April 2009
NES gamepad mouse is the most amazing piece of... →
Apparently as of right now, this stunning piece of high art is just a foam model mock-up, but listen to us, mouse manufacturers of the world: if you build this, we will give you every…
Next Call of Duty: World at War map pack coming in... →
What do you do after selling one million Call of Duty: World at War map packs during their first week of availability? You make more. And, lo, Activision and developer Treyarch are…
Geek Toys : Build Your Own Easter Island Kit →
Four replica (mini) stone heads to stare out into space - just like you. For centuries, the heads on Easter Island have filled visitors with wonder. What are they for? How did they get there?…
Frozen iPod returns from the grave →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Multimedia, Odds and ends, iPod classic
Andrew sent us this great story — he found an iPod classic in the melting snow of…
When Twitter Hits the Streets →
Filed under: Computers, Social Networking
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Right now there seem to be two camps of people: those who use Twitter,…
Most Twitter Users (Oprah Included) Quit After... →
Do you cringe every time you hear the word ‘Twitter?’ Maybe gag a little bit whenever someone mentions ‘Oprah’ and ‘tweeting’ in the same sentence? Patience, Twitter haters; the…
Trojan 2Go →
There are few faux pas more embarrassing than heading home with a hottie only to pull out a wrinkled, beaten condom package from your wallet. Trojan 2Go ($5) helps you… Visit Uncrate for…
Sting, Sarah McLachlan are hiding in your... →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, iLife, Multimedia, Software, Odds and ends
Apple has added new “Learn to Play” lessons to the latest version of GarageBand,…
iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4, iTunes 8.2 pre-release now... →
Filed under: Handsets, ATT, Apple, iPhone OS
Just two weeks after the last revision went up, Apple’s released iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4 to the developer community alongside an…
Remote media sharing tool Simplify Media updated →
Filed under: Internet, iTunes, Software Update, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
The Simplify Media app for sharing your music libraries across the net or to your iPhone has…
Behind the Scenes: 100 Days of Obama →
Photos by White House photographers, from the Delivering on Change set in the Official White House Photostream.
Transformers movie now has more ties to the... →
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free
While the first Transformers movie was, in my opinion, several different kinds of suck, I give props to Michael Bay and company for doing one good…
hef wants holly back →
It was early October when Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison officially broke up, but really it had been over for about two months before that. Still, Hef says in a new interview that Holly is the “love…
Microsoft Vine Is Twitter for Emergencies →
Microsoft is distracting itself with yet another non-Windows, non-Office product. This time, Microsoft appears to be trying to take on Facebook and Twitter with an alert- and…
Microsoft targets Gears of War 2 cheaters, resets... →
Major Nelson drops word that Microsoft has taken some very awesome steps toward those glitching Achievements in Gears of War 2. Microsoft was able to target a specific group of…
Law firm against Pirate bay get hacked →
The law firm that successfully prosecuted the founders of Pirate Bay have shut down their website temporarily stating that it “was currently under attack and we have therefore decided to shut it down…
Lenovo and RIM's Constant Connect now available →
We know you’ve been literally hanging on the edge of your seat waiting for this day to come, so it’s our honor and privilege to announce that Lenovo and RIM’s Constant Connect solution is…
Comic for April 28, 2009 →
Renters Anonymous - April 28th, 2009 →
New Releases
Bride Wars - 5.3/10 - Trailer Starring Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen, Chris Pratt, Bryan Greenberg, Steve Howey, Kristen Johnston
Lifelong best friends Liv…
Everyone wants to try a Mentalist sandwich →
Filed under: Reality-Free
First of all, shame on you for the dirty things that popped into your mind after reading that headline. Second, if you wanted to have a sandwich for lunch…
this is gonna be a good movie →
The upcoming movie “Jonah Hex”, starring Old Fashioned Megan Fox and presumably other people, is now filming in Louisiana, and since I don’t actually know what cowboy dancers or whatever it is she is…
Axxana Phoenix backup system promises to withstand... →
It’s not exactly for everybody, but those looking to spare no expense when it comes to protecting their data may want to strongly consider adding Axxana’s elaborate Phoenix backup system…
Man Gets $62K Bill for Mexican 'Wall-E' Download →
Filed under: Computers, Web
Next time you are traveling abroad and feel the need to download a movie, you may want to think twice. If you don’t believe us, just listen to the sad…
RED blows away small room of videophiles with 4k... →
Filed under: Other formats, Players
While RED has been pretty tight-lipped about its planned RED RAY product, some footage shown off at RED’s NAB party gave a sizable hint that…
Italian Watchmaker Mecchanice Veloce Collaborates... →
Filed under: Timepieces, Wheels
Ironic as it may seem, there are so many watches, and so little time. Yet even in a business so simultaneously timeless and focussed on time,…
Bedpost Lets You Track Your Sex Life Online →
You can track just about anything online today, from the plunging values of your 401(k) to the whereabouts of your stolen car. You can even track your friends’ locations, although…
Stolen State Worker's Laptop Holds Personal Info... →
Filed under: Computers
When a person gets a laptop stolen, it sucks. When that person is an employee of the Department of Human Services (DHS), it sucks a lot worse for a lot more…
Lip-reading software can identify multiple... →
Some scientists at the University of East Anglia in England, with aims only for the betterment of humanity, we’re sure, have developed lip-reading software that can not only pick up words…
Thirteen year old is winner of iTunes one billion... →
Conner Mulcahey of Weston, CT was the lucky downloader of Apple’s one billionth App Store app. A we all know, the young lad will walk away with a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod Touch,…
Virtualized Windows XP coming to Windows 7... →
Color us intrigued. The gang at SuperSite for Windows have revealed what they know about a pretty awesome Windows 7 feature: XP Mode, a virtualized copy of Windows XP with Service…
The force is strong with this one →
Photos from pepleo, Petereck, KoriG, powerpig, NickIsConfused, and Tsuyu ^^’.
