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Tens year ago today, the original Bondi blue iMac went on sale. In more ways than one, it marked the rebirth of Apple into the one we know today and the dawn of the Jobs + Ive era. Not a bad legacy. To celebrate, here’s a visual history of the iMac through ads, starting with…
There are literally thousands of apps in the iPhone App Store, with hundreds being added each week. It’s hard to keep track. In the same vein as our “iPhone Apps We Like” posts, take a look here at what stood out this week-notable for usefulness, novelty, birthing a child, whatever. Let’s spend some iTunes credit.…
Look around. You probably have soda cans, pizza boxes and take out containers lying all over the place. Come on man, just because you are a lazy bachelor doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a little home cooking every once in awhile. So, with that in mind, check out the following list of gadgets. You too…
A few weeks ago we ran a rumor that Dell was working on a new PMP-no biggie, really. Are people really trying to top the iPod at this point? But Business Week has uncovered more of the story from “multiple sources.” Apparently Dell’s maneuvering isn’t about hardware at all (or that much, at least). It’s…
I know people like the Philips Senseo coffee pod system-I’m a snob and refuse to try it-so just for you folks, Philips is releasing a new version of the Senseo that can make froofy milk drinks, too. Called the Senseo Latte Select, it appears to be identical to the old Senseo but now features a…
Furukawa, a Tokyo-based tech company, has developed a thermoelectric conversion material that’s said to be able to boost the fuel efficiency of cars by 2% by converting about 7% of exhaust heat into electricity. Unlike conventional thermoelectric conversion materials, which warm up as a whole when one side is exposed to heat, this new material…
Continuing in its tradition of offering up exactly what we want, Boston.com’s Big Picture blog has a ton of fantastic shots from the fencing action this week in Beijing, with the duelers’ silvery lamé space suits and crazy blinking helmets on full display. I want one to wear, whether I’m making toast (flying crumb protection)…
The criminal of the week award goes to a man who held up an EB Games at gunpoint and demanded a PS3. Why only a PS3 and not, you know, money? Because according to him, his family was being held hostage and the only way he could save them was with a PS3. He then…
Super Monkey Ball is arguably the current zenith of iPhone tilt gaming. The gameplay involves navigating your bebubbled monkey through a series of elevated, edgeless mazes without letting him fall—it’s fun, if repetitive. Nintendo’s Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble is similar: The player guides Kirby through mazes using tilt-sensitive control, collecting stars along the way. Both…
Archos used to (and to some extent still does) represent the biggest, baddest personal media players on the block. I mean, they weren’t just PMPs. They were DVRs, too, and featured massive screens. In a way, Archos never let us down. We just realized that if we were carrying around that much extra gear, it…
Oh boy, it’s Friday again. Our favorite day of the week other than Saturday and Sunday, where we can play with our gadgets without worrying that we have THINGS to do. If we somehow invented a time machine, we’d time hop from Friday to Friday, always visiting on the day of the week everyone’s most…
EA’s version of Tetris was fine. There was nothing hugely wrong with it, except that $10 price. And since we’ve all paid for Tetris before on one platform or another, we’ll gladly settle for the iPhone’s free version of Tetris called Tris. Move pieces by sliding your finger back and forth and rotate them by…
Netflix’s bonered shipping system hasn’t magically fixed itself yet, but Reuters reports that they’re resuming shipments to the affected customers. The company, which shipped nothing early Thursday morning, wants to get back to normal sometime on Friday, which may or may not be the case. The good news is that they’ve fixed most of the…
Our Canuck neighbors might be getting the BlackBerry Bold before we do, but they’ll be paying through the nose for it-$399.99 on a three-year contract according to a leaked flyer. While Rogers does tend to run higher than the US on smartphones (though they are offering the iPhone 3G for $199), this does seem to…
So, golf isn’t manly enough for you? The stupid pants and old man gladhanding don’t bring enough excitement to the table? Well, the Bad Ass Golf Cart aims to change that with a little help from some gigantic tires. There are a wide number of Bad Ass Golf Carts available, from the off-roading type to…
Yesterday’s leaked Treo Pro was definitely not a rendering. We’ve now got a whole gallery of it in the flesh, confirming its good looks, and maybe more importantly, its size. While a little taller and wider than the Centro, it’s mercifully thinner than its pocket-bulging predecessor. The keyboard spacing looks like it’s slightly more generous…
Hot-wiring a car isn’t really on the list of things every boy should get handed down from their pappies, but when you find yourself in the Sahara and your Land Cruiser keys just got eaten by a lioness, you’ll be happy you checked out this informative step-by-step guide. Yes, it’s super illegal, so don’t be…
Maybe it’s real. Maybe it’s a Photoshop. Either way, here’s a red HTC Diamond with a Sprint logo on it. The image goes along with months of rumors about a Sprint-based HTC Diamond—one that will have a more curved case than its GSM counterpart along with a battery boost from 900 mAh to 1340 mAh…
Here’s an idea. Pick up a Street Fighter edition iPod nano. (We recommend Chun Li.) Then have it engraved “From Chun Li, thanks for being there through a difficult time.” Bring it to school (don’t let the teacher see it, of course) and bust it out at the lunch table nonchalantly, “What’s this? Oh, just…
