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Brash Android Email Duo Could Prove Very Costly for Google

Who needs a “a hostile, organized campaign” to hamper Android? Google’s own internal documents, now seemingly pivotal in its intellectual property court case with Oracle, are doing the job quite well already. One such document, referred to as the “Lindholm Draft” after the engineer who created it, reads: “What we’ve actually been asked to do…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Archaeologists Believe They’ve Found Captain Morgan’s Shipwreck

Yes, THAT Captain Morgan. He was real, and he was a real, ruthless pirate. Archaeologists now believe that they’ve discovered his 340-year-old ship sunk off the coast of Panama. The liquor company even went along for the ride. Hailing from Texas State University, the scientists say the ship was one of five that ran aground…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Playstation Vita Is Finally Up for Pre-Order… in Canada?

Engadget is showing off a new Playstation Vita ready to be pre-ordered at Best Buy, but in the Great White North. The dates indicate a March 2012 release. Meanwhile, the UK can expect the console to drop on October 28. https://gizmodo.com/the-next-psp-is-officially-the-playstation-vita-update-5809242 All this, of course, is to be taken with a grain of salt. After…

Tech News Kwame Opam

July Broke Almost 9,000 Heat Records

Last month was fucking hot. Seriously, you’d have been wise to follow some of our advice on how to keep cool. But, put into context, it gets crazier. Judging from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s data, I’m surprised we made it. https://gizmodo.com/air-conditioning-made-our-disgusting-swamp-of-a-contine-5822306 The data above shows the places that broke heat records by day…

Tech News Kwame Opam

A Solar Charger Fit For a Killer

Dunhill’s svelte new solar charger is certainly attractive. It looks better than most of its cousins, and can hold up to 30 hours of juice for your phone or gadget. But it is just me, or does it look vaguely like a switchblade? It also comes with a nice leather case, so you can really…

Gadgets Kwame Opam

Spending a Day in California Looks Like a Vacation in Toyland

Confession: I’ve never been to the West Coast. It’s a fact I regret the older I get. This video does not help. Created by Ryan Killackey, each scene is comprised of hundreds of stills taken by him and his wife. The almost herky-jerky motion of the subjects make it seem like they’re toys at play,…

Tech News Kwame Opam

The Web at 20: It Changed Everything

Happy Birthday, Interwebz! How far you’ve come. See, if the Internet drew its first breath in the fall of 1969, it took its first steps toward its potential on August 6, 1991. Took awhile there. But it was this first step that was just the beginning. https://gizmodo.com/here-is-the-first-photo-of-the-internet-5351053 In the Beginning The World Wide Web, or…

Tech News Kwame Opam

“Sense and the City” at the London Transport Museum

A new exhibit recently opened at the London Transport Museum which will likely be of interest to readers of this humble blog. Called “Sense and the City,” the exhibition looks at the cultural and technological evolution of transportation in London, with a special emphasis on past visions of the future. Unfortunately, I have no plans…

Tech News Matt Novak

iOS5 Beta 5 Is Out for Developers

According to BGR, Apple has released the 5th beta of the upcoming iOS 5. With the beta releases coming at a reasonable rate and apps already approved for it, iOS 5 looks to be right around the corner. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/apples-been-approving-ios-5-apps-on-the-sly-already-5827658

Tech News Kwame Opam

A Mouse Made for Drug Dealers

What kind of person needs a scale in their mouse? A small-time hustler, obviously. Brando’s mouse offers a kind of discrete simplicity that any drug dealer could appreciate. Selling drugs is wrong. Just wanted to get that out of the way before I said this mouse could help you get away with it. Underneath its…

Gadgets Kwame Opam

Gadget Girls Have the Sexiest Spy Adventures

This short film, created by Kevin Dart, shows of Yuki 7 and the Gadget Girls, a group of 60s-style spies who love to blow things up. Dart already has a book and DVD out on them. I’m already a fan. [Yuki 7 via The Mary Sue]

Tech News Kwame Opam

The Emergency Cocktail Case Will Get You Drunk in Times of Trouble

You’ve just woken up. It’s 3 in the afternoon after your all night bender, and you feel like death’s shit. There’s only one solution for the modern lush: hair of the dog. Luckily, the emergency cocktail case has you covered. This case, designed by Urbancase, riffs on the old-timey aesthetic of yesteryear’s first aid kits.…

