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This Used to Be a Swamp

The intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 90 in Sugar Land, Texas used to be a lush and watery swamp. This is what it looked like yesterday when photographer Barry Sigman found it. [Houston Press Blogs — Thanks, Matt!]

Tech News Davey Alba

Acer Aspire Ethos: A Detachable Trackpad Is a Pretty Good Idea

Acer’s new Ethos Laptop isn’t the world’s craziest lappy when it comes to guts—Core i5/i7 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M graphics—but it has one interesting feature: a detachable trackpad. that not only detaches from from the laptop, but also functions as a media remote. The card-sized trackpad functions exactly the same while detached,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Best Deal of the Day

“Life without music would be unfair,” I think was perhaps uttered by some very wise poet or something, or did I just read it on a girl’s AOL profile in 8th grade? Either way, it’s true I guess. No matter how much life tramples upon me, I’m always able to rejuvenate by surrounding myself with…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

The National Association of the Deaf Sues Netflix for Supposed Lack of Subtitles

NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins claims they have been unsuccessfully pushing Netflix to add captions for years. This is confusing, because as of February, over 30% of Netflix’s streamable content already had subtitles (with plans to reach 80% before 2012). [Press Release]

Tech News Michael Zhao

Quick! Buy This Dude’s Game Boy iPhone 4 Case Before Nintendo Slaps Him with a C & D

Any iPhone-packing gamer out there will have a tough time resisting this Game Boy iPhone 4 case. I don’t even own an iPhone and I’m considering it. This spot-on replica not only brings back some of the fondest 8-bit memories, it’s only $9 ($16 after shipping)! And you’d better grab this godfather of portable gaming…

Tech News Max Behrman

Sega Joins the “We’ve Been Hacked” Club

Sega’s gaming network, Sega Pass, is the latest online entity to fall victim to a hack. Emails, Passwords and Birthdates were compromised Sega now follow in the footsteps of Sony, Nintendo, and Citigroup. Credit Cards weren’t involved, since the network is largely comprised of forums, but still, passwords are becoming more and more of a…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

This Umbrella Can Make Going Out in the Rain Somewhat Comical

As if the rain weren’t already exciting enough, here’s your chance to win the novelty Gunbrella, which makes you feel like you’ve stepped into a graphic novel every time you try to avoid torrential downpour. This large canopy umbrella features a cartoon-styled “BANG” antic. The wooden pistol style handle creates the perfect gag for those…

Tech News Keenen Thompson

The Dutch are Making QR-Coded Coins. Seriously.

When did you last scan a QR code? Was it during last week’s Republican debate? Or maybe that ad for a free Coke at Wendy’s. It probably wasn’t on a coin. But the Dutch are changing that with QR-coded currency. The Royal Dutch Mint is celebrating its 100th anniversary, so they’re producing these 5 and…

Tech News Max Behrman

Kindle’s Most Prolific Self-Publishers Are Spammers

Amazon’s Kindle hasn’t just revolutionized the publishing industry by making dead tree tomes increasingly obsolete. It’s also opened the door to thousands of self-made Shakespeares, self-publishers who sell their written wares—sometimes very lucratively—online. Oh, and spam. Lots and lots of spam. https://gizmodo.com/this-26-year-old-makes-millions-writing-kindle-only-boo-5772384 The “books” are swarming the Kindle store in the thousands every month, powered…

Commerce Brian Barrett

How Bad Do We Really Have it? Bandwidth Caps Around the World

Remember the days when unlimited Internet connections were just that? Unlimited? I’m not talking about a generational gap here—it seems like but a few years ago, that $40, or $60, or $80 you shuffled away to your favorite Internet service provider each month got you true unlimited Internet. You could download Linux distros until your…

Tech News David Murphy - Maximum PC

There’s a Virus that Will Steal all Your Bitcoins

If you’re an enthusiast of both the Bitcoin currency and the Windows platform, you’ll want to beware: there’s a Bitcoin-specific trojan virus out there that will scan your computer for the unencypted wallet file and acquire your hard-earned digital capital. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-bitcoin-5803124 Symantec says the found source code for the Infostealer.Coinbit trojan circulating around underground software…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

In So Many Words, Microsoft Calls WebGL the Devil

Microsoft officially hates WebGL. They say the HTML5-supported graphics technology, which allows for 3D graphics in browsers without the need for special plugins, overexposes computer hardware to potential attacks on the internet. As such, future Microsoft products (such as Internet Explorer), won’t support the technology. This bummed me out for a second, because I value…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Atomic Bomb’s Golden Detonator

