We’re the species that visited the Moon, created countless beautiful works of art and poetry, and built skyscrapers that reached thousands of feet into the air—and everything that makes us unique can fit on three floppy disks. That’s the gist of a cool new video by Evan Anthony.
Yesterday, Anthony talked to The Atlantic about the …
No cable outlet, no problem. On Monday, AT&T will release the U-verse Wireless Receiver for $50 plus a $7 per month rental fee. What can you do with this magic box? I’ll tell you in the next paragraph. This is just a little written-word foreplay to get you ready for the actual news.
In a room with a phone jack and a power …
Well, that’s certainly one way to complain about news coverage. Hackers claiming to represent Anonymous have announced plans to take down Fox News’ website on November 5 in protest over the network’s coverage of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.
Calling the Fox coverage “continued right-wing, conservative propaganda against the …
Bad news for tech-loving Scots—the iPhone 4S doesn’t understand what you’re saying. Siri, Apple’s personal assistant, can recognize accents everywhere from Australia to London (and respond in-kind). It can even understand you if you speak to it in French or German.
But live in Edinburgh or Aberdeen? Sorry, you’re out of …
In a 1968 musical starring Dick Van Dyke, a vintage racing motorcar takes to the skies with helicopter blades perched on the ends of red and yellow batwings. The musical’s name: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. For some reason, those four words popped into by brainpan when I spotted MSNBC’s story about a “flying Humvee.”
Just look at that …
Mario and Luigi, you might want to start sharpening up those plumbing skills after all. For the first time in three decades, gaming giant Nintendo is forecasting an annual loss, with an expected dip into the red of 20 billion yen ($263 million) for financial year ending March 2012.
The forecast follows the company announcing a net …
Goodbye Sony Ericsson, hello Sony smartphones. By purchasing the other half of its cell phone business from Ericsson, Sony hopes it can become a mobile powerhouse on its own.
Sony will pay 1.05 billion euros for Ericsson’s stake of the business, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary. Once the acquisition goes through, Sony will phase …
It certainly sounds ominous: Hackers meddling with satellites controlled by the U.S. government several times over the past four years. What’s more, claims a report by a U.S. congressional commission, the hackers behaved in ways consistent with Chinese military doctrine.
In a draft report due out next month and
Earlier this month, T-Mobile and Walmart announced a $30 per month, no-contract smartphone plan with unlimited data and text messaging. Now, they’re ready to talk about the actual phones.
The first handset will be Samsung’s Exhibit II 4G, and it’ll be available at Walmart starting October 27 for $200 without a contract, or $80 with a …
Forget Street View. Now when I’m bored I can pretend I’m working in the Conde Nast cafeteria. Or at the Googleplex.
Last May, Google announced that they would start taking interior views of stores. But why? It turns out that some of these images are now making their way online as part of a new feature showcased on Google Maps. …
Can’t wait to get your hands on Motorola’s new Droid RAZR, the phone that’s so cool it doesn’t need lowercase letters or the proper amount of vowels? Then head over to Verizon’s website, as pre-ordering for the phone kicked off at 8am sharp today.
The Droid RAZR will sell for $299—if you happen to sign up for a two-year contract …
If Netflix does, in fact, continue its slow implosion and disappear into the coldness of internet irrelevance, one question seems to be left unsaid: Who will take over where it left off? Who profits from Netflix’s demise the most?
According to Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne, cable and satellite companies should be …
