The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its east coast, running from Boston to Charlotte, lies Mega-City One — a vast, violent metropolis where criminals run rampant. The only force of order lies with the urban police force called Judges who have the powers of judge, jury, and executioner for every crime — littering, […]
Dear TiVo, As any of my dedicated readers know, I love your service. Shortly after my husband and I had our first child, we realized we needed a DVR if we were ever going to watch TV again, and we welcomed out first TiVo box to the family. When the Slide remote came on the […]
Joss Whedon’s viral endorsement makes some interesting points, especially the one where my brains are eaten because I voted incorrectly. The short video exemplifies the utility and ease of spreading information, especially political news, but also encapsulates the charm and personality of the internet. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TiXUF9xbTo’] The internet, in its essence, is creative freedom in […]
Time for Olde Tyme Techcitement, where we take a look back at technology relics. It’s basically your grampa talking about the good old days, but sooner and totally more reasonable than dumb boring stories about how all this used to be farmland. Everybody’s excited about the Microsoft Windows 8 launch, so I thought this would […]
While it’s true that Open webOS has successfully been ported to several devices in Alpha form, that’s a long way from being useful. Yes, HP’s spun off gram division announced Open webOS Professional, a version of its open source OS that will incorporate HP’s cloud services such as Synergy (not included in the non-Professional flavor). […]
There’s really nothing better than a splicer piloting a huge mech and repeatedly blowing up a zombie in another mech. Such was my experience at New York Comic Con this year, and yes, I was the one dressed up as a Bioshock splicer, thank you for asking. I almost felt bad for that zombie guy. […]
MediaMall has long been thinking about streaming video on the internet. Back in 2004, CEO Jeff Lawrence developed the idea for PlayOn, a service that allows internet video to be viewed in an optimized way by streaming it to devices that allow you to watch it where you like, such as using a networked Wii […]
Roku users got a big surprise late last week when the company provided an unexpected update to its official iOS and Android applications. Previously, the free apps were mainly a secondary remote control for the streaming media player. With this update, announced on the official Roku blog, Roku has added the ability to stream music […]
Yesterday’s article about AT&T’s policies towards FaceTime over cellular caused a bit of discussion on the Facebook feed. One hearing-impaired reader didn’t feel AT&T’s choosing to block the feature for all but a select few was such a big issue. After all, hearing impaired users can use other phones, other networks, or other apps. He […]
On Sunday night, the prestigious Hugo Awards were held in Chicago, recognizing excellence in science fiction. Realizing that we live in the future, the powers that be decided to air the awards ceremony live on the internet through Ustream so anyone in the world with an internet connection could see the awards as they happen. […]
