May 2010
24 posts
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Britney Beats Ashton, Grabs #1 Twitter Spot →
It’s official: Britney Spears has just become the top Twitter account, surpassing longtime Twitter king Ashton Kutcher by a margin of a handful followers at press time.
Each…
Flash 10.1 for Android beta unveiled: Hulu a... →
What was once just one echelon above a myth is now finally coming to fruition. Adobe is pushing out a beta of its Flash 10.1 player alongside Google’s own beta for Android 2.2 “…
Google claims Froyo has the world's fastest mobile... →
You heard it here first, folks. Google has just come out with the strident claim that the web browser that comes as part of Android 2.2, aka Froyo, is the world’s fastest for mobile…
Android Now Has 50,000 Applications [Android] →
And of course, they have the highest usage rate, according to Admob, and are the number two overall selling smartphone right now.
Over 78 Percent of Lifehacker Readers Say Windows... →
Earlier this week we asked you if Windows 7 vindicated Microsoft from Vista, in light of a regarded customer satisfaction survey. The result was overwhelmingly positive in favor of…
Quick Tip: Google Fonts API: You’re Going to Love... →
Google have made two huge announcements today. One of these concerns the Google Fonts API. Simply by linking to a particular font, stored on Google’s servers (save on bandwidth +…
Tom Cruise - Press X To Shaun! →
I favorited a YouTube video: Press X to defeat Xenu
Report: Heavy Rain To Pour In Movie Theaters [PS3] →
PlayStation 3 serial killer game Heavy Rain may be bringing its tale of suspense, child abduction and wet tank tops to a theater near you. A deal to secure screen rights to the Quantic Dream…
Video, Pictures: iPod Touch With Camera Appears in... →
Those crazy reporters at the Vietnamese site Tinhte have gotten yet another Apple hardware scoop. After showing us the upcoming 4G iPhone and then the new MacBook, they now have an iPod…
LiteSwitch X Makes Mac's Application Switcher Far... →
Mac: By itself, the Command-Tab Application Switcher can move back and forth between open programs. With LiteSwitch X installed, you can force quit applications, drag files onto them…
If Only Everything In Life Could Be Coded [Image... →
If only the trick worked, I’d actually learn to code this properly:
while (thisgirl.verySleepy())
{
coffee++;
}
Error? Ah well, not like it would fill my coffee cup anyway. [Abstruse…
How To Use The iPad’s Micro Sim & Its Plan In... →
It probably won’t come as a huge surprise to you that the iPad’s new Micro Sim can be used in other devices. The only real difference being the form factor, all you need to do is adapt…
How bad is Facebook privacy? There's now an app to... →
Filed under: Web services, Social Software, Search
You knew your Facebook status messages were open by default, but it’s easy to forget just how open they are. A new site called
The laser turns 50, we hope to still be that cool... →
On May 16, 1960, Theodore Maiman did something totally awesome at Hughes Lab: he fired the first functional laser and sent the future of arena rock and the rave scene well on its way….
National Insurance Crime Bureau: Staged accident... →
Filed under: Government/Legal
The major recession that began in 2008 has had a profound effect on the auto industry, and even insurance companies have paid a heavy price for the…
4 Netbook Operating Systems Worth Checking Out →
Netbooks are fantastic portable devices. They’re portable, lightweight and–perhaps best of all–really cheap. But netbooks can seem hopelessly limited when used with standard desktop operating…
Best Bookmark Management Tool? [Hive Five Call For... →
The web has changed quite a bit in the last 20 years, but browser bookmarks have been an enduring part of it and aren’t in danger of going away any time soon. What’s your favorite…
Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack Deploys Next... →
Enough whining about the high price of the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack! It’s time to whine about the likely high price of the Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack, due out early next month for…
Court finds LimeWire guilty of copyright... →
Filed under: P2P
Chalk one up for the music industry lobby: the RIAA has won a major victory against LimeWire, the popular Gnutella and bittorrent client.
Try as LimeWire might to at…
Facebook Faceoff: “Like” vs. “Become a Fan” →
A month ago, Facebook began phasing out the Facebook Fan Page, changing the action of “becoming a fan” to “liking.” The change was part of a broader plan to spread the Like button…
Lenovo IdeaPad Z Series Walks the... →
Does Lenovo’s already expansive IdeaPad line really need another series? Actually, maybe! Because the new Z360, Z560, and Z565 offer something other IdeaPads haven’t, as much: compromise.
A…
Facebook Faceoff: “Like” vs. “Become a Fan” →
A month ago, Facebook began phasing out the Facebook Fan Page, changing the action of “becoming a fan” to “liking.” The change was part of a broader plan to spread the Like button…
Sneak Peek: Hands-On With iPhone OS 4 Beta →
Although Apple’s next iPhone operating system is at least a month away from release, Wired.com got a hands-on peek at the latest beta and found some interesting goodies that have not been…
March 2010
4 posts
Amazingly, DVD Commentary Helped Give Roger Ebert... →
Film critic Roger Ebert has been unable to speak with his own voice since 2006, when he underwent surgery related to his battle with thyroid cancer. Since then, he’s been using a computerized…
How Apple and Google's Romance Turned To Hate... →
Apple has sued Google’s phone manufacturer for infringing on 20 iPhone patents. Not so long ago, Apple and Google were a nice couple. Then, everything went to hell.
