According to C-3P0, the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are approximately 3,720 to 1. According to NASA, the odds of someone getting hit by a piece of falling satellite this week are slightly better, at 3,200 to 1. On approximately September 23, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), a dead six-ton satellite decommissioned […]
Enter the… Swiss Army Knife? Yep. Victorinox Swiss Army’s new Slim and Slim Duo USB devices, ranging in storage from 4 GB to 128 GB self-destructs if tampered with, either physically or with malicious software and comes complete with a host of unhackable encryption software (they’ve offered $150,000 to anyone who can hack it, but […]
Googling “Sprint iPhone” gives one a ton of results, but of course you already know about it from our previous coverage. We’ve been less-than-enthused about this persistent rumor, but as October approaches, it’s looking more and more like a done deal. TUAW is reporting that Sprint is training reps on supporting the iPhone. A generally […]
France: home of wine, art and strict anti-racial laws. Case in point, French group SOS Racisme (hope you speak French for that link) is threatening to sue iPhone app developer Johann Levy over his app Juif ou pas Juif? (a.k.a. Jew or not Jew?) under laws enacted after the Holocaust that make it illegal to […]
Oookay. Holy crap, I love shoes! I do. I love shoes. I love lights and big fancy lighting control systems and complicated entertainment industry technologies and SHOES. Yes. I’m a girl. Never claimed to be anything different and for the moment, I’m going to live up to all the girly stereotypes that I try so […]
A massive blackout struck the American Southwest Thursday afternoon and continues to affect millions this morning. At its peak, the power outage affected five million people, stretching all the way from Orange County, California through Arizona and into northern Mexico. Though some power was restored around 9:00 PST, officials expect most areas to have widespread […]
The official Google blog announces today the acquisition of the famous Zagat restaurant and entertainment guide. Google plans on integrating the Zagat reviews and ratings with their Google Maps and other search results, as well as eventually adding the content to the Google Places service. Zagat has provided comprehensive guides for 100 major cities since […]
The idea of simulating an entire city on the computer has been around since at least 1987, when Maxis Software was founded and began releasing their popular Sims series. IBM now takes the idea a step further, with CityOne — a software simulation that places the user in the role of city planner, dealing with […]
Chances are you’ve heard the Nokia ringtone before. Sampled from part of a Spanish guitar composition written in 1902, it has been the default ringtone on Nokia handsets for nearly 18 years. But handsets have changed since the Nokia 2110 of the early 90s. As polyphonic ringtones became standard, Nokia remixed their tune to take […]
Give me a room full of automated lights and a console, and I’m happy as a clam, which is appropriate considering one piece of entertainment technology that’s sparked my interest as of late. What could that be, you ask? Water screens. Something about the addition of a water screen to an architectural install or a […]
