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Some folks bang on about biofuels being the future of car fuels. In reality, though, they’re expensive, and that’s largely because they’re a pain in the ass to make. The solution might be seaweed. Think about it, and being able to use seaweed to make biofuel would be great: it grows underwater so wouldn’t get…
Last week, the first untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 was announced — but it only worked if you ran OS X. Forunately, the Windows version is now ready. The tool, built by Greenpois0n and called Absinthe, works on the iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0 and 5.0.1 and the iPad 2 running iOS…
Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie are out, and Thorsten Heins is in as their replacement CEO at RIM. To showcase just how dynamic and inspirational he is, the company posted a video of their bold new leader on YouTube. Only, uh, it’s probably more likely to send you to sleep than get you buying a…
Compared to 10 per cent in mid-December, over 19 per cent of US adults now own a tablet, according to Pew. There was an identical trend with ereaders, too, and there’s not as much overlap as you might expectr: 29 per cent own one or the other. That is a lot of new iPads and…
I love a good drum solo: it’s chance for an often-overlooked musician to throw themselves into the limelight. But combine it with motion-tracking software to create a living art work, and a solo becomes truly mesmerizing. Polish artist Odaibe created Portrait of the Ghost Drummer to explore the graphic qualities involved in playing on a…
Unlike getting hold of iOS apps, it’s always been possible to trawl the web for software that doesn’t appear in the Android Market. But that process is about to get even easier, because soon there will be an unofficial store for banned Android apps. Koushik Dutta, a member of the team behind CyanogenMod and the…
RIM’s co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie—aka the keyboard-loving odd couple—are finally realizing they’re running BlackBerry into the ground and jumping ship before it’s too late. That is, Lazaridis and Balsillie are stepping down at RIM. Done. Gone. Bye bye. The new CEO of RIM will be former COO Thorsten Heins. He has quite the…
I watch Boardwalk Empire but it’s not a good show. It’s only fake good. It wears the clothes, has the style and carries the swagger of a good show but it doesn’t hold a candle to the old HBO greats. But you know what is great about Boardwalk Empire? The special effects. I had no…
I’m not that big a fan of the vino but I really want to drink the Cabernet Sauvignon from Ian Hutchinson’s vineyard in Chile’s Cachapoal Valley. Why? Well, for some reason, it’s aged with a three-inch, 4.5 billion years old meteor from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. SPACEWINE. The meteorite hit Earth around…
In what looks like a preventive measure in reaction to the Megaupload shutdown, FileSonic has disabled all file sharing capabilities and is now nothing more than a personal storage solution. It looks like the Feds’ tactic of going after the big fish in Megaupload is beginning to scare other file sharing sites into shutting down.…
I’m a city boy, I love everything about a city—the energy, the bars, the buildings, the noise—and would cry suburgatory if you stripped me away from the city life. But after watching this Yosemite timelapse video, I might take a sabbatical into nature myself. It’s so gosh darn beautiful. And peaceful! And full of life.…
It’s hard not to get a slight sense of vertigo from these stereographic projections by Dutch photographer Wouter van Buuren. Each one was taken from a very high point across the Netherlands, China, and New York City. If you look closely, you’ll notice that they aren’t single photos like you’d get from a 360-degree or…
If you leave your bike on the streets of New York, it’s eventually going to get stolen. Even if it’s locked up. Even if it’s a beater. Even if there aren’t any tires. It. Will. Get. Stolen. This video shows you the life cycle of a bicycle left outside for an entire year. The video,…
Taking a shorter break than their last vacation, Anonymous is back at it already. Reports are coming in that they had completely knocked out CBS.com and are continuing their revenge spree. The CBS takedown wasn’t your regular DDoS attack because if you went to CBS.com at the time Anon attacked it, there was nothing except…
I’m either on drugs or these photos were somehow taken from the reflection of puddles in the street. It may be both. But! It’s certainly the latter. Ira Fox, the photographer, created the photo series Reflections by cruising the streets of New York and snapping pics of people who can be seen in reflections off…
If you liked Carl Sagan’s autotuned music videos celebrating the wonders of the cosmos, you will like this one celebrating the wonders of evolution too, featuring David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye. It’s the latest part of the Symphony of Science, created by musician John D. Boswell. [Symphony of Science]
It’s about .co domain names! It has girls in it! Danica Patrick! Jillian Michaels! Bodypaint! And… it predictably teases you into going to GoDaddy’s website to “see more”. Oh yeah, and it predictably sucks. [@darrenrovell]
Dante Autullo is a tough guy. He’s also, according to his wife, a very accident prone guy. So when he accidentally hit his head with a nail gun and only saw a scratch, he didn’t think anything of it… EVEN THOUGH HE HAD A FREAKING NAIL LODGED IN HIS BRAIN. Here’s what happened, according to…
The answer is pretty obvious, right? It’s cheaper labor! But is that the only reason why Apple (and other companies) outsource its workforce to China as opposed to keeping them in America? No. There’s more. The NY Times has an excellent report on why Apple ignores America when it comes to making the iPhone and…
Like the hilarious Chris Brown Look at Me Now video before it, this music video of LMFAO’s played too much Party Rock song is made completely with MS Paint. What’s even better is that every lyric is literally interpreted so you’ll see drawings of a rock with a party hat on inside a house when…