The romance began with…
What's the Registry, Should I Clean It, and What's... →
There’s nothing more mysterious on a Windows PC than the Registry, and today we’ll explain exactly what it is, how it works, and whether you should bother cleaning it. We’ll also go about…
What Comes After the iPad? [Humor] →
When the iPad was unveiled in January, everyone could agree on one thing: it did look a lot like a big iPhone. Begeek.fr extends Apple’s consistent design to its logical conclusion in the…
February 2010
14 posts
New "Explicit" Category in App Store... →
Days after The Great Purge of all apps considered sexy (unless you happened to be a major publisher), developers have spotted a new category for submitting apps to the App Store:…
Apple, There’s Pornography On My iPhone. The App... →
Apple’s hypocrisy with regard to the App Store is something I know well. Several times last year I wrote about Apple allowing apps like “Asian Boobs” and upskirt apps into the App Store…
Google gains clearance to buy and sell energy,... →
What Google wants, it largely gets. Need some proof of that? Fret not, as we’ve got plenty right here. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just granted the internet behemoth…
WordPress.com Outage Takes Us And 10,199,999 Other... →
As you may have noticed, TechCrunch was down for an extended period of time this afternoon. In case you haven’t read about why yet, it’s because WordPress.com suffered through some 110…
Subtle dude, subtle. →
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Microsoft, Into the Light: The Unofficial Windows... →
Microsoft’s last decade began dark. They seemed to screw everything up. Then, over 10 years, they made Xbox, Zune, and a better Windows. And if the reborn Windows Phone can amplify…
Click, drool, repeat: Food Porn Daily - Time... →
Filed under: Design, Fun, Time-Wasters
This one’s for the food buffs: Food Porn Daily showcases nice, carefully curated images of all sorts of food. You get to see a single…
Opera Shows Off Opera Mobile For Android (Video) →
We had a brief chat with Opera Software product analyst Phillip Grønvold here at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday. We had a conversation about the company’s plans to submit…
Google acquires slick iPhone email app reMail →
Filed under: Business, E-mail, Google, iPhone
We’ve covered reMail before, raving about the way version 2.0 fixed security issues and did away with subscription fees.
Now,…
Slack-Off in Meetings With Kindle for Blackberry →
Amazon’s Kindle reader is spreading to one more device: The BlackBerry. Like the iPhone version, you sign into your Amazon Kindle account and you can read any books you have bought for Kindle….
Opera Mini browser for iPhone? →
Did Opera really make an iPhone browser?
(Credit:
Opera Software)
“Opera Mini” and “iPhone” are two words that fit uncomfortably together given the current state of the mobile industry,…
BlackBerry shows off its new WebKit-based browser →
Filed under: BlackBerry, Browsers, Mobile
Mobile browsers have come a long way in the past few years. The days of stripped down WAP pages that make the web look like it did in…
Pentium 4 takes on modern CPUs in a benchmarking... →
If there’s one thing that bugs us about desktop component reviews, it’s that they tend to compare the latest hardware against the stuff immediately preceding it. Everyone wants to know…
Top 10 Free Ways To Discover New Music Online →
Bored with your music and want to discover some new bands or singers? There are two main ways you can do that online. You can use services which create music maps, allowing you to explore…
January 2010
32 posts
CE-Oh no he didn't? Part LXVII: Steve Jobs lashes... →
According to a report in Wired (and a source whom the publication says “could not be named”), Steve Jobs spoke to an audience of Apple employees at a town hall in Cupertino and… pulled…
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The Problem with the Apple iPad [Rants] →
Yesterday, Steve Jobs worked his charm, attempting to wow the world with the Apple iPad, a new, super-slim computer he touted as the missing link between iPhones and laptops. It’s an undeniably…
SharePod: More than iPod backup and share →
Apple makes extracting your music from your iPod unnecessarily difficult, and there’s been a cottage industry of software tools designed to get around Apple’s restrictive file-renaming conventions….
The 2010 State of the Union Address →
I favorited a YouTube video: President Obama speaks about restoring security for middle class families after a lost decade of declining wages, eroding retirement security and escalating…
Apple iPad Just Tried To Assassinate the Computer... →
Only way to interpret the launch of the iPad? Apple has declared the PC dead. Well-crafted but closed devices are their future of consumer computing. And if no one else can match the iPad…
Apple iPad Just Tried To Assassinate Laptops... →
Only way to interpret the launch of the iPad? Apple has declared the PC dead. Well-crafted but closed devices are their future of consumer computing. And if no one else can match the iPad…
8 Things That Suck About the iPad [Dissenting... →
A lot of people at Gizmodo are psyched about the iPad. Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it. It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would…