Has dating site eHarmony been hacked? Well, it depends on which eHarmony you mean, apparently. Rumors of a security breach at the site first surfaced yesterday, but eHarmony was quick to reassure its members that it was not the actual eHarmony dating site that had been attacked, but instead an ancillary site called eHarmony Advice. The …
Two Minute Video: The HP TouchPad Tablet is Coming
The HP TouchPad was announced this week. It’s a slick-looking tablet that’s nearly identical in size to the iPad but sports a faster dual-core processor, front-facing camera and runs the WebOS interface that was developed by Palm before it was acquired by HP last year.
The lack of a price tag or firm availability date are both a bit …
Grammys Use Geotagging, Nostalgia To Drive Ratings, Sales
The Oscars isn’t the only awards show giving itself a social media makeover this year; this weekend’s Grammys is also taking to the internet in an attempt to make itself more relevant. Ahead of this weekend’s ceremony, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences have launched a campaign called “Music Is Life Is Music” that allows …
Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions for Your Perusal
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
10% ($0 to $8,500)
Bacon Flavored Toothpaste: $4.50
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PlayStation Motion Controller Move-ing to PCs?
Sony introduced their Move motion controller last year to a fair amount of buzz. While the device arguably had a better launch slate than Kinect, with more than 8 million Kinect sensors sold since its November launch, there’s no question that Microsoft’s revolutionary peripheral trounced the Move at retail. But the device’s chief …
Obama Wants 4G for 98% of Americans by 2016, But How Would That Work?
During a speech at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., President Obama outlined a plan to bring 4G technology to 98% of American households by 2016.
According to an official White House statement, the plan “will enable businesses to grow faster, students to learn more, and public safety officials to access …
Google Docs Wants To Help You Plan Your Wedding
Is there anything that Google doesn’t do?
Google Docs announced this week that it’s rolling out a new organizational tool for all those bridezillas called Google Weddings, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Despite its corny nature, Google Weddings could actually be a really useful tool–it allows users to do everything from plan …
MPAA Sues Hotfile.com For Promoting Internet Piracy
The next front in the War on Internet Piracy? Online file sharing sites, apparently. The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a lawsuit against Hotfile.com on behalf of 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros, accusing the site of facilitating copyright infringement on “a staggering …
What Went Viral This Week
February 11, 2011 –
Metal Drummer Puppy
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Just saying, he should jam with Keyboard Cat.
Girlfriend Takes Revenge on Ex By Turning Him Into A Meme
He dun goofed with the wrong lady. [via Gawker]
Even More Footage From This Year’s Best Superbowl …
Whispers of a No-Contract, Carrier-Jumping iPhone
Apple may be targeting the lower end of the cell phone market, reports Bloomberg, citing unidentified “people who have been briefed on the plans.”
Apple is apparently working on a smaller version of the iPhone that uses older components and has no “Home” button. It’s roughly two-thirds the size of a regular iPhone and would supposedly …
Immortality Only A Few Decades Away Thanks To Singularity
Raymond Kurzweil takes up to 200 supplements and pills a day to maintain his health. Although he is 62 years old, he estimates that his intense regiment has made him physically 20 years younger. He’s not pursuing a good lifestyle to stay fit forever. He just wants to survive until the Singularity, the event where our technology far …
Nokia and Microsoft Partner to Build Windows Phone 7 Devices
Nokia and Microsoft have announced a partnership wherein Nokia will build handsets running Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 operating system.
There aren’t any hard-and-fast dates for when the first Nokia-branded Windows phones will hit the market, but some of the highlights of the partnership are as follows:
– Nokia will use the …