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Is the iMovie on the iPad 2 Really Faster Than on a MacBook Pro?

It’s easy to assume a MacBook Pro would outgun an iPad in iMovie speed tests, due to its beefier processor and extra RAM. But AppAdvice found that both iPad models bested the MacBook Pro in multiple tests. What gives? Well there could be a couple of explanations why this is the case. First, the video…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Beautiful Process of Making DVDs

I didn’t think that the process of making DVDs could be pretty, but this collection of photos proved me wrong. Take a look. From the tiny sparkling pieces of polycarbonate which are turned into a hot mess so that they can be shaped into DVDs to the rows and rows of cooling discs—there really is…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

One Man Captured Secret Video in North Korea and Lived to Blog About It

In a quest to document daily life in the notoriously secretive North Korea, Steve Gong managed to capture video footage inside the country without anyone noticing. How’d he do it? Well, North Korean’s don’t know the Canon 5D records video. Filming in North Korea is a bit of an iffy task, and you never know…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Charting How We Talk About Our Nuclear Age

In the storied history of human language, the idea of nuclear energy has been around for less than a blink of an eye. But even in that relatively short time, the way we’ve discussed all things nuclear has evolved dramatically. The Atlantic Monthly takes a stab at charting those changes using the Google Ngram Viewer,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

What If the Kinect Was Hacked to Be Self-Aware Like Terminator?

Click to viewPeople have done some awesome things with Microsoft’s Kinect but this guy went above and beyond. He turned the Kinect self-aware and watched it destroy the Earth. Oopsies! [College Humor]

Tech News Casey Chan

Kami Retro Will Steal Your Time and Melt Your Eyes

Kami Retro, a puzzle platformer with leanings towards Lemmings, is an over-stimulating take on the arcadey art style of yesteryear. Every little achievement is rewarded with a CMYK fireworks show, and the music and sound effects are loud and erratic. Even the gameplay is busy, giving you the task of guiding headband-wearing drones from start…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Best Stories of Today, March 14, 2011

A Journey Through Japan’s Demolished Infrastructure Over at Jalopnik, a tour of the devastation last week’s earthquake caused to Japan’s infrastructure. The time it will take to rebuild the country is incalculable. More » This Is the Scariest First-Person Video of the Japan Tsunami Yet This first-person view is the most terrifying and astonishing video I’ve…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Official LEGO Minifigs Get the USB Legs They’ve Always Dreamed Of

These star-cross’d doodads have hooked up before, but now it’s official. USB sticks and LEGO minifigs have finally tied the knot, never to be separated again, til death do them part. They run a reasonable $25 for 2GB capacity, and you’ll never have one of these two things without wanting both of them in one…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Bon Jovi Thinks Steve Jobs Personally Killed the Music Industry

The music industry is dying! That we know. But who’s to blame? Shawn Fanning, the inventor of Napster? Countless millions of music downloaders? Soulja Boy? No! It’s Steve Jobs. So says Jon Bon Jovi, a fellow whose songs I sometimes play in Rock Band. Here’s what he told the the Sunday Times Magazine: Kids today…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Feedly for Android

RSS! Incredibly useful but mostly ugly. Or super pretty but hard to read. With Feedly for Android, you get a great looking and easy to read feed reader. Works for your Android phone and Honeycomb Tablet too. What is it? Feedly, Free, Android. Feedly, at its core, is an app for Google Reader. It takes…

Tech News Casey Chan

Four Out of Five of Toddlers Use the Internet

Apparently 80% of children age five and under are active internet users, according to a recent study. So that’s where all those illiterate YouTube comments come from! Snark aside, there’s nothing inherently wrong with kids that young being online, so long as what they’re watching is heavily supervised. And given the motor abilities of your…

Tech News Brian Barrett

45 images from Sucker Punch show off Zack Snyder’s underwear warrior women

Say what you will about Zack Snyder — he knows how to make a gorgeous looking film. And we’ve got 45 high-res stills from Sucker Punch to prove it. Behold the over-saturated underwear-clad beauties! Sucker Punch takes place inside the multi-verse of the main character, Baby Doll (Emily Browning). To escape her reality Baby Doll…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A beautiful but creepy vision of the “smart glass” future

