlingPlayer Mobile... →
We bet y’all thought this day would never come, huh? Well, change your pants, people. It’s officially unofficial. Sling has just updated their website, and is in the process of sending…
Verizon BlackBerry Storm Return Rate →
Here’s the skinny on this situation… We had heard various return rates on the Verizon BlackBerry Storm from three (actually four, but we’ll discount the last one) extremely credible sources…
Toshiba launches 512GB SSD using 43nm MLC NAND →
Toshiba upped the ante in SSD storage capacity by announcing the latest additions to its NAND flash SSD drive portfolio. Coming in at a whopping 512GB, its 2.5″ SSD is the current…
HIMYM cast embodies the best of 2008 for EW →
Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Reality-Free
No one’s accused the cast of How I Met Your Mother of having a collectively crummy sense of humor. Quite the contrary;…
RA: Renters Anonymous - December 19th, 2008 →
Holiday Early Edition
Because of Christmas, a lot of DVD/Blu-ray discs will be releasing early, (Friday the 19th for Canada and Sunday the 21st for the US). I’ll put the dates beside…
Rock Band Weekly: Rock in the cheer with holiday... →
Filed under: Xbox Live Marketplace, Rock Band 2
According to Andy Williams, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Well Andy, you probably didn’t have to deal with insane…
Dit (utilities) →
Dit 1.0
Category: Utilities Price: Free (iTunes) Description: Too cool to type in that new number? Write it with your finger instead. Advanced handwriting recognition technology works…
General Admission - December 19th, 2008 →
Opening This Week: December 19th, 2008
Yes Man - Trailer Starring Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Terrence Stamp, Bradley Cooper, Rhys Darby, Danny Masterson
Carl Allen…
HUBLOT Opens Watch Boutique in Geneva →
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[ via Hublot ] THE HUBLOT BOUTIQUE OPENS IN GENEVA On December 9th Hublot opened its first dedicated boutique in Switzerland. At the heart of…
Update: Price is Right winner didn't cheat and... →
Filed under: Daytime, Video, Game Show, Reality-Free
The other day we told you about the amazing exact price showcase bid on The Price is Right. A lot of fans thought it was…
Verizon BlackBerry Storm Return Rate →
Here’s the skinny on this situation… We had heard various return rates on the Verizon BlackBerry Storm from three (actually four, but we’ll discount the last one) extremely credible sources…
Toshiba launches 512GB SSD using 43nm MLC NAND →
Toshiba upped the ante in SSD storage capacity by announcing the latest additions to its NAND flash SSD drive portfolio. Coming in at a whopping 512GB, its 2.5″ SSD is the current…
I love this sh*t! →
Two weeks ago a woman with severe head and face trauma got a whole new face. At the Cleveland Clinic, the unnamed woman had only her upper eyelids, forehead, lower lip and chin- the rest of…
Fujitsu N7010 laptop with 4-inch touchscreen... →
The kids at Gotta Be Mobile have given the old what-for to the new Fujitsu N7010 laptop — you know, the one with the 4-inch touchscreen above the keys — and we have the video to…
iPhone thief thwarted by MobileMe sync →
Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, iPhone, MobileMe
To say that MobileMe hasn’t made everyone happy may be a bit of an understatement. We don’t generally hear from the satisfied…
Sling Media announces public SlingPlayer Mobile... →
We bet y’all thought this day would never come, huh? Well, change your pants, people. It’s officially unofficial. Sling has just updated their website, and is in the process of sending…
Japanese foot-massaging machine pleads innocent to... →
So, we’re not really sure what’s going on here, but three people have been killed by mis-using a Japanese foot massager. We’ve only got specific details about one death, which happened…
Aussie Couple Get Legally Served Via Facebook,... →
Filed under: Computers
The art of dodging a legal summons has been practiced for decades, trying to avoid receipt of some unwelcome document by hiding in your home or going on vacation….
The 2,100 Year Old Computer Lives Again →
Filed under: Computers
A few months ago, we shared with you the Antikythera Mechanism, a 2,100 year old computer that was found at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Greece. The…
Kid Shoots Parents for Taking Away His Copy of... →
A 17yearold boy stands accused of killing his mother and critically injuring his father, after his copy of Halo 3 was confiscated by his parents.
Tiger Woods 09 EA Caught Using 360 Visuals in Wii... →
Electronic Arts had to admit it used footage from the Xbox 360 version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 for a TV ad of the Wii version of the game.
New in Labs: Turn an email into a Google doc →
Posted by Jeremie Lenfant-Engelmann, Software Engineer More than once, I’ve had a conversation over email and later realized that the information contained in the messages would make a great…
SimCity comes to the iPhone →
Filed under: Gaming, iPhone
Electronic Arts has released a version of its famous SimCity game for the iPhone. SimCity now joins other EA-released games such as Spore, Scrabble,…
RICHARD MILLE RM025 Tourbillon Diver's Chronograph →
[ via Richard Mille ] RM 025 Tourbillon Chronograph Diver’s Watch It has finally arrived. The one everyone has been waiting for. After creating watches for the rigors of land, the…