If you’re playing the console version of Skyrim, I’m afraid this story isn’t for you, or rather it is, if only to illustrate how much cooler playing Skyrim on a PC can be. Here’s a look at 10 of the best reasons, by way of some top notch game mods.
Providing further proof that one day we’ll rely on our smartphones for just about everything, developer Brandon Fiquett hacked Siri to work with the Viper SmartStart system in his Acura TL, meaning he can start and stop his engine via voice command, as well as pop the trunk and activate his alarm.
With being tasered and pepper-sprayed apparently on the menu for those brave and potentially misguided souls who braved the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday sales in person this past weekend, perhaps it’s no surprise that online sales during the day went up 26% from last year, with an estimated $816 million being spent by Americans online during that one day alone.
Everyone who’s been hoping and praying for a Britney Spears comeback all these years, you finally have your wish…well, kind of. While the former pop princess may not be back to her days of musical ubiquity just yet–personally, I’ve not liked anything she’s done since “Toxic,” but that’s just me–she has just taken the top spot…of Google+ users.
It probably comes as no surprise to learn that English is the most used language on Twitter, but perhaps you wouldn’t have expected to learn that Arabic is by far the fastest-growing language on the service, with a growth rate of more than 2000% over the last year.
Motorola and Verizon Wireless are reportedly about to release the Droid 4, less than five months after the launch of its predecessor.
–Kevin Werbach, associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and former tech policy official with the Federal Communications Commission, commenting on the theory AT&T may attempt to salvage its FCC-scuppered merger with T-Mobile by selling off 40% of T-Mobile’s assets to wireless rivals. Asset Sale May Be Next for AT&T [New York Times]
Earlier this month hackers accessed the control system of a water utility in Springfield, Illinois via a Russian IP address and caused a water pump to malfunction and eventually fail, according to reports. This would have been the first known kinetic cyberattack on U.S. soil except for one catch: It didn’t happen.
Still shaking off Black Friday and the holiday eat-shop-eat-sleep-eat binge that followed? Here’s a quick rundown of what’s shaking in crazy-crazy deals-land, tech-wise.
Welcome back, first-Monday-after-Thanksgiving, and here’s what’s happening this busy Cyber Monday morning in tech news…
As an avid cyclist, Dan Cleary didn’t like how expensive it was to ship his bike when he traveled, and he found both the quality and quantity of bikes available for rent anywhere he went on vacation to be lacking. His site, Velolet, allows individual bike owners and bike shops to list their bikes for rent.
