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Retro Dock Is How Grandpa Would Have Enjoyed His iPhone

Digging deep into its design archives, Philips has introduced a small collection of retro-looking radios packing decidedly modern features like DAB+ digital radio, and on the ORD 7100R, a pop-out iOS device dock. But the real appeal here are the radio’s old-timey designs which feature deep rich colors, faux wood finishes, and classic-looking knobs and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Dell’s XPS Duo 12 Might Have the Best “Laptop” of Any Laptop/Tablet Combination

Over the next few weeks, you’re going to hear a lot of noise from manufacturers about how one hybrid product or another gives you all of the benefits of a laptop and a tablet, with no compromises on design. The Dell XPS Duo 12 is one of the few that actually seems to back that…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Dell’s XPS 10 Tablet Is What a Laptop/Tablet Hybrid Is Supposed to Look Like

There are a lot of hybrid tablets coming out this fall. But while the ones we’ve seen seem to be splitting the difference, Dell seems to be focusing on the best parts of either laptop or tablet. Its XPS 10 is the tablet end of that bargain. The XPS 10 is a 10-inch ARM-based tablet…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

AT&T Opens Up Fancy Flagship Shop in Chicago

AT&T’s fancy new flagship shop in Chicago’s Magnificent Mile district is a 10,000-square-foot space teeming with technologies. There’s the biometric security system, which reads employees’ fingerprints. The iPad point-of sale system (which the carrier hopes to roll out to all of its stores in the next couple of years). An “Apps Bar”, a “Lifestyle Boutique”,…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Funniest Pictures Found on Google Street View

If you’ve spent any time on the Internet, you know that people are ridiculous. And they’re even more ridiculous in real life! Artist Jon Rafmanhas been documenting the absurd in Google Street View since 2009 with his project 9-eyes and continues to find ridiculous picture after ridiculous picture. Here’s a brief look at his collection…

Tech News Casey Chan

eBay Bans Sale of “Metaphysical Goods”

Starting today, warlocks and witches the world over will have to find a more hospitable hosting platform for their black magic business: eBay has had enough. The Wall Street Journal reports that the online auction site, which has allowed the sale of metaphysical goods since its launching in 1995, has recently had a change of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

HP Envy X2: This Windows 8 Hybrid Tablet Can Adapt to Any Circumstance

Just as Samsung unveiled a hybrid tablet that docks into a keyboard, HP is doing the same with their 11.6-inch Envy X2. And just like Samsung’s Series 5 model, the Envy X2 will come complete with a dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 chipset, two gigabytes of RAM, and 64 gigabytes of storage space. But what’s most…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Stoner Channel: Bubblegum Necromancers, Closet Herbs, and the Dude Revealed

The Dude That Inspired “The Dude” You may think that the Coen Brothers simply pulled the protagonist for their cult hit The Big Lebowski from the creative ether but that’s like your opinion man. Turns out Jeffrey Lebowski is actually based on this man, super-slacker Jeffrey Dowd. Now, documentarian Jeff Feuerzeig takes a look at…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

HP’s Spectre XT Touchsmart Has a Screen So Beautiful, You Can’t Help But Touch It

The idea of a touchscreen shoehorned into a traditional laptop form factor still seems a bit strange, but like it or not, they’re coming. And as such, HP’s Spectre XT Touchsmart is a pretty good way of doing it if it has to be done. Instead of using some cheap display panel, the company opted…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Romney 2012 Becomes First Political Campaign to Buy a Twitter Trending Topic

In what is by all accounts a pathetic bid for social currency, Mitt Romney’s campaign has officially become the first political campaign to buy a trending topic on Twitter. There are several ways you could look at this: 1. Romney 2012 fears that, come Thursday night—which is the last night of the RNC and when…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

A Boy Needed 38 Stitches After a Frozen Soda Can Exploded in His Face

When you want to cool a can of soda (or beer) quickly, what do you do? Stick it in the freezer! Wait a little bit and then boom, bang, icy deliciousness. We all do this. We don’t expect the can to explode in our face and cut us up until we need 38 stitches like…

Tech News Casey Chan

Do You Care About Punctuation in Text Messages?

