UPDATED AND CORRECTED: Abraham Lincoln Tried To Patent Facebook
UPDATE: No. No, he did not. Oops. … Original story: Abraham Lincoln. The Great Emancipator. The sixteenth president of the United States of America. Creator of Facebook and social media. Creator of Facebook? And you thought Mark Zuckerberg had to worry about the Winklevoss twins coming after him, try the guy who won the Civil […]
Virgin Mobile Goes 4G, And Another EVO Is Born
With Sprint transitioning to a4G network based on LTE instead of WiMax, I was wondering what the company would do with the old fiber — other than support existing handsets, that is. It looks like Spring will use that infrastructure to prop up their no-contract networks. While competing network MetroPCS does offer a (pricey and […]
Verizon Gets Some HTC One Love
HTC’s recent retooling and building of the One brand has given us the One X on AT&T, the One S on T-Mobile, and the EVO 4G LTE on Sprint. Some of us were wondering though — what about Verizon? Wonder no more! The largest network in the U.S. brings us a new, high-end HTC device […]
On The Cheap Alert: LG Viper Free On Amazon
The phone that I dubbed Sprint’s second LTE device turned out to actually be the first. LG Viper beat the Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus by a few days. Now comes another first — the first free LTE phone on Sprint. Amazon Wireless is offering this handset for free with a new contract and for only […]
SnApp Judgments: X-Men
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is X-Men by Konami Digital Entertainment and usually runs for […]
Why We Don’t Care If Windows 8 Is Unable To Play DVDs
In a recent blog post, Microsoft has revealed that they intend to not only leave out Windows Media Center from standard issues of Windows 8, but even leave out the ability to play DVDs at all. Their explanation is that, quite frankly, they don’t see people using it enough to include the function in the […]
Too Cool For School Dorm Automation Project Causes Conflict With University
Berkeley college freshman Derek Low, known for his tinkering with various projects, may have created his biggest attention-getter yet with Berkeley’s Ridiculously Automated Dorm (or BRAD). Low’s dorm room makeover required several months of work and between $200 to $300 invested in off the shelf parts. The system integrates with the student’s iPhone using an […]
Judge Orders Apple And Samsung To Streamline Claims Or Delay Trial
This week, Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for Northern District of California, ordered Apple and Samsung to pare down their list of complaints against one another. Judge Koh gave the parties until Monday to present a reasonable number of complaints to be presented in front of the jury at trial, scheduled to […]
Doctor Who Sex Toy: The Doctor Is In! (NSFW)
Are you a big fan of Doctor Who? Always felt like you had a little bit of the Doctor inside you? Now there’s a chance you might, as someone has created a Doctor Who dildo — the TARDIS Tickler. The TARDIS Tickler is a bit of do it yourself from The Toymaker Project, a site […]
Best Buy Prankster Teaches Us All an Important Lesson
Isn’t being connected great? You can get on the internet from your computer, your tablet, your phone. Just about anywhere. The most convenient thing is how you don’t have to worry about entering any of those pesky passwords like you would on a public terminal. After all, it’s your device, right? When are you letting […]