Tech News Kwame Opam

AntiSec Hackers Dump 10 Gigs of Police Data

Hackers with ties to the AntiSec movement released 10 gigs of sensitive data last night from more than 50 police departments across the country. This is their brazen show of solidarity with Anonymous’ cause and retribution against an oppressive police system. Remember LulzSec’s “Chinga La Migra” leak in June that compromised the personal data of…

Tech News Kwame Opam

31 US Special Forces Troops Die In Largest Loss of Life In Afghanistan (Updated)

The Wall Street Journal reports that a Chinook helicopter carrying 31 US special forces troops and 7 Afghan troops was shot down last night by a Taliban insurgent’s missile. The crash killed everyone onboard. Afghan president Hamid Karzai confirmed the crash, sending his condolences to American forces. The chopper was fired upon during a night…

Tech News Kwame Opam

How Ordinary Girl Scout Cookies Can Be Morphed Into Incredible Graphene

Next time you’re inhaling an entire box of Girl Scout shortbread cookies, just think of the potential you’re wasting: a full $15 billion worth of graphene. At least, that’s the estimate given by a team of Rice University researchers working on a dare. Published as part of a paper recently published by ACS Nano, the…

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A Texas Town Is Drinking Recycled Pee Water Because of a Drought

I wouldn’t want to live in West Texas right now. Why? Because the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies water to the region, is recycling wastewater (aka pisswater) into tap water. Recycle, reduce, reuse…it never sounded so gross. I’m sure it’s healthy and safe and clean and all that. Hell, the Colorado River Municipal…

Tech News Casey Chan

Teens Need to Learn How to Breakup on Facebook

The NY Times has a story about how a conference was held to teach 200 teenagers from Boston how to have “healthy breakups”. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the discussion revolved around proper Facebook breakup etiquette. We’ve covered how to handle the modern day breakup and even gave you the 7 steps to breaking up online…

Social Media Casey Chan

How to Take a Gorgeous Photo Like This on a Perfect Summer Night

Nothing says summer quite like a field full of fireflies on a starry night. And this beautiful long-exposure shot, which happened quite by accident, is actually pretty easy to replicate. Here’s how: Mike Rosinski was fixing to take 45 minutes’ worth of 20-second exposures to capture concentric star trails near his home in Michigan. But…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

The Printable, Raceable R/C Koopa Shell

Anyone who’s played Mario Kart knows the terror of seeing these shells bearing down in their rear-view (not the blue! Anything but that!). Now these leader-seeking missiles are coming to the real world in the form of adorable R/C racers. As his homage to the Mario Brothers universe, Skimbal, designer of the super-popular Gothic Cathedral…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Sacks West with Don Cheadle

You know, I don’t remember the last time I had a good rubdown from a world class sacksseuse. What’s that? You’re not familiar with sacksseusery? Here, let Don Cheadle, CEO and Manager of Sacks West, fill you in. Full video, featuring with Cheadle and a load of other sacked-up celebrities below. The rest of this…

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Brash Android Email Duo Could Prove Very Costly for Google

Archaeologists Believe They’ve Found Captain Morgan’s Shipwreck

Playstation Vita Is Finally Up for Pre-Order… in Canada?

July Broke Almost 9,000 Heat Records

A Solar Charger Fit For a Killer

Spending a Day in California Looks Like a Vacation in Toyland

The Web at 20: It Changed Everything

“Sense and the City” at the London Transport Museum

iOS5 Beta 5 Is Out for Developers

A Mouse Made for Drug Dealers

Gadget Girls Have the Sexiest Spy Adventures

The Emergency Cocktail Case Will Get You Drunk in Times of Trouble

AntiSec Hackers Dump 10 Gigs of Police Data

31 US Special Forces Troops Die In Largest Loss of Life In Afghanistan (Updated)

How Ordinary Girl Scout Cookies Can Be Morphed Into Incredible Graphene

A Texas Town Is Drinking Recycled Pee Water Because of a Drought

Teens Need to Learn How to Breakup on Facebook

How to Take a Gorgeous Photo Like This on a Perfect Summer Night

The Printable, Raceable R/C Koopa Shell

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Sacks West with Don Cheadle

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

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