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RIM’s iPhone killer was conveniently seen in the wild by the folks over at the Boy Genius Report a day before Steve Jobs will take the stage at Apple’s WWDC. BGR is claiming this is a live shot of the final device, which could hit store shelves and Apple’s bottom line sometime in September. It…
We already have a pretty good idea of how the iPhone will work, from GPS, to faster network speeds, to how it will help raise you kids (lower prices), but it’s always fun to see the crazy ideas people had in their heads for what they thought the new design should be. Wired roped up…
Our favorite Martian gadget of the moment is experiencing some performance anxiety. While all of Phoenix’s parts are working just fine, including the 8-foot scoop arm, the little guy just couldn’t seal the deal when NASA scientists gave the green light to scoop dirt and put the bun in the oven. None of the inaugural…
Microsoft’s on-again, off-again relationship with an Xbox 360 Blu-Ray drive looks set to be on again this Monday. As you all know by now, Monday marks the beginning of Apple’s annual WWDC, and a little bird told us something is going to be announced by Steve Jobs there during his keynote. Microsoft doesn’t care; a…
With all the Apple fakes being tossed around the internet in the hours leading up to WWDC, how can us unassuming consumers figure out what’s real and what’s not? Luckily, Scientific American has got our backs with several ways photo editing masters spot a fake photo. The first thing to look for is lighting, an…
This TED talk from Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO of Microsoft and founder of Intellectual Ventures, is entertaining to say the least. There isn’t any useful information here, or news, or anything but Nathan is a fun engaging public speaker to listen to. With his voice’s wide dynamic range (both baby bear and papa bear) and…
These are the most badass earbuds on the planet, worn by the most badass people on the planet. Made by Silynx, the C4OPS are noise-canceling earbuds made for Special Forces that have a built-in GPS receiver which transmits securely through tactical radio and has voice navigation. The noise-canceling is self-adapting based on the type of…
Santa Monica has delivered a bright and shiny upgrade to its Pacific Ferris Wheel, dismantling the old one to make way for a new behemoth that boasts 160,000 LED lights. The 90-foot ride, manufactured by Chance Morgan Rides, delivers visual performances every night and cost the city $1.5 million. Thanks to solar panels that soak…
We know the iPhone is going to be center stage on Monday. But maybe you don’t want a new iPhone, you want one more thing. Cult of Mac has convenient interactive timeline of big announcements from every Stevenote (with video!) so you can figure out what’s more likely than not, using history as a guide.…
AT&T chief tech officer John Donovan has told Wired that they’re going to test bandwidth caps in the fall, making them the third of the four major ISPs to do so. (Verizon stands alone, but for how long?) He lays out the familiar rationale, a small group of users (5 percent) pillage the network (40…
Interesting fact about the laundry list of magical powers bestowed to Japanese cellphones-it makes ’em really hard for mere mortals to use. In this Wired article, Nobi Hayashi (who’s like Japan’s Pogue) estimates people use less than 5 to 10 percent of their handsets’ functions-his Panasonic P905i has a 3-inch TV, 3G, GPS and motion-controlled,…
Addy fiddled with the HTC Touch at the official unveiling about a month ago, but we’ve just got our own units delivered to us for extensive in-home testing. The exterior looks as nice as we’ve already seen in unboxing shots, and the TouchFlo is much more refined than the previous incarnations in HTC’s ever-expanding Touch…
You may have heard about a monkey controlling a robot arm that was in the news a week or two ago. It’s a pretty incredible story (albeit one that we reported on in 2003, 2005 and 2007). In the above video, Paul Scheer from Human Giant and Best Week Ever demonstrates the down sides to…
Some French message board has rumor of a new Samsung Blu-ray player called the BD-P2500. There have been countless before, but the hot thing about this is that its the first with the hardware to support full spec BD-Live from the Korean company. Update: Samsung has said that the previously announced BD-P1500 will come “BD-Live-ready,”…
T-Mobile is suing Starbucks over its free Wi-Fi from AT&T. The gist is that Starbucks and AT&T are promoting free Wi-Fi in markets where T-Mobile still has the exclusive right to “sell, market and promote its services” since the infrastructure transition to AT&T isn’t complete. In fact, technically, the only two markets running Death Star-certified…
Here’s a fake of an iPhone 2 Unboxing. Yeah, I don’t even think Apple considers using cardboard in their boxes unless it’s covered in a glossy finish. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t post something like this, but I think we can use this as an example of what happens when non fanboys get in on the fake…
If you hate Apple, or are just sick of Apple news, things are going to get worse for you over the next few days before they get better. Here’s a link to Giz without ANY Apple news. [Apple-Free Giz]
What the hell is with all these damn iPhone posts?! It would be a small miracle if you haven’t heard, but Apple’s developer focused WWDC keynote will be happening this Monday, and word has it that iPhones and operating systems may drop from the sky. We’ll start liveblogging before the actual event at 10AM, California…
A movie based on Nolan Bushnell’s founding of Atari was sold to Paramount on Friday and Leonardo Dicaprio is set to play the lead. Most people remember Bushnell for Atari, but I remember him for the scathing pit of rancid pizza and yuppie spawn called Chuck E. Cheese. When the local mall’s Gap wouldn’t take…
Contrary to rumors that Apple would drop PowerPC architecture support with its newest OS, a tipster and possible Apple insider was able to get his hands on the most recent build of the yet-to-be released 10.6, and found some evidence that Cupertino might be keeping the chip alive. The tipster, who asked to stay anonymous…
