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#facebook
Facebook Status Update Clears Teen From Criminal Charges
This is Rodney Bradford. A few days ago, Facebook saved his 19-yo life. Facebook, and his status plea demanding the immediate consumption of one of the basic food groups every human being needs to properly function in the morning: Pancakes. More » -
#apple
Apple's Soaring Pile Of Cash
Apple brought Steve Jobs back to the company in December 1996. Since then, he's been building a massive pile of cash, rolling out new product after new product. More » -
#htpcs
Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC
After giving us an early look, Dell has revealed the full specs of their color-happy Mac Mini-esque Zino HD. And for $230, you aren't just getting an Atom net top. UPDATE x3 More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft Patents The Sudo Command
Microsoft has been granted a patent for a sudo command, because apparently you can patent a command that goes back to the mainframe days as long as you explain that it's a "personalized version" with a GUI. More » -
#apple
Inside Apple's Newest Temple
While every Apple Store is in some sense a place of reverence, the new Upper West Side store unabashedly evokes that feeling, more than any other. It used to be a Victoria's Secret. More » -
#aimeemullins
Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?
One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she's at a disadvantage to a swimmer who's an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? More » -
#gaming
5 of the Coolest New Pieces of Gear in Modern Warfare 2
Have you played Modern Warfare 2 yet? With sales of over 7 millions copies in one day, chances are you have. And man, is it great. Here are my five favorite new toys in the latest Call of Duty blockbuster. More » -
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#google
Google Street View Captures Fire Truck Hit and Run With an Old Lady On a Bike
The latest adventure for the Google Street View car comes to us from the Netherlands, where it witnessed a fire truck mow down an innocent old lady on a bike. More » -
#spore
I Don't Want to Come In, I Just Want to Ring This Doorbell
*Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring* "What?!" "Oh sorry, I can't stop pushing your Spore doorbell." *Ring* "I'm calling the cops." *Ring* More » -
#iphone
One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
Leave it to a NASA scientist to create the first Star Trek Tricorder using a stamp-sized sensor chip, an iPhone, and some spiffy programing. What does it do? It can detect killer gasses in the air. More » -
#dealzmodo
Gadget Deals of the Day
Challenge your friends to some Fifa 2010 on Xbox Live and wager a piece of pie as the stakes. Even if your new Wireless-N Xbox Live adapter doesn't give you the edge you need, at least the pie is free. More » -
#thiscyborglife
Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now
At TEDMED, I witnessed video clips showing science I never knew was so advanced. Dr. Anthony Atala has been growing human tissue and organs, in a lab, for nearly two decades. He's even printed kidneys from a cell-stuffed inkjet printer. More » -
#imagecache
US Army Rail Gun Fires for the First Time
Not to be less than the US Navy, the Army has tested their own electromagnetic rail gun, firing several times at Dugway Proving Grounds. Manufacturer General Atomics calls it Blitzer. I call it Hey Enemy Tank, You Have Been Blended. More » -
#graphics
Single-Slot Graphics Card Drives Eight 2560x1600 Monitors Simultaneously
If I have trouble concentrating on a 30-inch panoramic monitor, I can't imagine myself in front of the eight monitors that the single-slot Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 graphics card can drive, each at 2560 x 1600 pixels. More » -
#upgrades
If 1950s Men Redesigned the Human Form, We'd Be Horrors
"While the human body has never been equaled [in] all-around master engineering, a number of glaring weaknesses do exist in man's basic equipment," stated a Mechanix Illustrated article from August 1956, which enlisted experts to suggest upgrades. More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft Disowns Manager For Suggesting That A Mac OS Inspired Windows 7
Poor Microsoft Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous. His Microsoft brethren is calling him uninformed and practically disowning him for the quotes he threw out earlier about Windows 7 basing its UI on the Mac OS. More » -
#billgates
If I Had $35,000 In My Left Pocket, I Would Get Bill Gates to Guide Me Around His Home
That's how much it costs to visit Bill Gates' home with him as the cicerone: 35,000 doubloons. Jefe Gates, if you are reading this, could I go visit your house gratis? I promise not to look for hidden Macs. More » -
#roundups
Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week
This week Lifehacker has some great tips to overcome the piggy flu, protect yourself from intruders at open airport Wi-Fi spots and a guide to wire your house with Ethernet. More » -
#roomba
Video: Hacked Roombas Used to Play Pac-Man, Finally!
It was only a matter of time, right? Check out this setup where a laptop player controls "Pac-Man" while being chased by robo-vacuum ghosts. And get this: it's actually a demo of their unmanned aerial software that guides airborne vehicles. More »
