Man Develops $2,000 Halo-like Military Suit
If you participate in the strange art known as “cosplay,” you should be forced to give up your citizenship. I don’t care if you’re pretending to be Link, Cloud or Master Chief. So take this guy, Troy Hurtubise. He spent $15,000 of his own money and two years of his life developing what amounts to…
The Top iPhone Articles from the A-Team of Tech Reporting
Look, real reporting! David Pogue’s triplet of iPhone coverage comes in the form of his own hands on, an FAQ, and a video of the phone in his paws. From what I know, he’s the only gadget journo that was allowed to film/photograph during his meeting. And it’s funny. So this is the vid to…
Doomsday Plane: A Floating Pentagon ‘Just in Case’
Think your ride is cool? I bet it’s no match for the National Airborne Operations Center, no matter how pimped out yours is. Known colloquially as the “Doomsday Plane,” the Boeing 747 is outfitted enough to be considered a floating Pentagon. (In the event of a devastating attack upon the United States, the Doomsday Plane…
Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Music Streamer: Expensive for What it Does
Somehow last week we missed the Sony Vaio WA1 Wireless Digital Music Streamer. It’s a simple (and not necessarily new) concept: the device taps into your pre-existing Wi-Fi connection and streams the music that’s directed toward it. For example, you’ve got a PC loaded with music in your bedroom but you want to hear Sleater-Kinney…
Person Dies Trying to Win Nintendo Wii?
It’s the first day back from the glitz and glamor of CES and what do we have to report? Well, it looks like a woman died in a radio contest trying to win a Nintendo Wii. The contest, called “Hold you wee for a Nintendo Wii,” had contestants drink large amounts of water without being…