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Xperia Play Hands On: The PlayStation Phone Is a Button Masher’s Dream

From March, you’ll be able to pick up the latest PSP. Sorry, did I say PSP? I meant Xperia Play phone—but really, it’s hard to tell the difference. True, it’s running Android, but at the very core of the phone is a gaming titan begging you to play it. And play I did. In the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Shooting Challenge: Double Exposure, Gallery

Hello fellow geeks! My name is Agustin Perez Debarbieri and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I can say I’m a huge fan of your blog since I visit your site like 3 or 4 times a day and this is the first time I would like to participate in one of your photo contests.…

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez

Shooting Challenge: Double Exposure, Gallery 2

Shot with a Canon 5dII, 24-105 f4/L, and 50mm f1.4. Both shots were significantly underexposed. I immediately had the idea of putting my keyboard in coffee when I saw this challenge. The white cup will hide details around the unexposed black coffee, and I happen to be thinking about coffee through the majority of the…

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez

The Next Android Will Reconcile Honeycomb and Gingerbread

Honeycomb’s not even out of the oven yet, but Google honcho Erik Schmidt is already dropping hints about the Android version that comes after the tablet-friendly OS (Ice Cream? Icing? Does icing by itself constitute a dessert?). Here’s what we can expect: a platform that’s optimized for both smartphones and tablets, instead of the current…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Flowchart: Why Haven’t You Been Texted Back Yet?

From College Humor, a handy guide to knowing why that text you just sent has gone unrequited. But don’t worry! I’m sure it applies to everyone but you. Well, you and me. [College Humor]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Google Still Wants Nokia To Use Android

Despite Nokia choosing Windows Phone 7 over Android because they didn’t want to give up and not fight back, Google’s Eric Schmidt says the Android door is still open. We would’ve loved if they chose Android. They chose Windows. The offer to adopt later is still open. We certainly tried. [Engadget]

Tech News Jason Chen

Print Barbie’s New Hair With Your Ink Jet Printer

Printers, I think we can agree with some relief, are becoming increasingly irrelevant. Still, plenty of people have the hulking old things plugged in somewhere in their homes, and Mattel’s gonna put ’em to use. For printing real (fake) hair extensions for you and your Barbie. And to think that I was impressed when I…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Let’s Hope The Smoke Monster Is Not the Harbinger of Apocalypse

Sometimes, coincidence and the capriciousness of physics are better than any Photoshop, like this smoke monster, being fought by fearless pompiers. [Thanks Oscar!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Hot Wheels Go Vertical for the First Time

Hot wheel sets are a staple of many a childhood, but they’re also a staple of creating a huge sprawling mess that someone will inevitably trip over and start cursing. So! Take that racetrack off the floor and put it on the wall. Hot Wheels Wall Tracks are (gasp!) tracks for your wall, stickable using…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How a Topic Trends on Twitter

Mommy, where do trending topics come from? According to HP’s Social Computing Research Group, maybe not where you think. Trends in Social Media: Persistence and Decay Click to view The researchers analyzed 16.32 million tweets on 3,361 different trending topics between September and October of last year to figure out just what made a topic…

Tech News Brian Barrett

US Soldier Makes Awesome Action Figures Out of Recyclable Materials

Private First Class Rupert Valero is currently stationed at Khandahar, Afghanistan. In his spare time, he’s become something of a toymaker, building “action figure” type toys with recycled bottle caps or whatever found materials he stumbles upon. Some of the figures he makes are truly gorgeous and out there. Valero says his hobby is rooted…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Is the Way Expert Cheaters Do It

I really wish I had the imagination to do this when I was in school. In fact, if I were the teacher and caught this guy, I would give him an A+ and a high five. Or a low five, given the circumstances. [Demotivation—Thanks Karl!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Little Mommy Is a Terrifying Vision of Android Baby Dystopia

One weird thing about Toy Fair is all of the stringent gender norms that are pushed in marketing-speak. Trucks are for boys. Transformers are for boys. Nerf is for boys. So what do girls get? This exceedingly creepy robo-baby, designed to train them to be mothers. Seriously. “Little Mommy™ introduces new innovations in nurturing play…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Nomis App Tells You About the Music Releases You Should Be Looking Forward To

