More Bad News for 3D

A pair of new studies paint a dreary picture for 3D, both in movie theaters and at home.

Apple’s Audio Interface Patent Still Won’t Help My Running Career

I don’t know about you, but whenever I’m taking my iPhone out for a run (which happens four times a year) I’m more inclined to scroll through songs than actually, you know, move my legs. I know playlists are an option, but I’m really more of a “as the mood strikes” kind of guy, which [...]

TWC, Viacom Call a Timeout in Legal Battle over iPad Streaming

Television companies may not have decided upon the ideal way to stream content to the increasingly popular app audience just yet, but they may at least be taking a step closer to coming to some kind of consensus on the subject. Or, at least, not suing each other about it.

Leanpub: How to Turn Your Blog into an Instant E-Book

So. You got a blog. You want to turn it into a e-book, with a minimal amount of fuss and hard work.

Apple Removes Controversial Anti-Israel App from App Store

Last night, Apple removed the controversial “The Third Intifada” app from its App Store, just one week after it first went online. The free app provided news about forthcoming Palestinian protests as well as pinpointing other anti-Israel articles and information on the web. Some of the activities it highlighted demanded violence against Israel.

Fired IT Guy Sticks Porn into CEO’s PowerPoint Presentation

It may have been the most unexpectedly sexy PowerPoint presentation about a substance abuse center’s achievements ever witnessed. But then, most PowerPoint presentations about substance abuse don’t feature pornographic images, to the best of my knowledge.

AT&T, Comcast and Verizon May Start Punishing File Sharers

People who illegally download movies and music may soon face more than just empty threats from their Internet service providers.

Pirates Now Using Blogs and GPS to Hunt Merchant Vessels

Piracy – in the ship hijacking, non-torrent sense – is on the rise, and real life pirates are getting increasingly sophisticated with their ship-hunting methods.

Sonic the Hedgehog Turns 20: A Look Back at His Achievements

Happy birthday, Sonic the Hedgehog. You are 20 years old today. I trust you enrolled in a good college instead of attempting to simply live off of your many royalties? Look at child stars like Danny Pintauro, Todd Bridges and Macaulay Culkin! I urge you to figuratively tuck yourself into a ball and bowl over [...]

Survey: 90% of Companies Hit by Network Security Breaches

A survey of 583 companies in the U.S. has revealed that “90% of the respondents said their organizations’ computers had been breached at least once by hackers over the past 12 months,” according to Computerworld.

Need a Clock That’ll Run for 10,000 Years?

Yes, someone’s actually building an honest-to-goodness 10,000-year clock, or a clock that’ll run for 10,000 years. If you’re a Neal Stephenson fan (like me) and you’ve read his last novel, Anathem—in which a group of cloistered monks tend an ornate millennial clock—you already know about the actual clock. It’s been around for some time, and [...]