Archive for December, 2011:
Chirping Perch Reminds You Of a Forgotten Charger [Accessories]
Remembering to pack your phone’s charger while traveling is even more important than clean underwear these days. And with a few subtle chirps, the Perch promises to remind you to pack your most important of cables. More »
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Apple's Siri curses out 12-year-old
Someone reportedly tampers with a demo iPhone 4S so that when a 12-year-old boy picks it up and asks Siri a question, she is not amused or amusing. She tells him to Shut the f*** up."
Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
Shut the f*** up.
Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
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Skype’s Giving Manhattan Free Wi-Fi For New Year’s [Skype]
If you live in NYC, or are headed there for the massive clusternut of cold and pain that is the Times Square ball drop, you can officially leave your data plan behind. Skype’s flooding the island with free, fast Wi-Fi from noon tomorrow until noon on January 1. More »
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In <em>Metal Evolution</em>, Rock Gods Hammer Out Genre’s History
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The FCC Will Investigate Verizon’s Ridiculous $2 Online Payment Fee [Verizon]
Verizon’s announcement that hey, no biggie, but they’re going to charge you two dollars a month just for paying your bill online didn’t just catch our attention. It’s also apparently perked up a few ears at the FCC, where hopefully glorious, government-appointed justice will rain down on our carrier oppressors. More »
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This Cat Just Beat Your Fruit Ninja High Score [Video]
Of all the trends to close out 2011, I couldn’t be happier with the emergence of Animals Playing Games On Gadgets. First came the agile bearded dragon, then the vicious African Bullfrog, and now, in perhaps the most impressive display yet: a cat that is very, very good at Fruit Ninja. More »
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New Group Paves Way For 2012 Online Primary
DJRumpy sends this excerpt from CNN:
“Americans Elect, which has raised $22 million so far, is harnessing the power of the Internet to conduct an unprecedented national online primary next spring. If all goes according to plan, the result will be a credible, nonpartisan ticket that pushes alternative centrist solutions to the growing problems America’s current political leadership seems unwilling or unable to tackle. The theory: If you break the stranglehold that more ideologically extreme primary voters and established interests currently have over presidential nominations, you will push Washington to seriously address tough economic and other issues. Even if the group’s ticket doesn’t win, its impact will force Democrats and Republicans in the nation’s capital to start bridging their cavernous ideological divide.”
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Let’s Watch Things Blow Up for Four Minutes [Video]
I don’t know about you, but my high school chemistry class was filled with equations and titrations and the occasional back row nap. The gentlemen at the Periodic Table of Videos, however, have spent the last year making elements go boom. And here’s every last fiery feat of 2011, for your last-work-day-before-New-Year’s pleasure. More »
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Next-gen iPad: Sorting out screen, battery, chip, timing rumors
Next-gen iPad rumors come fast and furious at times. But not all are equally valid.
Originally posted at Nanotech – The Circuits Blog
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Gentlemen, You Can Thank This Robotic Arm for Your New Head of Hair [Video]
Conventional hair transplant treatments can last eight hours or more. That causes fatigue in even veteran surgeons, and you don’t want a tired doctor plowing for follicles on the back of your head. Luckily, the new ARTAS system can do the heavy hair-pulling. More »
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