Apple made a 3G-enabled MacBook Pro? Who knew! And did you know someone got their hands on one and listed it on eBay earlier this month, where it almost sold for a whopping $70,000? Apple put the kibosh on that one, of course, contacting eBay to have the auction liquidated. And now they’re after North Carolina resident Carl Frega to …
Samsung Galaxy S II: Why I’m Not Buying It (Yet)
Bravi, Samsung and U.S. wireless service providers. You’ve finally brought the Samsung Galaxy S II stateside, four months after the rest of the world began enjoying the phone’s ultra-thin design, dual-core processor, Super AMOLED display and 8-megapixel camera.
In the tech world, that’s a lifetime. I remember having serious gadget …
Sony’s New 3D Head-Mounted Display Probably Hipper than Viewmaster
So Sony’s launching a new 3D head-mounted display, which looks like a pair of goggles you could sit a couple action figures in and take for a pretend Jetson-style spin. Ugly? Check. Cumbersome? Check. Potentially deadly if worn while ambling across the room to pluck an adult beverage from the fridge? Check.
Didn’t we used to call this …
The Worst Thing About ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’
Based on critical reception alone, the newest Deus Ex will likely be a hit. And that’s with good cause. Human Revolution is a great game, designed to support a variety of approaches and chock full of the kinds of nuts-and-bolts customizations that make a player’s experience feel really unique.
But it’s also a huge title and the …
App of the Week: ESPN Fantasy Football 2011
For some people—like my roommates—fantasy football is as much a part of autumn as the leaves changing color.
It means lazy Sundays spent doing little more than plopping down in front of the tube, washing down Digiorno with whatever beer’s on sale that week while compulsively checking your team after every down. The dedication and …
How Not to Get Scammed into Buying a Fake Wooden iPad
The golden rule is that if you’re buying grey market products, always take the device out of the box to check it before you go home. The secondary golden rule is that you don’t buy from a dude who has a gold tooth in the middle of a McDonald’s parking lot. And that is the story of how one Ashley McDowell of Spartanburg, South …
Check Out These New Windows 8 Features and Screenshots
As we wait for Windows 8 to amble its way into the market, we’ll be fed teaser posts and screenshots for what seems like an eternity. That’s all part of the fun, though. On that note, Microsoft’s Building Windows 8 blog recently took the wraps off of the upcoming operating system’s revamped “Windows Explorer” features—you know, the
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Want a Green Funeral? Liquefy Your Body with the ‘Resomator’!
If the title of this post alone makes you queasy, you might want to minimize your browser and finish whatever you’re eating before proceeding. No really. It involves things someone might do to your corpse after you’re dead, namely liquefaction, a lovely word, whose synonyms include “liquidize,” “deliquesce” and my personal favorite, …
Google Explores Utilizing +1s as Search Rank Factor
Google’s almighty search algorithm is one of our generation’s most heavily guarded secrets. Like the recipe for Coke before it, it’s been instrumental to the company’s ongoing success, even in the wake of a growing number of competitors like Bing or a favorite around here, Duck Duck Go.
That’s not to say that the algorithm’s perfect. …
Deal or No Deal: Facebook, Yelp Cut Daily Deals Services
Selective shoppers looking to save some money thanks to the Internet, beware: This particular sale may be ending sooner than you’d expect.
In the last week, not only has Facebook discontinued its Facebook Deals service, but Yelp is also rumored to be planning on “scaling back” its own Yelp Deals service, with 50% of the workforce …
HP TouchPad Might Not Be Dead After All
HP’s TouchPad tablets might not be gone for good, even after the fire sale ends. A company executive believes that the doomed tablet, which was more popular in death than in life, could make a comeback if HP spins off its personal computer business.
The TouchPad was on the market for about six weeks before HP announced that it would …
Supermarket Rolls Out Shopping Carts with Built-in iPad Docks
We’ve all been there; wandering aimlessly up and down the grocery aisles, silently screaming, “My kingdom for an iPad dock on this shopping cart!”
One supermarket chain in the U.K. is looking to do the unthinkable by rolling out (pun intended!) shopping carts—or “trolleys” as they’re charmingly called across the pond—with built-in …