Tech News

Airport Lingerie Woman Posed for Playboy In 1997

Another mystery solved: The black-laced blonde bombshell protagonist of the most stupid and surreal TSA action to date posed naked for Playboy in 1997. No kidding. The surgeon was really a Playboy bunny, and here’s the proof. 52-year-old Dr. Tammy Banovac was then a dental surgeon working in Oklahoma. At the time she still used…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Match Your Adidas Shoes With Sennheiser’s HD 25 Originals Headphones

I adored my shell-toed Adidas sneakers as a youngster. If only these Sennheiser HD 25 Originals had been around then, I could’ve matched them with my shoes. If you’ve got the shoes, the attitude, and $360 spare, step right in… There’s nothing different about these Originals from the err, original pair of HD 25s, save…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

RIM Acquires Interface Wizards The Astonishing Tribe

Well isn’t this interesting. Today, RIM announced its acquisition of The Astonishing Tribe, the interface gurus who helped shape Android’s look in its early stages. Yup, the BlackBerrys of the future just got a whole lot prettier. In a brief post on the company’s official blog, RIM CTO David Yach said he was “excited that…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Why Does Apple Make Donation Apps So Hard?

In August, PayPal added a donation feature that allowed users to make charitable contributions from within the services’s iPhone app. In late October, Apple made them pull the plug with no warning and little explanation. Anuj Nayar, on behalf of PayPal, would only say, “I can confirm that we added the donations feature to our…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Be the Boy with the Coolest Watch in School

Just take this teeny tiny survey and email the last question to [email protected], and that’ll be your magic ticket—you’ll be entered to win a teeny tiny 8GB iPod nano that you can strap to the watch band of your choice. Instant popularity! And you’ll never be late again. Standard contest rules apply. Only open to…

Tech News Gawkercreative

NASA Finds New Life (Updated)

NASA has discovered a new life form, a bacteria called GFAJ-1 that is unlike anything currently living in planet Earth. It’s capable of using arsenic to build its DNA, RNA, proteins, and cell membranes. This changes everything. Updated. NASA is saying that this is “life as we do not know it”. The reason is that…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Dish Network Remote Access App Lets iPad Users Schedule Recordings and Watch Live TV

Tablet-wielding Dish subscribers, prepare for some convergence: The new Remote Access app lets couch potatoes browse listings, schedule recordings, manage DVR libraries, and, for those with Silng-enabled boxes, watch live TV right on the iPad. Free [iTunes]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Strawberry-Pickin’ Robot Only Picks the Red Berries

Yet another field of expertise has been wiped out by some steel pincers—strawberry-pickers. Japan’s robot detects which berries are at least 80 per cent red, and picks them gently off the vine. It’s being trained to pick other forms of berries, but if the ‘bot gets to the point where it can be released safely…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Social Networking Photo App Path Now Lets You Upload Photos Outside the App

After two weeks of iPhone owners uploading photos taken from within the app, they’re now letting you upload photos from outside the app. That is, photos taken months back or using apps such as Hipstamatic. However, there’s a caveat—they must have been taken using the iPhone’s camera, to retain honesty in a user’s path of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

More Android People Are Using Froyo Than Ever Before

Even more Android users have got Froyo now than they did a month ago, at a cost to Eclair, but mostly 1.6 (Donut), which fell from 15 per cent to 10.6 per cent. Hurrah! [Android via UberGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Michael Jackson’s Latest Song Can Only Be Heard On Apple’s Ping

While the jury’s still out on the authenticity of MJ’s other single Breaking News from his posthumous album, the latest song has been released—and this time, Apple’s Ping has the exclusive offering. Much Too Soon can be heard now on Apple’s social network Ping, but if you haven’t joined yet, the Michael album is out…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A Christmas Carol Goes Interactive and Steampunk for iPad

What I’d really like to see is a Muppet Christmas Carol iPad app, but while we’re still waiting for that, Charles Dickens‘ classic will definitely do. Especially with its gorgeous steampunk look and interactive graphics and music. There are 130 pages within this iPad app, which follows Scrooge as he meets up with the ghosts…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

I’m Glad This Got To You: A Viral Love Letter Delivered

There’s some exciting news for those who have been following the movement of the “I Hope This Gets To You” viral love letter: Walter C. May’s girlfriend—the person around whom the entire idea revolved—has finally become aware of the romantic gesture. There aren’t details about how she wound up discovering the video, but according to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Man Killed Girlfriend Because She Answered Her Phone During Sex

46-year-old Garron Lewis is currently facing a first-degree intentional homicide charge for murdering 44-year-old Sharron Dorsey. He confessed to strangling the woman with his belt because she answered her cellphone while the two were having sex. According to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County, Lewis committed the crime, went to a friend’s home, and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

A Foursquare Mayor Lays Down The Law

If the Foursquare mayor of your favorite place gave a speech before all of his constituents, what would he say? Would he be kind and wise? Or would he be a cocky idiot like the one in this fictional example? I’m the Foursquare mayor of this goddamn Safeway, people, you better believe it. And if…

Tech News Erin Glaser - McSweeney's

Apple Patents A Better Glasses-Free 3D Projection System

Based on a recently granted patent, Apple’s not too impressed by the current approaches to 3D content and has a better technology in mind: A system which allows multiple people to view 3D images from any angle—without glasses. Basically, the system would work like this: [E]ach pixel would be projected onto a reflective, textured surface,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Why 10% of Your Friends on Twitter and Facebook Will Be Nonhuman in Five Years

How many of your “friends” on Facebook and Twitter are real? According to a new report by research firm Gartner, one in every ten of your online friends will be nonhuman by 2015. That’s not to say we’ll be tweeting with zombies or playing FarmVille with ET. Gartner predicts the coming of “social bots”—automated tools…

Social Media Austin Carr - FastCompany

Heroes Lore Is Another Dose of Vintage RPG for Your iPhone

If old school graphics and traditional RPG gaming are your flavors of choice, EA’s Heroes Lore III might make its way onto your iOS device soon. The game—a port of a Korean title—claims 30 hours of SNES-style enjoyment. Leveling up, varying player classes, weapons and loot—the standard stuff’s all here. Which, like the last retro…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Cassette Lamp Is a Shining Ode to Analog

Cassettes are sort of strangely attractive on their own, in a bulky, obsolete sort of way—so adding a brilliant bulb behind a box of them could only be pretty. The Tape Lamp does just that—and surprisingly non-tackily, too. Transparent House—the design team behind the Tape Lamp—wanted a physical marker to the rapidly disappearing medium. Tapes!…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Dawn of the Wireless Phone (1901)

William Edward Ayrton (source: Wikimedia)Susan J. Douglas has a fascinating essay about early wireless telegraphy in the book Imagining Tomorrow: History, Technology and the American Future, which was edited by Paleo-Future Legend Joe Corn. Douglas excerpts a prediction by Professor William Edward Ayrton that appeared in a 1901 magazine called The Century. In it, Ayrton…

Tech News Matt Novak

Airport Lingerie Woman Posed for Playboy In 1997

Match Your Adidas Shoes With Sennheiser’s HD 25 Originals Headphones

RIM Acquires Interface Wizards The Astonishing Tribe

Why Does Apple Make Donation Apps So Hard?

Be the Boy with the Coolest Watch in School

NASA Finds New Life (Updated)

Dish Network Remote Access App Lets iPad Users Schedule Recordings and Watch Live TV

Strawberry-Pickin’ Robot Only Picks the Red Berries

Social Networking Photo App Path Now Lets You Upload Photos Outside the App

More Android People Are Using Froyo Than Ever Before

Michael Jackson’s Latest Song Can Only Be Heard On Apple’s Ping

A Christmas Carol Goes Interactive and Steampunk for iPad

I’m Glad This Got To You: A Viral Love Letter Delivered

Man Killed Girlfriend Because She Answered Her Phone During Sex

A Foursquare Mayor Lays Down The Law

Apple Patents A Better Glasses-Free 3D Projection System

Why 10% of Your Friends on Twitter and Facebook Will Be Nonhuman in Five Years

Heroes Lore Is Another Dose of Vintage RPG for Your iPhone

Cassette Lamp Is a Shining Ode to Analog

Dawn of the Wireless Phone (1901)

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

How to watch UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Pyfer live this Saturday

‘Steel Ball Run’ Will Return This Year…Eventually

‘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

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

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Let us help find what you are looking for...