Category Archives: Uncategorized

Foursquare’s Now All About Discovery [Foursquare]

Foursquare’s undergone something of a Renaissance over the last few weeks—packing on new features like Radar and unlockable badge levels. Now, the social-mobile site is shifting its focus away from check-ins and towards exploration while optimizing the site for tablets. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Flood of Filth Turns Facebook News Feeds Into Open Sewers

Many Facebook users have complained recently about a spam flood of a most unsavory nature. Some say pornographic images and images depicting extreme violence — sometimes both — are showing up in their News Feeds without their consent. Others say … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

BlackBerry Messenger 6.0 screenshots leak

A leaked early version of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry Messenger 6 has been making the rounds since late February, but images of the new app are just now beginning to appear. Over at CrackBerry, the crew has shared a handful of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Internet Explorer 9 nears 4% share on Windows 7, IE6 extinction countdown picks up steam

Microsoft has shared some news about the state of its most and least loved Web browsers — Internet Explorer 9 and 6, respectively. Even with IE9 only recently exiting beta, Microsoft reports that 3.6% of Windows 7 users are now … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Intel 4004, world’s first commercial microprocessor, celebrates 40th birthday, ages gracefully

Pull out the candles and champagne, because the Intel 4004 is celebrating a major birthday today — the big four-oh. That’s right, it’s been exactly four decades since Intel unveiled the world’s first commercially available CPU, with an Electronic News … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

7 Tools That’ll Help You Master Your Movember Mustache [Toolkit]

We’ve officially reached the halfway mark, and whether you’ve embraced Movember for charitable, novelty, or stylish reasons, you’ve probably got yourself a respectable soup strainer by now. But there’s still half a month to go, so here are seven tools … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

iPad Mini and 4-inch iPhone 5 rumors surfacing again

An iPad with a smaller display, and an iPhone with a larger display may sound like familiar rumors by now, but Korean Times says an “industry insider” approached them with some new details about them, specifically that LG had been… … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Windows Home Server 2011 released to manufacturers

Just a little under two months after its release candidate went live, Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 has been finalized and released into the wild. The new version of Microsoft’s slick, do-it-all server OS is a big step forward from … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Video: iPad Tossed from a Plane, Survives

Sure, an iPad probably reaches terminal velocity after a few tens of meters, but if you want to demonstrate how tough your iPad case is, why not toss it out of an airplane? After all, a gullible gadget blogger is … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Altec Lansing Headphones Go Custom

Altec Lansing has been trying to sell custom headphones with for a while now but this year they’re getting serious. In a joint effort between A-L and ACS customs, a UK company, they are now selling $999 custom in-ear headphones … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment