Slate Says The Nintendo Wii Sucks: Does It?
The Nintendo Wii launched on Sunday to pretty much universal acclaim—Chen loved it quite literally, putting it down his pants. But not all is happy in Wii World, for some complaints are starting to trickle out. One of the earliest shots across the bow comes from one of Slate’s fine writers. The treatise, entitled, “Nintendo’t:…
Ubiko Helper Robot Means To Put You Out Of Work
The Ubiko is yet another robot to come out of Japan, but this one plans to steal jobs from hard working Americans. You see, Ubiko is a helper robot, in that he helps greet customers, talks up products on display and do other such menial tasks commonly found in a service economy. Apparently, it’s got…
Second iPhone In The Works: iTunes, Mobile IM?
The iPhone has been the recipient of more hype than the Second Coming, so it comes as no surprise that highly paid analysts are already predicting the development of a second iPhone before the first has even come out. The analyst at American Technology Research predicts that the new iPhone will integrate with iTunes and…