General Admission - April 24th, 2009 →
Releasing This Week:
The Soloist - Trailer Starring Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr, Catherine Keener
The Soloist is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musical…
Obama Getting New Super-Secure BlackBerry →
Soon, Barack Obama will finally be getting a beefed-up BlackBerry worthy of his office, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The President, whose affection towards his BlackBerry is
Leno cancels taping, checks into hospital →
Filed under: Late Night, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
Tonight Show host Jay Leno has canceled taping of the late night show and checked himself into a Los Angeles…
OCZ gets official with Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD →
Technically, OCZ outed this here PCI-Express SSD way back at CeBIT in March, but it’s just now making things super official. Now available with a fresh face and hard specifications,…
Super Friends →
Photos from netsimon, czuczy, and bitmapr. View more photos in our Spider-Man clusters.
Apple's App Store hits a billion downloads →
Filed under: Software, Apple
Here’s to another billion — and not just from the App Store. Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android, webOS, BlackBerry — we’re expecting every bit as much…
PowerPoint and TIFF file viewing →
Posted by Marc Miller, Software Engineer A few months ago, we added fast online viewing of PDFs in your browser. As of today, that same viewer now supports TIFF and Microsoft PowerPoint document…
Kettle Chips Create-a-Chip Kit →
Ever wish you could make your own flavor of chips? Now you can. The Kettle Chips Create-a-Chip Kit ($15) provides everything you need to create your own crunchy masterpiece, including… …
New silicon film ferroelectric may pave the way... →
While the gang at Toshiba are still trying to bring FeRAM to the masses, a team of researchers at Cornell University have devised a new ferroelectric material composed of silicon and…
Aliph Jawbone Prime hands-on and unboxing →
We’ve got Aliph’s new Jawbone Prime in hand, and while it’s not much different to look at compared to its predecessor, there’s enough new on the noise reduction and ergonomics front to…
Aliph Jawbone Prime arrives to coddle your ears,... →
Filed under: Peripherals
It’s been almost a year since Aliph last graced the Bluetooth headset world with its presence, and now it’s back with the Jawbone Prime to reclaim the throne….
VG Cats : Nerd Rage →
Pirated iWork contains botnet trojan, breaks... →
Filed under: Software
The tubes are ablaze today with news from CNN of the first ever latest malicious program to be found on the Mac. The trojan was first discovered in January…
Ray’s Adventures in Dating →
This comic is just about word for word what Ray and I came up with in a conversation the other night. While it’s totally bizarre, we were both laughing so hard at the thought of this,…
Jawbone Prime →
Aliph’s Bluetooth headset gets better and bolder with the new Jawbone Prime ($130). Featuring the latest NoiseAssassin technology, the headset offers better audio quality, better background…
New Google News Timeline Makes News →
Google Labs is Google’s experimental playground for new programs, and, thanks to the company’s fabled ‘20-percent time’ (employees are encouraged to spend 20-percent of their time…
Search for "me" on Google →
It’s no secret that from time to time many of us have searched on Google for our name or someone else’s. When searching for yourself to see what others would find, results can be varied and…
Geek Toys : Singing Gizmo Gremlins Plush →
Electronic Plush Gizmo looks just like the movies and features motion and singing Now you can take your own cuddly plush Gizmo home with you. He’s a little smaller than life-size and looking a…
Video: Sharp's Mebius LCD trackpad →
Akihabara News was on-site for the unveiling of Sharp’s Mebius netbook with combo LCD display and trackpad. Fortunately, they did the world a favor and snagged video (posted after the…