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Who Is Really Winning the Smartphone Race?

Apple fanboys vs HTC fandroids. Crackberry junkies vs Nokia cheerleaders. All of them have their arguments and neverending doses of absurdly blind faith in a corporation. But who is really winning this race? Who is really the dominant smartphone manufacturer? It’s hard to tell See, when you take into consideration more than one factor, you…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Teenager Jailed for 4 Months for Refusing to Tell Police His Password

You’re constantly warned to change passwords often, and to never reveal your passwords—but what happens when the police requests your computer password? If you’ve already been arrested for kiddyporn, it’s a good idea to hand it over. Refusing to tell police his 50-character long password has landed English 19-year-old Oliver Drage in prison, but as…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Concept Phone Made From Copper Charges in Pockets Using a Thermogenerator

What would you sacrifice for a phone that charges by inducting heat from your body? An OS? A brand-name you can be proud of? A touchscreen? That’s the question I pose to you, after spotting this concept Nokia phone. It’s been dreamed up by English designer Patrick Hyland, who envisions the phone to be made…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HTC’s Online Management and Remote Wipe Site Goes Live for Latest Androids

There is a catch, however: it looks like it’s only available for the Desire HD and Desire Z phones, which should be going on sale any day now. I signed up for it and attempted to use it with my plain ol’ Desire, but didn’t have much luck. If you do upgrade to one of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony’s 16.41MP Sensor Shoots 1080p Video and Will Be in Phones Next Year

Sure, it’s not all about the megapixels, but Sony’s just trumped Panasonic’s Lumix phone with their 16.41MP Exmor R-based CMOS sensor—seen in a phone near you shortly. Shooting 1080p video at 30fps, it uses back-illumination to reduce visual noise. It will be offered to manufacturers from January, and will no doubt show up in Sony…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Which iPad Apps Would a Former Newton Creator Recommend?

Now VP of product marketing at Apple, years ago Michael Tchao worked on the team that invented the Newton. Considering that was one of the first touchscreen “tablets” around, wouldn’t you just love to know his favorite iPad apps? Luckily, we are privy to such details, with his recommendations being shown off at the MIPCOM…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Steve Jobs Looks Weird When He Dresses Up

Maybe because the jacket doesn’t fit very well. Or maybe it’s just because it’s not what we’re used to seeing. Steve Jobs with former AT&T Mobility CEO Stan Sigman, who helped bring the iPhone to AT&T, at the Wireless History Foundation’s Inaugural Wireless Hall of Fame Dinner Oct 5 [Coracle Group, Wireless History Foundation]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Stolen Cellphone Leads To Full-Scale Manhunt

In Palo Alto, cellphone theft is taken very seriously. If you think I’m exaggerating, then consider this: Officers from three law enforcement agencies conducted a full-on manhunt—complete with a helicopter search—just because some guy stole a Droid. Apparently the thief asked to briefly borrow someone’s cellphone—a Motorola Droid—and instead of returning it simply hopped onto…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

How Could This Photo of Saturn Be Real?

Take a look at this photo of Saturn’s rings, taken by Cassini’s wide-angle camera last month, 270,000 miles behind Saturn. When I first saw it, I thought it couldn’t be real, but the explanation is easy. Cassini was in a position similar to the one in which it took this photo, looking to Saturn from…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

All Hail the Electric Snuggie

I’m man enough to admit when I’m wrong. And declaring the Snuggle Suit the last word in Snuggie technology was most definitely one of those times. The Coz-E is the heated Snuggie of your closest-held dreams. The only downside I can see is that it’s both impractical (gotta plug it in) and unsafe (wouldn’t want…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Two Linguists Have Discovered a Completely Unique, Reality-Shifting Language in India

Every two weeks, the last person capable of fluently speaking one of humankind’s over 6,000 languages dies. Let that sink in. Then, consider that two linguists have discovered a new one—unlike any other ever encountered in history. The language, called Koro, was found within a tiny community of around 800 inhabitants of the Himalayan foothills—nestled…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Russian Man Jailed For Destroying 50,000 Cellphones

