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Surreal video gives us a glimpse of flying roller coasters

Feb. 19, 2012 (12:05 pm) By: Will Shanklin In:

. Every kid loves a good roller coaster ride. Well, at least kids who aren’t scared of heights or prone to motion sickness do. The suspenseful climb, the big drop, the twists and turns; roller coasters are designed for maximum thrills. But what if you took away the tracks, yet could somehow keep the roller [...]

LG Optimus Vu revealed, will go head-to-head with Galaxy Note

Feb. 19, 2012 (9:40 am) By: Lee Mathews In: Geek Pick, Mobile, Mobile Picks, News

Somewhere a former Palm exec is scratching his head in confusion right now. LG has officially unveiled the Optimus Vu, and like the Samsung Galaxy Note it sports a hideaway stylus for annotations, sketching, and jotting down important reminders. At 5-inches, the Optimus Vu is similarly sized, too, though its 1024×768 display and 4:3 setup [...]

Amazon rumored to launch 10-inch Kindle Fire sequel by summer

Feb. 17, 2012 (6:11 pm) By: Will Shanklin In: Gadgets, News

There will be another Amazon tablet coming at some point. You don’t find the success that Amazon has found with the Kindle Fire, and just leave it at that. The biggest questions, then, are: when will it arrive, and how big will it be? A report out of alleged supply chain sources claims to have [...]

Was the iPad 3′s Retina display just confirmed?

Feb. 17, 2012 (5:16 pm) By: Will Shanklin In: Apple, Gadgets, Geek Pick, News

The iPad 3 is almost certainly going to have a Retina display. We could have said that regardless of any reports today, but now it’s looking like the drastically-upgraded display is all but confirmed (though it won’t be 100% confirmed until Tim Cook takes the stage next month). Several Asian supply chain sources have leaked [...]

Angry Birds Space coming on March 22

Feb. 17, 2012 (4:29 pm) By: Will Shanklin In: Games, Mobile, News

Well, what do you know, Rovio is pushing out another Angry Birds game! Surprised? Didn’t think so. Though details are scarce, a couple of brief teasers have told us that there is a new game called Angry Birds Space that will be flung into app stores next month. It will be the fourth full game [...]

Windows 8 logo confirmed, looks even more like a window

Feb. 17, 2012 (3:41 pm) By: Sal Cangeloso In: News

Just last week we posted a leak of what appeared to be the Windows 8 logo. The commenters we’re pretty vicious and even the people that didn’t doubt it were pretty disappointed with the result. As it turns out, that leaked logo (seen below) was legitimate, and it’s what Microsoft will use to represent the [...]

Foxconn raises minimum wages, but Apple isn’t out of the PR fire yet

Feb. 17, 2012 (2:53 pm) By: Will Shanklin In: Apple, Mobile, News

Apple has a minor PR fire on its hands with the conditions at the Foxconn plants that assemble its devices. First came the employee suicides, then an explosion that left three workers dead. Most recently, it was a scathing piece by the New York Times that blasted the working conditions in the Chinese factories. One [...]

Nomophobia strikes fear in the heart of the modern man

Feb. 17, 2012 (2:02 pm) By: Sal Cangeloso In: Mobile, News

One of our greatest strengths as a species is that of adaptability. No matter the situation or circumstances, humans find a way to not only survive but to thrive. Part of that adapting has to do with our use of tools. Give us flint and we’re chipping in into a knife, give us a wheel [...]

The MoH Band puts a USB flash drive on your wrist

Feb. 17, 2012 (1:15 pm) By: Matthew Humphries In: Gadgets, News

USB flash drives come in many shapes and sizes, but the MoH Band definitely has one of those “why didn’t I think of that” designs. Unlike other flash sticks that have some kind of clasp to attach them to a key ring or trouser hoop, the MoH Band closes to form a durable silicone wristband. [...]

Google exploits Safari bug to plant cookies, says it’s “known functionality”

Feb. 17, 2012 (12:16 pm) By: Lee Mathews In: News

The applications you use on a daily basis have user preferences for a reason: to give you control over how they behave. Unfortunately, not everyone has the scruples to respect your settings. Google, for example, seemed to think it was OK to sidestep cookie blocking in Safari on OS X and iOS. Google’s misstep was [...]

JotForm domain released by Secret Service, won’t say why it was seized

Feb. 17, 2012 (11:14 am) By: Matthew Humphries In: News

Late on February 15, JotForm lost access to jotform.com. The company soon discovered the U.S. government had seized the domain by lodging a request with the site’s domain registrar GoDaddy. Soon after, it had been taken down. Aytekin Tank, co-founder of Interlogy Internet Technologies, and owner of JotForm, later confirmed that he’d been in contact [...]

RapidShare introduces 30kb/s free account speed cap, disables resume

Feb. 17, 2012 (10:16 am) By: Matthew Humphries In: News

RapidShare is one of the most well known file storage and transfer services on the web. But today it’s angered a lot of users by introducing severe new limits on free account downloads. Remember the days of dial-up Internet? Well, RapidShare is taking free account holders back to those days by limiting downloads speeds to [...]

Mountain Lion and Windows 8 will kick off the next great Microsoft-Apple battle

Feb. 17, 2012 (9:30 am) By: Will Shanklin In: Apple, Gadgets, Geek Pick, Mobile, News

Apple and Microsoft have a rivalry that is the stuff of legend. In recent years, though, each company has come to dominate separate arenas. Microsoft still owns the desktop PC market, while Apple has the most popular smartphone and is the undisputed ruler of the tablet. So the Apple/Microsoft rivalry has fizzled a bit. Apple [...]

Spark Linux tablet now available to pre-order

Feb. 17, 2012 (8:45 am) By: Matthew Humphries In: Chips, Gadgets, News

At the end of last month we told you about a very interesting $260 tablet powered by the Mer mobile-optimized OS and KDE Plasma Active. The so-called Spark tablet has now gone up for pre-order on the Make Play Live website. Typically, a pre-order requires a credit card in order to secure your device, but [...]

Mojang creating a Humble Indie game in 60 hours this weekend

Feb. 17, 2012 (7:10 am) By: Matthew Humphries In: Games, Games Picks, News

Mojang, the development team lead by Markus Persson and working hard on Minecraft, will this weekend bring a new twist to the now established Humble Indie Bundle. That twist being, instead of offering up a bunch of already released games at a pay-anything price, Mojang will create a brand new game in just 60 hours. [...]