When the nuclear bomb was being developed, no detonator precise or reliable enough to set it off existed. So, researchers at Los Alamos National Labs built one that was and dubbed it the Exploding-Bridgewire Detonator. An exploding-bridgewire detonator (EBW) is a precision-timed detonator used to initiate the explosion using an electric current, similar to a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Sharp AQUOS Quattron LC-70LE732U Is Seriously Spectacularge

This summer the Sharp AQUOS Quattron LC-70LE732U LCD TV is taking living rooms everywhere one step closer to realizing the American Dream. Because, like all things American and dreamy, their 70” Class LCD TV (69 ½ diagonal) is jumbowhelmingly big. With 62% more screen area than a 55-inch TV, the Sharp 70″ Class LCD TV…

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It’s Like a Giant Lite-Brite for Adults

Valentin Ruhry had the brilliant idea to take 5,000 of those orange rocker switches you normally see in surge protectors and power strips and transform them into a blank canvas on which to scrawl words (or maybe images). Is this not exactly like the Lite-Brite that most of us created masterpieces with as kids, one…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Really? A Village Renamed Itself Snapdeal.com?

As a show of gratitude for donating $5000 worth of water pumps, a remote Indian village changed its name to Snapdeal.com, mirroring that of their Groupon-esque benefactor. Wait, wait, wait. Huh? From TechCrunch: Snapdeal has adopted a remote village in India and enabled clean drinking water facilities for its people by installing manual pumps. To…

Tech News Adrian Covert

How We Filmed Ourselves Alone in an Empty Dallas Airport

Yesterday’s video of two car guys exploring an empty Dallas airport exploded on the web, with many wondering if the video was real. It was. Here’s the inside story of how – and why – they did it. [Jalopnik] https://gizmodo.com/watch-two-guys-run-wild-in-an-empty-airport-5812611

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Motorola Doesn’t Think We’ll Notice They Launched the Droid 3 In China

After numerous leaks and hints, the Motorola Droid 3 is official—well, in China anyway, where it’s being called the Milestone 3 (the European and Asian name for the Droid series.) As expected, the Gingerbread phone is faster, thinner and shoots 1080p videos. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-3-leaks-complete-with-an-8mp-camera-and-5808697 Slide the 4-inch screen open and there’s a five-row QWERTY keyboard. It’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Terrorists Could Use Google’s Suggested Words to Communicate Secretly

You know when you Google something like “George Bush is…” and Google suggests things along the lines of “a lizard,” “gay” and “an idiot”? These suggestions could be used as a way for spies and terrorists to communicate. Warsaw University of Technology’s professor Wojciech Mazurczyk has studied the possibilities of using Google’s suggested terms in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

I’d Much Rather Go to This Cloud, Microsoft

From now on, every time I see a commercial that encourages me to go to the cloud, I’m going to shake my head with bitter resentment that Billy Dee Williams won’t be there to greet me. [Virtual Shackles]

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Used to Be a Swamp

Acer Aspire Ethos: A Detachable Trackpad Is a Pretty Good Idea

The Best Deal of the Day

The National Association of the Deaf Sues Netflix for Supposed Lack of Subtitles

Quick! Buy This Dude’s Game Boy iPhone 4 Case Before Nintendo Slaps Him with a C & D

Sega Joins the “We’ve Been Hacked” Club

This Umbrella Can Make Going Out in the Rain Somewhat Comical

The Dutch are Making QR-Coded Coins. Seriously.

Kindle’s Most Prolific Self-Publishers Are Spammers

How Bad Do We Really Have it? Bandwidth Caps Around the World

There’s a Virus that Will Steal all Your Bitcoins

In So Many Words, Microsoft Calls WebGL the Devil

The Atomic Bomb’s Golden Detonator

The Sharp AQUOS Quattron LC-70LE732U Is Seriously Spectacularge

It’s Like a Giant Lite-Brite for Adults

Really? A Village Renamed Itself Snapdeal.com?

How We Filmed Ourselves Alone in an Empty Dallas Airport

Motorola Doesn’t Think We’ll Notice They Launched the Droid 3 In China

Terrorists Could Use Google’s Suggested Words to Communicate Secretly

I’d Much Rather Go to This Cloud, Microsoft

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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

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