Text messaging is arguably the most casual form of communication available—and, back when we all first began to text on our dumbphones, the sort of shorthand style that developed was perfectly reasonable. Why strain to type out full words, when a universally understood abbreviation could do the job just as well? Now that smartphones are…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Apple Will Buy Your Old iPhone for Good Money So You Can Buy a New iPhone 5

A new iPhone is coming and if you want to smartly get rid of your old iPhone before it gets even older, you would want to sell it off for as much as you can get. If that’s too much work, go for perhaps the easiest route: sell your old iPhone back to Apple. They’re…

Tech News Casey Chan

A Kevlar-Armored Vest Will Protect NFL Players From Getting Hurt

Michael Vick is the NFL’s fastest and most explosive quarterback. He’s also the most injury prone. This season, he’s going to try wearing something new to protect himself: a kevlar EXO Skeleton vest made by Unequal Technologies. It’s armor for football. Vick told CSN Philly that his new kevlar vest will cover a larger area:…

Tech News Casey Chan

To Prevent Student Suicides, a Digitally-Inspired Screen Flecked with Gold

Since 2003, three students at New York University have jumped to their deaths from the atrium-facing staircases insides the university’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library. The building remains very much as it was when first built in the early 1970s by Philip Johnson and Richard T. Foster: a gaping 150ft void from floor to ceiling, staircases…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

A Tent for Your Labor Day Camping Trip (and Beyond)

It’s almost a holiday weekend which means you should get the hell out of dodge. How about a camping trip? Don’t have the right equipment? This Black Diamond Bombshelter Tent will have you covered. Literally. From the elements. It’s $840, but it sleeps four people and works in all seasons. So if you are crazy…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Windows Phone 8 Will Be Out on October 29th?

The big release date for Windows 8 has long been set for October 26th. But what about Windows Phone 8? Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet reports that Windows Phone 8 will be launching a few days after, on October 29th. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-will-be-out-october-26th-5927138 It’s all a little confusing because Samsung just revealed its new Windows Phone 8…

Tech News Casey Chan

Monica: Don’t Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)

When I was in fourth grade, Santa (my mom) dropped Ultimate Hip Hop Party 1998 in my stocking. He (she) probably shouldn’t have done that because there was some really profane stuff on there. For example, “Doin’ It” by LL Cool J. But there was also this classic track by Monica. The “The Boy is…

Tech News Leslie Horn

All Fireworks Should Look as Spectacular as This

We’ve all seen pictures of fireworks before, but never have they looked this amazing. Captured by refocusing he shot during a long exposure, the explosions are almost 3D in appearance. They look as much like sea urchins made of clay as they do pyrotechnics. Shot by photographer Davey Johnson, the appeal of these photos is…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Win 2,000 Tickets to the Stone Age of Computers

You saved your vacuum tubes and you still speak fluent FORTRAN. All you need now is this collection of two thousand 1960s-era punchcards from the computer sciences whizzes over at International Business Machines. There’s gotta be enough data here to start up a game of PONG. For 21st-century collectors with a taste for retro tech,…

Tech News Micah Fitzerman-Blue – Bureau Of Trade

Retro Dock Is How Grandpa Would Have Enjoyed His iPhone

Dell’s XPS Duo 12 Might Have the Best “Laptop” of Any Laptop/Tablet Combination

Dell’s XPS 10 Tablet Is What a Laptop/Tablet Hybrid Is Supposed to Look Like

AT&T Opens Up Fancy Flagship Shop in Chicago

The Funniest Pictures Found on Google Street View

eBay Bans Sale of “Metaphysical Goods”

HP Envy X2: This Windows 8 Hybrid Tablet Can Adapt to Any Circumstance

The Stoner Channel: Bubblegum Necromancers, Closet Herbs, and the Dude Revealed

HP’s Spectre XT Touchsmart Has a Screen So Beautiful, You Can’t Help But Touch It

Romney 2012 Becomes First Political Campaign to Buy a Twitter Trending Topic

A Boy Needed 38 Stitches After a Frozen Soda Can Exploded in His Face

Do You Care About Punctuation in Text Messages?

Apple Will Buy Your Old iPhone for Good Money So You Can Buy a New iPhone 5

A Kevlar-Armored Vest Will Protect NFL Players From Getting Hurt

To Prevent Student Suicides, a Digitally-Inspired Screen Flecked with Gold

A Tent for Your Labor Day Camping Trip (and Beyond)

Windows Phone 8 Will Be Out on October 29th?

Monica: Don’t Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)

All Fireworks Should Look as Spectacular as This

Win 2,000 Tickets to the Stone Age of Computers

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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