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Best Buy Is Joining the Cloud Music Party

Best Buy has joined Amazon, Apple, and Google in the Great Cloud Race of 2011 by announcing their own Music Cloud. Sign up and you’ll get both a Mac or PC application as well as an app for your iPhone, Android, or Blackberry handset. After that, you can stream your favorite music both online and…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 22

AT&T’s GoPhone Plan Does Unlimited Texting, Talking and Web-ing For $50/Month

This isn’t a contract, folks—you can sign up to the newly-priced GoPhone plan for as long as you want, and also text Mexico, Canada and 100 other countries for free, as well. [BGR]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Will the iPhone 5 Have an A5 Chip and 8MP Camera?

Throwing their weight behind yesterday’s tantalising news that the iPhone 5 will feature a completely redesigned look, Bloomberg has reported alleged specs of the iPhone 5, plus spoken of a higher-res iPad 3 and affordable iPhone for developing countries. https://gizmodo.com/next-iphone-getting-a-totally-new-case-design-this-augu-5814006 This is all according to that old chestnut of “people familiar with the plans,” but…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Mystery Photographer of the Nazis Found After Online Hunt

A photo album showing never-seen-before photos of Hitler and the Nazis has surfaced with photos dating back to 70 years ago. Its current owner has no clue who the photographer was, but judging by the level of access he was given, he must have been someone.UPDATED The NY Times’ Lens blog has published some of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Woman Arrested For Microwaving Her Baby to Death

Kang Ya, a 29-year-old from Sacramento, has been taken into custody for what police are saying were fatal burns administered to her 6-week-old daughter, via microwave. The story is here. Happy nightmaring. [KCBS]

Tech News Seth Abramovitch Jun 22

Surprise, Surprise, Apple Doesn’t Have to Show Samsung the iPhone 5 and iPad 3

I’m sure the whole tech-world held their breath when Samsung asked Apple to show their unannounced iPad 3 and iPhone 5 devices in the ongoing court-case over each other’s patent infringement. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-demands-to-see-the-iphone-5-and-ipad-3-in-court-5806557 FOSS Patents has looked into the case in detail, and reported that yesterday the court ruled Apple wasn’t obligated to show Samsung its…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Elecom Prefers Showing Off a Computer Mouse’s Cord

Who wants cordless mice, when Elecom makes such a nice feature of the cord? Ok, you might still prefer being cordless and fancy-free, but for those who don’t mind being restrained, they’re on sale in Japan soon, and globally later. [Elecom via Dezeen via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Leica Will Go to the Micro Four Thirds-Style Party, Too

As if these micro four thirds-style cameras weren’t expensive enough, Leica plans on elbowing its red dotted-elbow in from next year, with a new compact-cam system with an APS-sized sensor at the very least, according to CEO Alfred Schopf. Telling Amateur Photographer that “you will see something at the next Photokina,” the emphasis will be…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Swatch Straps a Third Eye Onto Wrists

For their latest range of cheap plastic watches, Swatch enlisted legendary fashion photographer Rankin to snap high-res photos of variously-colored irises, which look almost like the swirling milky-way close-up. On sale now, they cost $61/£38. [Swatch via Sub-Studio]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Rumor: Amazon Tablet Launching as Early as August

With Amazon’s big man Jeff Bezos himself confirming there’s a tablet in the works, we’ve moved on from hypothesizing over the likelihood of one, and started guessing what’s inside. Digitimes reckons suppliers have told them it’ll run on a TI processor, and use its movie-streaming service to lure people in from August/September when it’s supposedly…

Commerce Kat Hannaford Jun 22

Lytro Is a Focus-Free Camera That Will Change How You Take Pictures Forever

The digital camera market is about to be turn upside by a young Stanford Ph.D named Ren Ng. Ng is the brainchild behind the Lytro camera which lets you take pictures without focusing. The technology is mind-bending. Mind-blowing. Wow. The Lytro is a light field camera which is much different than your standard digital shooter.…

Tech News Kelly Jun 22

Over 4,800 Web Sites Erased When Australian Web Host Is Hacked

Thousands of people in Australia are in shock after finding out their web sites are gone due to the antics of a hacker and poor network management by their web host. Over the weekend, Australian domain registrar and web host Distribut.IT was the target of a “deliberate, premeditated and targeted attack”. The attack was so…

Tech News Kelly Jun 22

A Redneck Version of a Ride-On Lawn Mower

Finding an easier way to mow the lawn is not a new concept, but this is one of the first to throw an ATV into the mix. https://gizmodo.com/the-lazy-cheapskates-automated-lawnmower-5523397 This unknown man created his own version of a ride-on lawnmower by attaching a push mower to the back of an ATV. Given the size of the…

Tech News Kelly Jun 22

Hands On the Cheap, Media-Mongering Vizio Tablet

Vizio, the champ of inexpensive, pretty damn good TVs, is making the (inevitable) foray into Tabletania. Their snazzily named Vizio Tablet jibes with the rest of their electronic lineup: modestly priced, decently featured, above-average performing. And we felt it up. The Vizio Tablet isn’t going to blow you away with specs. In fact, it’s not…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 22

The Army’s Mighty Miniatures of War

A lot’s made of the drones that power many of the US Army’s attacks these days, the missile-equipped UAVs that attack and surveille under the veil of silence and cover of cloud. But there are other, smaller Army bots out there. Specifically, in a testing ground known as the microaviary. The NY Times got a…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 21

LulzSec Takes Down Two Brazilian Government Websites

After hitting Bethesda Softworks, the US Senate, Sony, terrorists, rival hackers and even the CIA, LulzSec strikes again. https://kotaku.com/lulz-security-raids-bethesda-softworks-servers-and-us-s-5811523 https://gizmodo.com/sony-hackers-got-nintendo-too-but-didnt-mean-any-harm-5808807 The hackers’ latest target is the Brazilian government. A tango down alert was issued by LulzSec Brazil via Twitter for the two government domains, presidencia.gov.br and brasil.gov.br. Both sites are out of commission, presumably by…

Privacy & Security Kelly Jun 21

A Play Place for Kids and Adults Alike

Forget kindergarten. If I had unlimited money and land, this is how I would build my dream house. Open, spacious rooms with a giant slide out back, what more could you want? The above structure is not a house, but a school designed by G.O.Y.A. (Group of Young Architects) and built for a bunch of…

Tech News Kelly Jun 21

China Is Banning Electric Bikes Because They’ve Killed Too Many People

Electric bikes are going to be banned in Shenzen, China on July 1st because they’re too quiet. Seriously. According to China, electric bikes are said to have caused more than 15% of accidents resulting in 64 people dead and 233 injured. Wtf? If you’ve ever been to China and hell, even if you haven’t, you’d…

Tech News Casey Chan Jun 21

David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method brings us scientific rivalries and kinky sex in the steam age

David Cronenberg has created some of the best creepy commentaries on science and pseudoscience out there — from The Brood, about an evil psychiatrist breeding monsters inside his patients, to Scanners, about government-contracted scientists experimenting on the brains of homeless people. With A Dangerous Method, he’s turned to the real-life story of the rivalry between…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 21

Help the search for extraterrestrial intelligence by funding the Allen Telescope Array

In April, we were saddened to find out that SETI’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA) had lost its funding and would have to shut down the world’s biggest, longest-running experiment in searching for extraterrestrial intelligence. https://jalopnik.com/with-seti-shut-down-is-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-5795888 Now a group called SETIStars is working to crowdfund the telescope array and bring the search for alien life back…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Jun 21

Best Buy Is Joining the Cloud Music Party

AT&T’s GoPhone Plan Does Unlimited Texting, Talking and Web-ing For $50/Month

Will the iPhone 5 Have an A5 Chip and 8MP Camera?

Mystery Photographer of the Nazis Found After Online Hunt

Woman Arrested For Microwaving Her Baby to Death

Surprise, Surprise, Apple Doesn’t Have to Show Samsung the iPhone 5 and iPad 3

Elecom Prefers Showing Off a Computer Mouse’s Cord

Leica Will Go to the Micro Four Thirds-Style Party, Too

Swatch Straps a Third Eye Onto Wrists

Rumor: Amazon Tablet Launching as Early as August

Lytro Is a Focus-Free Camera That Will Change How You Take Pictures Forever

Over 4,800 Web Sites Erased When Australian Web Host Is Hacked

A Redneck Version of a Ride-On Lawn Mower

Hands On the Cheap, Media-Mongering Vizio Tablet

The Army’s Mighty Miniatures of War

LulzSec Takes Down Two Brazilian Government Websites

A Play Place for Kids and Adults Alike

China Is Banning Electric Bikes Because They’ve Killed Too Many People

David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method brings us scientific rivalries and kinky sex in the steam age

Help the search for extraterrestrial intelligence by funding the Allen Telescope Array

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