Sure, you follow a handful of your favorite musicians on Twitter and perhaps even peruse their official websites now and then. That doesn’t mean that some upcoming albums don’t slip by you. Nomis scans your music library—albeit a bit slowly, at this stage—and lets you know about upcoming albums from the bands you already like.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

What’s Next For the Jeopardy! Computer

A medical robot; a Google-killer; a financial adviser; a tool for trawling legal documents; an aide for the intelligence services. These are just some of the careers that could be in store for Watson, a supercomputer created by IBM which this week will challenge human knowledge and intelligence in a three-part special edition of the…

Tech News Jim Giles - New Scientist

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, solar powered cell phones, futuristic houses for Apple-minimalist-zero-clutter-loving people, carnivorous clocks, bikes for the elderly and more. Carnivorous Clock Takes a Bite Out of Bugs While Telling Time Designers and inventors James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have explored the idea of autonomous robots, and come up with the Carnivorous Clock, which…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Forget the Concorde, I Want to Fly on Boeing’s Lost Flying Boats of the 1940s

12 of these hulking metal flying boats flew the skies between 1939 and 1946, before Boeing scrapped them—or sank them. A nice collection of vintage images have been discovered showing the height of luxury they offered passengers (who had to cough up $760 for a one-way ticket between San Francisco and Hong Kong). That may…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Will Apple’s New Content Subscriptions Punish You? (Updated)

Apple is now offering the same subscription service used by The Daily to all publishers. Despite all the predicted gloom and doom for the magazine industry, Apple’s terms seem fair: publishers would be able to keep using whatever subscription methods they want. Here’s how it works, in Steve Jobs’ own words: Our philosophy is simple—when…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Blu-ray Digital— the World’s Most Complicated Way to Watch Movies on Android

In order to watch Fox’s Blu-ray release of Unstoppable on Android you will need: “the Unstoppable Blu-ray disc, a wi-fi connected Blu-ray player, Android 1.6 or higher, and the PocketBLU app, which can be downloaded free from the Android Market”. If you can manage to get all that together in the same place, connected, charged…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Build a Poor-Man’s Remote Start to Warm Your Car this Winter

Reader Cory Lykins likes the benefit of remote start for heating up your car during cold winter months, but he’s not so keen on the price or the waste of gas, so he came up with his own solution using a wireless light switch, an extension cord, and a ceramic heater. Full sizePlug the switch…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Xperia Play Hands On: The PlayStation Phone Is a Button Masher’s Dream

Shooting Challenge: Double Exposure, Gallery

Shooting Challenge: Double Exposure, Gallery 2

The Next Android Will Reconcile Honeycomb and Gingerbread

Flowchart: Why Haven’t You Been Texted Back Yet?

Google Still Wants Nokia To Use Android

Print Barbie’s New Hair With Your Ink Jet Printer

Let’s Hope The Smoke Monster Is Not the Harbinger of Apocalypse

Hot Wheels Go Vertical for the First Time

How a Topic Trends on Twitter

US Soldier Makes Awesome Action Figures Out of Recyclable Materials

This Is the Way Expert Cheaters Do It

Little Mommy Is a Terrifying Vision of Android Baby Dystopia

Nomis App Tells You About the Music Releases You Should Be Looking Forward To

What’s Next For the Jeopardy! Computer

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Forget the Concorde, I Want to Fly on Boeing’s Lost Flying Boats of the 1940s

Will Apple’s New Content Subscriptions Punish You? (Updated)

Blu-ray Digital— the World’s Most Complicated Way to Watch Movies on Android

Build a Poor-Man’s Remote Start to Warm Your Car this Winter

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, Cut Your Daily Coffee Costs at Home

Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

The First Proper ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer Is a ’90s Anime Fever Dream

JBL PartyBox Club 120 Speaker Drops Back to Black Friday Pricing for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Only

YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and Hilariously Large Sword

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

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

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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