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As you probably already know, the NYPD has been planning to blanket lower Manhattan with over 3000 security cameras as a preventative measure against future terrorist attacks. Not surprisingly, the New York City Liberties Union (NYCLU) has a different opinion on the matter, saying that “A plan of this scope, expense [$106 million] and intrusiveness…
Yesterday’s new iPods were lovely and all, but if you’re like me, you wanted something more. Like some notebooks. Not to worry, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber says according to the standard “sources familiar with Apple’s hardware plans” that its “Let’s MacBook” event will happen on Oct. 14. While he doesn’t get specific what the new…
Reuters is reporting that the Android-packed HTC Dream may hit on September 23rd. That is [mostly] in-line with the timeframe already predicted—so keep your eyes open. [Reuters]
Right off the bat the Di-Cycle design is eye-catching. Imagine the looks you would get pedaling this down the road, smashing into cars and bumping old ladies off the sidewalk. Now imagine the looks you would get when you turn sharply toward the neighborhood pool, ride in and mow down all of the swimmers flailing…
AT&T’s just updated its terms of service for broadband customers, and starting next month, if you’re a heavy downloader, get ready to have your connection squeezed to a trickle. While they haven’t implemented usage caps a la Comcast (yet) they are using a similar traffic management technique starting on Oct. 18 you will see throughput…
Sure, your car dashboard may have a lot of cool buttons and computer displays, but chances are it lacks something that many classic cars have in abundance. A little something I like to call “style.” OObject has put together a list of 17 classic cars (and even one new classic in the Audi TT) that…
Like the infamous Canburger before it, this snack food seems totally unnatural. I mean, chips made from “edible” paper? The creators claim that it is a zero calorie alternative to regular chips that offers a dining experience akin to “eating tasty air.” First of all, what kind of paper is it? Rice paper has calories,…
“Like I said, if the world doesn’t end, I’ll erase the tape. Promise.” Think you can do better? You probably can. Hit the comments to prove it. [popmech]
Yesterday Apple introduced HD TV downloads to the iTunes store, meaning you can watch Peter be super emo on Heroes at a crispy 720p resolution. That’s a higher resolution than DVD, and technically, yup, that’s HD. There’s a catch though. Like every other video download service touting HD videos, it’s all actually lower quality than…
Red, makers of the famous Red One camera, have confirmed their upcoming DSLR while dropping breadcrumbs of specs for us to gobble up. First things first, don’t call it at SLR—it’s a “replacement for DSLRs” going internally by the name DSMC (Digital Still and Motion Camera). And if we’re reading between the lines correctly, they’re…
If you rock Ubuntu, you’ve probably already got your engines revved for the more immediately imminent Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release next month. But that’s not stopping Canonical—Ubuntu’s main developer—from jibber-jabbering about Jaunty Jackalope, the next major Ubuntu release, which is due in April. Ubuntu 9.04’s code name stems from its focus on zip-zoominess, with a…
Sure, you are all aware that there is a new iTunes 8, new iPod nano, and new iPod touch. But did you read our hands-on reviews and the rest of the details and products that many people missed at Apple’s “Let’s Rock” event? If you want to know all about what happened there, don’t forget…
Virgin Mobile USA is soon to launch its first handset that uses tech from newly acquired Helio. Just as predicted, the slider phone will indeed include advanced features like social networking and other mobile services “through partnerships with Accuweather, ESPN, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Yahoo!” and others. There’s also Virgin Mobile’s first location-based services like “Buddy…
A wireless mouse is blasphemy for most gamers-Logitech’s got the G7, but Razer won’t go near wireless-so naturally, that’s exactly what Microsoft’s revived, genre-busting SideWinder is doing with the X8. Not only is it wireless-using a 2.4GHz connection, like the G7-it escalates the silly DPI arms race, taking it up to 4000dpi to match the…
Marcelo da Luz was driving his solar-powered Xof1 car when he was pulled over by Alaskan police. They chased him for a while, trying to figure what the heck his vehicle was, then decided to stop him. The reason: 911 received an UFO sighting alert. And no, there’s no Sarah Palin connection here, because this…
Leave it to Japan to continually live up to their own charming stereotypes. At the Kanda-Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo—a temple otherwise like any other—visitors can bring their computers to be blessed for protection from problems like malware and BSoDs. Not-so-coincidentally, the temple is very closely situated to Tokyo’s famed tech mecca Akihabara and offers…
Here we see ol’ Mercator, if country sizes were drawn according to the amount of discretionary income spent on electronics by its citizens. As the world’s largest economy, the US being the biggest blob here at $162 billion for 2007 is not that surprising. But what might be surprising is Japan, who spends more on…
We’d always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and now we know why. A real toaster gutted of its heating elements and filled with the sumptuousness of an NES, its cartridge actually pops out with the toaster’s working lever. The only non-working part is the heat knob, which would have…
Call up “DIR-ECT-IONS” (clever) on your way to the car and tell the friendly robot who answers where you want to go, and you can have a route beamed to your Dash GPS over the web instantly. Dial Directions already works with a few other online and mobile services, but this Dash integration is a…
Last week, I asked you to put your creative powers to good use by Photoshopping those Google Chrome comics for comedic effect. Remember Google Chrome? It wasn’t released by Apple. How refreshing! In any case, hit the jump for your one very insane and head-scratching winner and the rest of the best in the Gallery…
