Archive for October, 2010 - Page 21

You’ve got to hand it to the folks at DARPA–they’re always looking for something new and interesting to build, which in turn may well make it to us at some point. And now, they’ve figured out a whole new way to get a robot to grab things, and it’s done [...]

If you needed any more proof that Pokemon will one day take over the world, here it is: Nintendo plans to open it’s newest Pokemon Center – a store completely devoted to everything Pokemon – to the public on November 26. The new Pokemon Center will be located in Osaka [...]

Internet radio is a great alternative to traditional radio. While traditional radio is wholly dependent on geography, Internet radio goes all over the world to bring you the kind of genres you can’t get just anywhere. And thanks to devices like the GDI-IR2550p from Grace Digital Audio, it’s getting just [...]

I don’t even know what to say about this. I truly don’t. But you know I’m going to struggle through and find the words anyway as I try to fathom how the universe managed to keep from imploding at the very existence of DOS for iPad and iPhone.

Remember the days when you were able to resist the allure of a new MMORPG by saying to yourself “It looks cool, but I can’t pay for more than one game every month.”? Well, those days are on the fast track to becoming a thing of the past. Atari has [...]

October 21st was the official launch day for Windows Phone 7 in Europe. One European country who didn’t get WP7 on October 21st? Only the richest. T-Mobile Germany will not be carrying two Windows Phone 7 devices until November, the HTC 7 Mozart and Samsung Omnia 7 will be offered [...]

Nettop computers–those computers designed to hook to your television and give you easy access to streaming video on full-sized screens–have long been regarded as a good idea poorly executed. Sure, it’s great to have simple and fast access to Netflix or YouTube on the screen you’d normally use to watch [...]

You’re probably reading this right now over some pretty fat pipes. Chances are good you measure your net speed in megs per second and you’re pretty happy about it. Whether it’s one, five or ten, you’re still feeling a whole lot better than the poor souls still on dialup internet. [...]

I admit, it’s tough out there. Wireless companies are fighting each other tooth and nail for our subscription dollars and the fight doesn’t look to abate any time soon. But sometimes, the fight gets weird, as you’ll see from the below picture of Andy the Android, the Android mascot currently [...]

We seriously believe our kids deserved a better Nintendo vs Sega style console war than the impending Microsoft “Handsfree Waggle” vs Nintendo “Hands Full Waggle” vs Sony “Hands Full Waggle HD”. But it’s on now and here come the first shots across the bow. Sony’s Dr. Richard Marks says “I [...]