Materials mnufacturer Corning put together a futurist video last month called “A Day Made Of Glass,” which has spiraled into stratospheric popularity on YouTube. The premise of the video is that we’re about to live in an era of ubiquitous touchscreens (made with glass) and smart windows (made of glass) as well as appliances like…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Quantify Your Alcoholism with BeerStat for iPhone

Whether you’re worried about your alcohol consumption, or just looking to brag, 177Designs has released Beer Stat, an app with the decidedly noble aim of calculating your boozing. A “records” section allows you to see what day, week or month you drank the most, and the calendar lets you dissect this information with an ironically…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Land-A Panda Is A Cannon-Based Cure For The Common Sad Panda

Big Pixel Studios may have just cost me a job at the local zoo, but its heart was in the right place. With a nod to games like Donkey Kong Country, Land-A Panda is a game about shooting a cannonball-shaped… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku

Why The Divide is the most disturbing end-of-the-world flick we’ve ever seen

In almost every post-apocalyptic story the hero usually stumbles upon a group of horrific survivors that demonstrate just how low humanity can go. The Divide is that group’s origin story. After seeing this film, I needed to take a shower. Xavier Gens’s (The Frontiers) film will not sit well with you. It shouldn’t sit well…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Is Zune Finally, Officially, For Real Dead This Time?

It’s getting to be one of the more recycled rumors in tech: Microsoft is done with Zune hardware, but Zune software will live on, maybe rebranded, maybe not. This time it’s Bloomberg’s Dina Bass throwing her tweet into the ring, saying that we won’t be seeing any more Zune hardware. For Microsoft’s part, they’re sticking…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Music Factory That’s Creating the World’s Saddest Teen Music

In the past few days you may have seen the stupendously awful video for the tremendously bad song “Friday” by a young lady named Rebecca Black. In case you haven’t, it’s embedded below. It’s a good lesson about what days come after and before other days. So what the fresh hell is this? Where did…

Tech News Richard Lawson

Did hammerhead sharks begin with one freakish mutant?

Hammerhead sharks are among the strangest creatures on Earth, with seemingly misshapen heads that actually give them 360-degree vision. But what evolutionary path could lead to such bizarre features? As this video suggests, it might be a single freak mutation. This clip from BBC Earth offers the only slightly crazy theory that hammerhead sharks are…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Apple Stores Might Open Early Tuesday For iPad Sales

Apple Bitch claims that a few Apple retail stores are opening early tomorrow for iPad 2 sales. Call up your local store first before getting there early, seeing if they’ll let you know if units arrived today for sale tomorrow. [Apple Bitch]

Tech News Jason Chen

Is the iMovie on the iPad 2 Really Faster Than on a MacBook Pro?

The Beautiful Process of Making DVDs

One Man Captured Secret Video in North Korea and Lived to Blog About It

Charting How We Talk About Our Nuclear Age

What If the Kinect Was Hacked to Be Self-Aware Like Terminator?

Kami Retro Will Steal Your Time and Melt Your Eyes

Best Stories of Today, March 14, 2011

Official LEGO Minifigs Get the USB Legs They’ve Always Dreamed Of

Bon Jovi Thinks Steve Jobs Personally Killed the Music Industry

Feedly for Android

Four Out of Five of Toddlers Use the Internet

45 images from Sucker Punch show off Zack Snyder’s underwear warrior women

A beautiful but creepy vision of the “smart glass” future

Quantify Your Alcoholism with BeerStat for iPhone

Land-A Panda Is A Cannon-Based Cure For The Common Sad Panda

Why The Divide is the most disturbing end-of-the-world flick we’ve ever seen

Is Zune Finally, Officially, For Real Dead This Time?

The Music Factory That’s Creating the World’s Saddest Teen Music

Did hammerhead sharks begin with one freakish mutant?

Apple Stores Might Open Early Tuesday For iPad Sales

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