Digital is cheap, digital is easy, digital is everywhere. Perhaps that’s why some people are turning their backs on it.
UK newspaper The Observer ran an interesting feature a week or so ago, highlighting the experiences and emotions of a small group of people who’re deliberately denying themselves the benefits of modern technology, …
Coming soon with your copy of Mac OS X Lion – a free castle.
Well, something code-named “Castle” anyway.
French website Consomac.fr dug up a juicy snippet of tech gossip while fiddling around with the latest developer preview of the next Mac OS.
Hidden in the code were references to something called “Castle”, and in particular …
The launch of Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center has been put back until next Sunday, May 8th, NASA said yesterday.
A last-minute fault has been traced back to power switches that operate heaters on a fuel line in the auxiliary power unit.
No, we don’t know exactly what that means, either, but it sounds pretty important.
The …
The first big step of Sony winning back the goodwill of consumers and repairing its reputation took place this weekend, when Kaz Hirai and other Sony execs took to the stage for a press conference. Hirai, an Executive Vice President who’s the no. 2 man at the Japanese tech giant, made the first executive acknowledgement of the fiasco …
Hey world – meet Pakistani IT consultant Sohaib Athar.
At the time of writing, his Twitter account has nearly 21,500 followers, but expect that number to rise.
Athar, it turns out, gave the world moment-by-moment coverage of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden – without even knowing what was going on. (More on Time.com: See photos …
For years, Apple’s iTunes has ruled the music-downloading world, conquering unsuspecting tweens one song at a time. But imagine if a new day were to come – one where Amazon would dominate, and you could get the most popular songs for a fraction of the normal price.
Only possible in an alternate reality? Not exactly. Amazon has a …
Spotify hasn’t even launched in the US yet, but rumor has it the European streaming music service may offer far more than just songs to wile away the hours. Recent buzz suggests Spotify plans to roll out a premium streaming movie rental service for customers this fall, and offer subscribers VoD access to features just weeks after …
The Apple video game console: it’s tech’s equivalent of a unicorn sighting under a double rainbow. An improbable, perennial rumor that won’t let go. Well it’s reared its head again, per speculation in an article over at Digital Foundry.
This year, the iPad 2 unveiling took place next door to the annual Game Developers Conference. …
Jeff Moss, the hacker better known as “The Dark Tangent,” has been named Vice President and Chief Security Officer of ICANN, the non-profit corporation that manages the Internet’s names and numbering infrastructure. He is the founder of DEF CON, the world’s largest conference for hackers, as well as the Black Hat security …
Bummer, it looks like the space shuttle Endeavour’s Friday afternoon launch has been called off, last minute, due to technical issues.
Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach has scrubbed today’s STS-134 launch attempt because of an issue associated with Auxiliary Power Unit 1 heaters. There will be at least a
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Hulu Plus comes to Xbox Live toady, and Microsoft let me have an early look along with a Kinect loaner unit to check out voice and motion controls.
If you’re not familiar with Hulu Plus, it’s an $8 per month streaming movie service focused mainly on …
Electronic greeting cards are now officially dead, with Conan O’Brien’s Facebook-driven “F*Cards” taking their place.
They’re video messages you can send to your Facebook friends containing timely and appropriate advice dispensed by the goofy late night talk show host himself. There are 25 to choose from—here are some of the …
