The vast majority of folks I know own a Flip camera. Mostly because I know other media folks that get review units but also because the things are so damn easy to operate. Aside from a few quibbles I have about low-light performance and a not-so-great zoom/AF, I like the Flip line of cameras. But audio quality isn’t very good, so I’m …
Recycling Old Electronics Can Pay Off
Don’t know where to drop off that old 2nd gen iPod? MaxBack.com might trade you for some newer equipment – and possibly even donate money to your local school or non-profit.
Here’s how it works: You log onto the website and submit your product for a price/point quote. A cell phone with scratches and dents will probably get you about …
Wondering What’s New at Google?
I never know what’s going on at Google considering how many things the company is involved with. Think about it for a second. There’s a freaking blog for every project and who knows how many of them there are, so Google New is a bit of a godsend. It compiles the latest updates about new products from all the Google blogs in one …
The Playstation and Me: Scott Rohde, Part 1
So can you speak to the internal response at Sega to Sony’s efforts? Like, were they scared, were they nervous? Did they view them as an upstart?
I left before Sony really established their dominance in the space. Just like I said earlier, there was not a lot of fear. It was, “Uh, Sony really thinks they can come in there? We’ve …
Battery Lined Backpack Charges Three Devices While on the Go
If you find yourself constantly travelling and even more constantly running out of power for all your gadgets, has Quirky got the backpack for you.
The $130 Trek Support backpack’s main highlight is the removable “gadget dock” that doubles as a big rechargeable battery pack, feeding juice to up to three USB-powered devices—iPad, …
Dream a Little Bigger: Inception Video Game On Its Way?
Christopher Nolan’s dreamtime action-thriller has racked up $753 million worldwide and now its director is saying that he’s looking to take the film’s subconscious security exploits to video games. The quote from Variety:
“We are looking at doing is developing a videogame based on the world of the film, which has all kinds of ideas …
Origins: Dustin Nguyen
In “Origins,” comics creators talk about their formative experiences with comics. This time, we spoke with Dustin Nguyen, one of the most adventurous artists in mainstream comics at the moment. Currently the artist for Batman: Streets of Gotham, he’s also drawn extended runs on Detective Comics and WildC.A.T.S. (He also maintains a …
Bus Driver Caught Reading Kindle On the Job
Oregon seems to be in the news quite a bit lately. You have careless or inept hunters shooting down Google’s aerial fiber links forcing repairmen to cross country ski for three days to repair the damage done in the Dalles. And now there’s video of a TriMet bus driver reading his Kindle while driving on I-5!
40-year-old Lahcen …
JetBlue Finally Getting Fleet Wide Wi-Fi, But Not for a While
JetBlue will be getting Wi-Fi on all 160 of its airplanes. Hooray!
Installation won’t even begin until the end of 2012. What? Boo! We’ll all be telepathic by then. Who needs the internet?
JetBlue struck a deal with a telecom company called ViaSat, according to the Associated Press. The report indicates that the deal is to install …
Why Do Web Browsers Matter?
The Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Beta recently released by Microsoft reintroduces the software giant into the browser wars, but why are browsers worth fighting over when they’re essentially offered as freeware? Of the three major browsers used worldwide, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome, each …
Rumor: BlackBerry Tablet to be Unveiled Next Week?
The long-rumored BlackPad may be unveiled at BlackBerry’s developer conference next week, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed “people familiar with RIM’s plans,” the Journal details a device with the following specs (take this information with a grain of salt, of course).
The tablet will apparently feature a 7-inch …
Snake Game Inspires Fan Videos
Back in the good old days, there were no color graphics on cell phones. There were no awesome sound effects or interactive features. There was only Snake.
Nokia first put this as one of the standard games on all their cell phones in 1998, but the original video game has been traced back to 1977. And even though it consisted of a line …