In 2006, Russian police seized 50,000 cellphones over claims that the devices exceeded radiation emission levels. Recently, a prosecutor named Dmitry Latyshev ordered the destruction of those phones. Problem? He wasn’t authorized to do that. And there’s a conspiracy. Latyshev is being tossed into jail for the next 15 years over this mess, but that’s…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Microsoft Wants To Keep Your Sick Computers Off The Internet

According to Microsoft, your virus-infected computer is no different from a diseased human. This means that it should be quarantined until it’s healthy so that it doesn’t put others at risk: Just as when an individual who is not vaccinated puts others’ health at risk, computers that are not protected or have been compromised with…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Electrified DeLorean Heads Back to the Future

Hold on to your Huey Lewis and the News cassettes: An all-electric DeLorean DMC-12 will be rolling through the country roads of Italy just in time for the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future’s original European release. Our friends at Wired Italy are big fans of the movie. They’re also fascinated by electric cars,…

Tech News Keith Barry - Wired

If You Were A Microsoft Exec, You’d Have A Lego Windows Phone 7 Right Now

I wish I were a Microsoft executive just to have an invitation to the special Executive Windows Phone 7 event. Then I’d have a Lego mock-up of a soon-to-be-released device and instructions on exchanging a voucher for the real thing. I guess I’ll have to drag out my tubs of Lego bricks and build my…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Watching The Powers Of Ten Is The Best Way To Spend The Next Nine Minutes

This video begins with a one-meter square. Every ten seconds we zoom out by one power of ten. 101, 102…all the way to 1024 meters—the size of the observable universe. Then we get closer again. A lot closer. By the end of the video we’re not only be back to that one-meter square from the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Is the Verizon iPhone Really Happening in Early 2011?

The Wall Street Journal is claiming that the Verizon iPhone is imminent. Again. They say that Apple will start mass production of a CDMA iPhone by the end of 2010, starting sales in early 2011. However, there’s something weird here. Originally, the Wall Street Journal vaguely reported this story early in the morning, but they…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Heavy Metal Album Cover is Retro Sci-fi Radness

The Sword may not be your cup of tea, but no matter your musical predilections, the cover for their new album, Warp Riders (YES!) is pure awesome. Giant asteroids. Red gas clouds. A spaceship. Kanye—please copy this. [io9]

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Best Way Save $1800: A Hackintosh Mac Pro

While the majority of hackintoshes we’ve seen recently have involved netbooks, there’s something to be said for making your own $2700 Mac Pro for $900 in components… and a cardboard box. Apparently someone at One Block Off the Grid was having trouble running Adobe After Effects on his Mac. The obvious solution? Buy a bunch…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Star Wars ’83, Star Wars ’05, Star Wars ’12

Star Wars, circa 1983: Full of incredible models, unprecedented effects, and general techno-wonder. Star Wars, circa 2005: Boring, plastic, and heartless. Star Wars, circa 2012: Boring, plastic, heartless and blurry. Fuck. [Reddit]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Who Is Really Winning the Smartphone Race?

Teenager Jailed for 4 Months for Refusing to Tell Police His Password

Concept Phone Made From Copper Charges in Pockets Using a Thermogenerator

HTC’s Online Management and Remote Wipe Site Goes Live for Latest Androids

Sony’s 16.41MP Sensor Shoots 1080p Video and Will Be in Phones Next Year

Which iPad Apps Would a Former Newton Creator Recommend?

Steve Jobs Looks Weird When He Dresses Up

Stolen Cellphone Leads To Full-Scale Manhunt

How Could This Photo of Saturn Be Real?

All Hail the Electric Snuggie

Two Linguists Have Discovered a Completely Unique, Reality-Shifting Language in India

Russian Man Jailed For Destroying 50,000 Cellphones

Microsoft Wants To Keep Your Sick Computers Off The Internet

Electrified DeLorean Heads Back to the Future

If You Were A Microsoft Exec, You’d Have A Lego Windows Phone 7 Right Now

Watching The Powers Of Ten Is The Best Way To Spend The Next Nine Minutes

Is the Verizon iPhone Really Happening in Early 2011?

Heavy Metal Album Cover is Retro Sci-fi Radness

The Best Way Save $1800: A Hackintosh Mac Pro

Star Wars ’83, Star Wars ’05, Star Wars ’12

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