I don’t watch Ellen since, you know, I have a job that requires me to work during the day instead of watching TV, so I missed this the other day. It’s actually pretty funny, but Apple didn’t think so.
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Exclusive: Who Schooled Microsoft In The Making Of KIN
Microsoft is making bold strides to change their image and listen to customer’s needs and wants. And you can tell by their marketing and advertising campaigns from the last couple of years. (I loved the Seinfeld and Gates spots, BTW.) The concept is nothing new, of course. But I have to believe that for a project like KIN, they had to …
Two Minute Video: Best Mother’s Day Gadgets
Forget the flowers this year and buy your mom something she’ll actually enjoy. Here are a few gift ideas based on her level of comfort with technology products. Oh, and get her flowers too. And a card.
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The Techland Show: Han Shot First Edition
Not that it matters to most of you, but we have no idea where Lev Grossman is. If you’ve seen him, please tell him to come home. We miss him. And so does Church.
What better way to spend your Fridays than watching a bunch of yayhoos talking about tech, comics, movies and the like? It’s not like you’re doing all that much at work …
YouTube Friday: 99-Year-Old Oregon Woman Gets Her First Computer
Once in a while you need a swift kick to the derrière to put things back into perspective. It seems like fanboys, tech pundits and tech journos have been bickering back and forth about the iPad for months. Can it do this? Can it do that? Why doesn’t it have this? You get the picture.
Now watch this video of Virginia Campbell. …
Behind the Hack: How 4Chan Gamed the Time 100
Marblecake, also the game.
Yeah, last year’s Time 100 poll was an interesting venture here in the office, most notably because we discovered we were had. Followers of 4Chan founder Moot, aka Christopher Poole, manipulated the votes using a special coding and then continued to deliver a message using the first letters of the names in …
Video: Green Day’s Thoughts On The iPad Will Make You LOL
We’re constrained to embargoes and NDAs, so I won’t say too much about our interview with Green Day. But I did ask them what they thought of the iPad.
Keep an eye out for Allie’s segment sometime down the road.
Odd Todd & the Merits of 3D Porn
The age of 3D is upon us, and though we certainly aren’t ignoring the simple pleasures of polarized technologies, we still have yet to fully embrace the change. That, and 3D TVs are still crazy expensive. Over at Time.com, Odd Todd explains the 3D process but more importantly, gives us a glimpse of exactly what it’s going to take for 3D …
Giveaway! Universal Gadget Wrist Charger
The Universal Gadget Wrist Charger (ThinkGeek.com, $35) is as nerdy as it is useful. Check out the above video for more information about the product and how you can win it away from yours truly. I’m going to miss it terribly.
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HP Mini 5102: A Business Class Netbook, But Upgrades Will Cost You
I took a look at the HP Mini 5102 netbook and recorded the entire process in the above video. I cut out the bad stuff and left in the good stuff.
I reviewed the base level model, which sells for $415. It’s got a 1.66GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, 4-cell battery and Windows 7 Starter. The screen measures 10.1 …
Why You Need the Springpad iPhone App
I’m not the most organized man in the history of men but it’s not for lack of trying. It’s more for lack of will, determination, time, time management skills, cleanliness (both personally and around the house), money, proper genetic predisposition to organization, and more.
Mostly it’s because it seems like too much work, even though …
Witness the Awesomeness that is Microsoft. No, really!
It makes sense now, right? The above demo by Eric Rudder at TechEd in Dubai is one of many reasons why I’m stoked for Windows Phone 7 devices to be released to the public. The ability to play a game that syncs across all three major Microsoft platforms (Xbox 360, Windows OS, Windows Phone 7) is bonkers.
Not that I use a Windows …