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Real Life Astronaut Rock Star Covers David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” In Space

Matt Algren — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:35:06 +0000

Canadian-born astronaut Chris Hadfield hands over command of the International Space Station today, but not before taking the Blue Marble by storm with a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” performed from space. It’s a remarkably well done music video and just about the coolest thing ever. (See the original “Space Oddity” music video from […]

Is Newt Gingrich Trolling Us With His Smartphone Video?

Matt Algren — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:11 +0000

Come on, Newt. You’ve got to be kidding us with this. Failed presidential candidate Newt Gingrich released a humdinger of a video on Friday through his company’s YouTube channel. Gingrich is concerned with what to call these newfangled walkie-talkies that play moving pictures and point you to the local McDonald’s. “Cellular telephone” doesn’t cut it, […]

Domino’s Pizza + Singing Anime Character = Hypnotically Awkward Video

Matt Algren — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:54 +0000

Normally, we at Techcitement blanch at the thought of publicizing a company’s obvious attempt at viral-video marketing, but sometimes the stars align to make the perfect mix of humor, marketing, and startled disbelief. Such is the case with this beautifully odd video from the best terrible pizza franchise in your town, Domino’s Pizza. Now I […]

Olde Tyme Techcitement: Introducing Windows 95, With Jennifer Aniston And Matthew Perry!

Matt Algren — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:00:23 +0000

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 […]

Banned iPhone 5 Promo: Celebrating iPhone 5, The Sixth iPhone (NSFW)

Matt Algren — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:30:34 +0000

We’ve all oohed and aahed over the new iPhone. All that’s left is making fun of Apple’s sales pitch. That means it’s time for another banned iPhone promo from the hilarious John Elrick and company, whose banned iProduct promos have been going strong for two and a half years now. I’m not about to be […]

7 Choices Google Should Add To New “I’m Feeling…” Button

Matt Algren — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:57:06 +0000

Late last week, Google announced an Easter Egg for its main search page (announcing it makes it less of an Easter Egg, but whatever) by adding a random search spinner when a user hovers over the search engine’s “I’m feeling lucky” button. “I’m Feeling Artistic” leads to the Google Art Project, “I’m Feeling Playful” leads […]

Adobe Slows Down Flash Support On Android

Tom Wyrick — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:07:33 +0000

Adobe announces today, via their blog, the discontinuation of support for its Flash video player for new Android devices. As of August 15, the Flash application will no longer be available for downloading from the Google Play store, except for Android devices that already have a previous version of the player on them. Adobe warns […]

VizTools Wants To Turn Your DSLR Into A Camcorder

M. Gilden — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:00:16 +0000

So, we get it. DSLR cameras are being used for professional and consumer video these days. A lot. But that doesn’t mean they are designed to fill the role of a traditional video camcorder. Proponents of larger ENG style professional cameras often mock the DSLR video ergonomics, pointing out that smooth elegant zooms are required to do […]

Seriously, Just Look Where You’re Going: Bear In The Driveway Edition

Matt Algren — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:08:11 +0000

We told you last week to be careful texting while walking down the street. We said we weren’t going to lecture, and we stand by that. But as this La Crescenta, California man found out this morning, texting might keep you from noticing the bear walking straight toward you on your own driveway. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h2dsRUZly8′] […]

Big Brother On Speed — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Matt Algren — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:30:52 +0000

It’s an advancement in surveillance technology that most of us knew was coming eventually, and it comes from the video monitoring division of Hitachi Kokusai Electric. This surveillance camera system can search through data on 36 million faces in one second. Developed by Hitachi Kokusai Electric, the system can automatically detect a face from either […]