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We hate crapware, you hate crapware, and Steve Ballmer hates crapware. Here’s what Ballmer said last night about it. When people complain about computers coming with too many applications, it runs slowly, that’s not a good thing. There’s some basic hygiene that we and our partners can participate in together. We can clean them up,…
Just a few days after the new series premiere, RadioShack has announced that it scored exclusive rights to sell Mio’s Knight Rider GPS in the US. I already have a GPS unit, but the geek in me wants to buy this thing just to hear William Daniels tell me where the nearest McDonald’s is. The…
Some of you are thrilled that the age of video on DSLRs is here; some of you are surprisingly pissed off about it. Truth is, the 720p video coming from the Nikon D90 can look amazing, but in some ways it can’t replace even the cheapest cams when it comes to chasing kids and pets…
The always fascinating Dark Roasted Blend has an article on alternative uses for books. Sculptures, lamps, structures, furniture… everything made with books. It’s an eerie view on book heaven or book hell, depending on your mood. Mine is a bit gloomy, so looking at the beautifully spooky gallery and knowing about the renassaince of electronic…
Good news! Those who pre-order Gears of War 2 Limited Edition at Best Buy will score an R/C Centaur tank free. Bad news! We don’t know if the tank is a real, living R/C tank or just some sort of downloadable, in-game content. And this spy shot from a recent Best Buy pre-holiday meeting in…
Tomorrow I embark on a week-long vacation that will have me hiking up mountains, enjoying art and music and dining in fancy restaurants. Needless to say, I am looking forward to it. The only thing I am not 100% about is the hotel room. I’ve never stayed in this particular chain before and I got…
After the Goatee Saver, I thought that I had seen it all. But no…there is more where that came from. Check out this Slim Trim razor from designer James McAdam. The caliper mechanism promises a mathematically proportional shave every time. Sure, that makes sense with sideburns and Hitler mustaches, but you have to think bigger—more…
Every yup on the block has a fancy TV on their wall, but not too many folks can claim they have six PCs clustered in a render farm, glowing with eye-searing blue LEDs through a wall-mounted, oversized metal and acrylic frame. Installed at the Fredrik Perman design studio, the wall behind the system houses the…
If you are interested in winning a $1000 gift certificate from Best Buy, it is time get cracking on those spy gadget questions because the deadline is this Sunday the 28th. Hit our contest page for the full details.
The Apple part of the iPhone battery class-action lawsuit has been dismissed by U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, who looked at the claims brought by Jose Trujillo and deemed them as dumbtastically stoopeed. Not exactly in those words, but I know that’s exactly what he meant with his words: Apple disclosed on the outside…
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer spoke at the annual Churchill Club dinner last night and said some very interesting things about the way Apple, Microsoft and Google make devices. No surprise, but he thinks Apple’s method of creating end-to-end computers and a cellphone experience is the wrong way to do things. He did, however, have nice things…
Information in a leaked Blockbuster memo has revealed that the discontinued 40GB Playstation 3 is set for a $40 price drop on Sunday, bringing it down to $360. The memo also notes that a 40GB bundle with an HDMI cable, Spiderman the movie and Transformers the game will see a drop as well. It’s not…
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This is Jeff. He’s losing to me at Brainball, which is on display at Wired’s NextFest. It’s sort of like soccer if numbing your mind could score a goal. I asked the creator, why not reward the player who can think the hardest? He responded, “because the best games are the ones that you don’t…
We’ve complained (maybe carped is a better word) about the lack of design unity in Android, but the truth is, there is one design element that’s consistent across the entire OS: the Droid font, the result of an intense, two-year collaboration between digital typeface company Ascender and Google. Throughout the design process, it swung from…
If you’re running a Windows Mobile phone (more specifically the MOTO Q Music 9m, MOTO Q 9h, Palm Treo 750w, Samsung Blackjack I or Blackjack II), you might want to check out Adobe’s new mobile beta site. Hit the link to register. [Adobe via intomobile]
Today is a good day for Palm fans because the 3G-equipped, touchscreen Treo Pro is hitting the street for $550. Again, rumor has it that it could come to AT&T at a subsidized price in December, but if you want to get the unlocked version, now is the time. [Palm]
“Grrrr…. ahhh” is roughly the sound you’ll make as you use this crowbar bottle opener to muscle-off the cap on a bottle of lovely beer. And you’ll get to whack the opener menacingly into your palm if you’re in the mood to look like a heavy. Just don’t be too energetic opening the bottle, else…
A friendly tipster sent us this training to-do list for Verizon employees, which yields a couple of tidbits. First, training on the BlackBerry Storm has to be finished by Nov. 2, which our tipster says “guarantees” it’ll be launched by early November, as we’ve heard. Verizon’s Touch Diamond can be expected by late December, based…
It’s not out yet, but this is how Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile 6 looks. It will be part of Windows Mobile 6.1, finally replacing the old browser codebase from 1997’s Internet Explorer 4, bringing much-needed modern standards support. It has two modes of operation, which can be specified in a preferences screen: Mobile Device and…