Bugs, and plenty of ’em—that’s the gist of a blog note by an Adobe senior product manager titled “Lion Tamers,” which links to a list of known Adobe product issues with Apple’s latest and greatest. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion just hit the airwaves Wednesday, and I mean literally—the only way to get a copy is by downloading it via Apple’s Mac …
Apple Reportedly Considering Bid for Hulu
It’s like a list of who’s who when it comes to Hulu: First there was Yahoo, and then there was Google and Microsoft. Well now there’s apparently another big-name company in the mix. Apple is said to be considering a bid for Hulu.
(MORE: Netflix Not Interested in Hulu)
According to Bloomberg, two of their sources say that …
Comic-Con Diary, Day 1: Fear and Branding in San Diego
Dateline: San Diego! Where every year countless hordes of “Trekkies” and “cosplayers” and other freaky “pocket protector” types descend on the convention center for what “some” have called “nerd Woodstock”…
OK. Now that’s taken care of.
The first thing you notice when you get close to Comic-Con is the creeping …
Google E-Books Gain Momentum with ‘Harry Potter’ Deal
Of all the literature missing from the e-book realm, the omission of the Harry Potter series was seen by many as the most egregious. And for good reason.
The mega-franchise that redefined the outer parameters of mega-franchises not only made series author J.K. Rowling a bona fide billionaire, but it’s responsible for creating entire …
The Five Weirdest Pieces from MoMA’s New Tech Exhibit
A website that maps crowd-sourced data in a disaster. A digital character that giggles when you poke his belly. And a device that allows men to menstruate.
Those are just a few of the items that will go on display at Talk To Me, the Museum of Modern Art’s latest tech-focused show in New York City this Sunday. Featuring roughly 200 …
AT&T-Ready ‘Nexus S’ Android Phone Hitting Best Buy for $100
It only took about seven months, but Google’s Nexus S smartphone is finally getting support for AT&T’s network and a big fat subsidy to boot.
Starting July 24, you can get the Nexus S, with untainted Android 2.3, at Best Buy for $99.99 with a two-year contract. The phone has a 4-inch gently-curved display, 1 GHz processor, 5-megapixel …
Study: Fewer than 50% of Smartphone Users Make Calls
What’s the point of a smartphone?
If you answered “To make calls,” then congratulations: You’re in the minority. A new survey from social communications company CloudTalk has found that making calls is only the fourth most popular activity for smartphone owners… and one that only 43% of Americans actually engage in.
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How to Win More at Rock-Paper-Scissors (According to Science)
There are a few time-honored methods for settling disputes: Good ol’ fashion fisticuffs are a fairly noble method, but you get all hurt and bruisy and that’s usually not a wise career move. Then there’s always coin flipping, but that usually requires the presence of a coin, which can be annoying to carry around. And aside from arm …
Nokia Promises Windows Phone This Year
Nokia has erased any doubt that it’ll launch its first Windows Phone in 2011.
This is My Next confirmed the news with Nokia spokesman Ray Haddow, which is good, because you might not get the message from CEO Stephen Elop’s corporatespeak: “Step by step, beginning this year, we plan to have a sequence of concentrated product launches …
Anonymous: Hey, We Just Hacked NATO!
Anonymous, the hacker hive behind attacks on Sony, the Church of Scientology and various international governments has apparently trained its crosshairs on NATO, the military-minded North Atlantic Treaty Organization composed of the United States and multiple European countries. The group claims it managed to hack into NATO computers and …
Now You Can Make Multiple Phone Calls in Gmail
Good news for anyone who makes phone calls from inside Gmail – now you can make or receive multiple calls at once. Oh, wait. Excuse me.
Hi Mum. Are you? That’s great. Well actually I’m trying to write something for Techland at the moment. Is that the dog barking? Well how did it get in there in the first place? Wait. Hold on, …
Study Saying Piracy Actually Helps Sell Movies Suppressed?
It’s the report that, literally, people didn’t want you to see. A study on the effects of movie piracy sites on their users and the industry at large has been reportedly been locked away “in the poison cupboard” because it suggested that conventional wisdom had it all wrong—pirates actually ended up spending more money on movie …