At the peak of his addiction, Daniel was playing EverQuest 15 hours a day. He would sneak out of bed at 2 AM to game and sneak back in before his mother woke him up so he could tell her he was sick. He would then stay home and play some more. His perfect attendance record dropped to 45% by the end of what would be equivalent to his …
Five Great Free Comics For Your iPad
So you stood in line (or waited for the delivery person), and now you’ve got your iPad 2, and you’ve heard how good comics look on it. Still, you want to take a look at some good stuff before you start running up a hefty Apple Store bill. Here are five awesome comics that won’t cost you a cent.
1. The Walking Dead #1
The Robert …
Pwn2Own Roundup: Apple Fails, Google Stays Strong
The hackers at last week’s Pwn2Own contest had a field day with some of the world’s most popular browsers, but they didn’t make a clean sweep.
Pwn2Own pits security experts against web browsers on laptops and smartphones. At stake are cash prizes of $15,000 per exploit, along with the actual hardware on which the browsers were hacked. …
How Much Should the iPad 2 Really Cost?
With the hefty minimum price tag of $629 (including 3G), the iPad 2 isn’t exactly a recession buster. But aside from the cost of software development, how much is an iPad 2 really worth?
According to All Things Digital, who got an exclusive look at the breakdown from market research firm IHS iSuppli, the total cost of all the hardware …
Big Robot Pharma Is Here: UCSF Rolls Out Robot Pharmacists
You don’t have to bow to your new robot overlords, but the least you can do is accept the medication they’re trying to give you. The Medical Center at University of California San Francisco has started to replace human pharmacists with robots to improve service, and results so far suggest that Walgreens and other pharmacies might want to …
Trying to Buy an iPad 2? Good Luck
The business of buying an iPad 2 has predictably turned to madness, with scarce in-store supplies and ship dates stretching into April.
Apple’s online store shows a shipping delay of three to four weeks for all iPad 2 models, up from a flat three-week delay for people who ordered the tablet on its March 11 launch day. The iPad 2 is …
Free Calls To Japan In Tsunami Aftermath
Tech companies are doing their bit to help people affected by the disaster in Japan.
AT&T today announced free international long distance calls from the US or Puerto Rico to Japan, from now until the end of the month. This offer is for wireless postpaid customers. All wireless numbers also get free text messages to Japan too.
If …
That Was Fast: Jailbreakers Get Into the iPad 2
In the unlikely event that you wish to upset the delicate balance of your shiny new iPad 2, the news from over the weekend is that it can be jailbroken, and soon you’ll be able to do the same.
Twitter user @comex posted this photo showing a white iPad 2 with Jailbreak-only software Cydia running.
Jailbreaking, for the uninitiated, …
Drumroll Please: Internet Explorer 9 to Make Its Debut
Not to be left out of the browser wars, Internet Explorer is launching their latest version of their web browser today at 2 pm ET. The release candidate can be found here – or you could just wait a few hours.
PC World got a sneak peek at SXSW: It seems that the focus of IE9 is to make sure the browser takes a back seat to the content, …
Celebrate Pi Day By The Numbers
Today is pi day! So says piday.org, founded by Dan Hellerich back in 2001, for the simple reason that 3/14 is the closest anyone’s going to get to 3.14159265.
The point of pi day? To celebrate pi, of course. That means reading about pi-related mathematical strangenesses, buying pi-related merchandise, and of course, eating pie.
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Apple’s iPad 2: It’s Still the One
When Apple unveiled the iPad back in January of 2010, the company’s competitors rightly saw a huge opportunity. Now that Steve Jobs & Co. had created the first modern tablet computer, other manufacturers could build on the ideas it originated. They could offer features that it didn’t. They could deliver more bang for the …
Quake Knocks Japanese Games Offline, Delays Release of Others
The ongoing earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan’s eastern regions have video games companies temporarily shuttering online game servers and delaying imminent releases.
Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix said it would shut down online roleplaying games Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI, as well as its PlayOnline service, to help …