Archive | February, 2010

PeeWee PC Kid-Proofs Your Computer, Makes Us Giggle Like Children

The press release for PeeWee PC’s new PeeWee Kit just hit my inbox and made me realize that perhaps I’m not mature enough to have a grown-up computer. After all, the name “PeeWee PC” makes me snicker like a child because, well, you know, it’s hilarious. Goofy name aside, PeeWee PC’s new PeeWee Kit is [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss

High School Student Builds Flight Simulator

When I was in high school, the only things anyone built were bongs and pipe bombs. Colorado high school senior Ethan Hahn is doing a good job of making the rest of us look bad. He’s built a flight simulator all by himself, and it’s apparently so advanced that it’s being held at the Civil [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss

iPad To Be Sold At Best Buy

Some interesting news out of Apple COO Tim Cook – he recently announced that the iPad will be sold at retail locations, like Best Buy, soon after it launches. He also revealed that Apple considers itself to be a “mobile device company,” which makes sense as it pulls in most of its revenue from iPhones, iPods [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Google Shopper Allows For Mobile Comparison Shopping

Another useful, mind bending app from Google Labs? Yeah, it’s expected at this point, but still very cool – a few days ago, Google introduced “Google Shopper,” a program that turns your Android handset into a mobile price scanner. You simply point your phone at the box art or barcode of something you’d like to [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Will The Bloom Box Replace The Grid?

A man who designed a working oxygen farm for Mars turned his efforts toward earth with the new fuel-cell power plant dubbed the Bloom Box. The idealist genius said reverse engineered his work on the oxygen farm, and instead of pumping out oxygen, he pumped it in and created electrical power. CBS talked to [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By Nick Upton

Couple Marries at Apple Store, Parents Die Of Shame

Comedians, start your engines! Last Valentine’s Day, geeks Josh & Ting Li tied the knot at, of all places, New York’s 5th avenue Apple Store. The details: The two were married by a priest dressed up like Steve Jobs himself. That explains why, during the ceremony, the priest went on a two hour rant about how [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

5 Adult Apps Still In The iPhone App Store

I thought something like this might happen. Apple, which recently culled five thousand apps from the iPhone App Store due to “adult content” hasn’t touched the  following five apps, according to a report from PCWorld. The apps are: Adult Sex Life, an app which features sexual positions and a “little black book” of your sexual conquests iKamasutra, [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Walmart To Use Vudu On Netflix

Walmart announced that it will soon purchase the online HD movie streaming site Vudu, putting it in direct competition with Netflix and iTunes for streaming HD video. On your marks, get set, golosebillionsonthisendeavor Walmart! This is a great deal for Vudu, which is getting out while the getting is good. These movie sites come [...more]

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Feb 23 2010
By Nick Upton

Game Boy Mario Becomes Epic Medley

Action Adventure World and The Plasmas teamed up to make one awesome (and NSFW) epic Mario medley out of some Game Boy Mario game. The song appears on the upcoming release “Action Adventure World vs. ThePlasmas – Vol. 1 Ghosts n Goblins.” Welcome to a world that is incomprehensibly dangerous. A world of ghosts, of [...more]

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Feb 23 2010
By Nick Upton

A Bunch Of Facts About Final Fantasy XIII

PCWorld ran a pretty excellent story today on the facts and fictions of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII, the 13th installment in a series which has sold over 97 million copies worldwide. Sure, you could read their entire article (hard work? snooooooze) or read my synthesis of said article into easy to swallow bullet points: It’s [...more]

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Feb 23 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos