Archive for January, 2011

If I were you, I would find something to hold onto right now, because this news will blow you away: Sony has just announced the next generation PlayStation Portable (PSP)! The device, codenamed NGP, promises to be sleeker, faster and more powerful than its predecessor ever was. Read on for the juicy details! More »


With news of the iPad 2 buzzing about, the Apple corporation sure disappointed a lot of people when its latest commercial was for the iPad and not the iPad 2. This ad follows in a long line of iPad ads that shows off some of the iPad’s most popular apps, coupled with adjectives describing said apps. More »


Ford is looking to bring individuals talking cars via the same technology used in smartphones - GPS and Wi-Fi. The trick is to use this technology to enable your car to “see” other cars on the road. More »


Some users seem to be being used by Facebook to test something totally new - could Facebook be in the midst of developing a Voice Chat system, something that has floated around in rumours for a while? More »


Tinychat, a fast-growing video communication and messaging platform provider, has been given a $1.5 million boost in funding. In the financing round, were injections from angel investor Naval Ravikant and A-Grade investment vehicle of Madonna, manager Guy Oseary, actor Ashton Kutcher and billionaire Ron Burkle. Sean Coms also donated a bit to the fund, as well as other undiscloded individual inverstors, which included famous artists. More »


New York Times newspaper are considering developing a system that will let anonymous leakers submit large and confidential files directly to the newspaper. And yes, in the form of a very own WikiLeaks website. Their executive editor, Bill Keller, said “A small group from computer-assisted reporting and interactive news, with advice from the investigative unit and the legal department, has been discussing options for creating a kind of EZ Pass lane for leakers”. More »


A “fail whale” has finally got to Tumblr. With the blogging service’s occasional downtime spells as of late, Oatmeal comic artist Matthew Inman decided to create a special image for its “Tumblr is down” page. More »


In the coming months before the release of the iPhone 4, Verizon has set up a new scheme that will allow you to use the existing trade-in program, and along with that, a 16GB iPhone 4 from AT&T will net you a $212 credit. More »


On July 24th last year, Youtube invited their users to record video footage of the day, in an attempt to take part in a documentary named Life In a Day. Kevin Macdonald was the direct of the film, edited by Joe Walker and the executive producer was Ridley Scott. Now the National Geographic channel has acquired rights to distribute the film in the US. More »


OvenBreak places you into the body of an adorable gingerbread man, Ginger Brave, who you have to help escape from the evil Witch’s realm before he becomes toast err…baked goods. Collect colorful jelly beans for points and extra lives as you run run run to freedom and hopefully a happy ending. More »


A recent video report from Deutsche Welle shows some screenshots from the popular app Angry Birds. However, those don’t look like any of the levels available on the current versions of the game. Will there be a sequel of the Angry Birds game? More »


Well, well, well… It looks like the “hacker” has just become the “hacked.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a message on Facebook garnering over 1,800 likes and over 500 comments. Well, as you may have already guessed, though, Zuckerberg himself did not really post that message. Read on for the story. More »


For the United States of America, the annual State of the Union address is always one of *those* moments that tends to garner much attention from a large portion of the nation. With millions tuning in to watch President Barack Obama speak on the issues of the country and his plans to mediate those issues, few people expected buzz words like “Google” and “Facebook” to make their way into the speech. More »


- Congratulations to “robot“, celebrating its 90th Anniversary as a word today!

- The Klipp DSLR camera concept is taken back to the handheld focus but would still provide you with SLR image quality. More »


A new Apple patent showcases the works of FingerWorks, which Apple purchased five year ago. It is best known for being in the base of today’s gesture recognition technology, and produced the TouchStream multi-touch keyboard in the early years of the last decade. More »


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