July 15, 2008
Virgin Mobile has certainly found a way to draw attention to a cause. As part of its latest charity stunt, the carrier is asking people to post striptease videos of…
Ologeez Wants To Make Finding Research Articles Easier
Many life science students and researchers couldn’t live without PubMed, a free comprehensive research database that includes articles related to health and a number of biological sciences. Unfortunately, navigating the…
Our rendering An insider let slip that two new Amazon Kindle models will hit stores this holiday season, with the first coming as early as October. The first is an…
For fans of all things tiny, what amounts to a new art form – or at least style – has got to appeal to you. Tiny channels are created in…
Now that Twitter has gone public with its Summize acquisition and Evan Williams’ detailed discussion with Mike Arrington at Foo Camp, we can put to rest the garbage that Twitter…
Our rendering An insider let slip that two new Amazon Kindle models will hit stores this holiday season, with the first coming as early as October. The first is an…
It was reported this morning at 6am EDT that all models of the new iPhone were sold out in 21 states. Jim Neal, who is a retired PR guy (keyword…
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I’m checking in from E3 and it’s been, well, a stressful morning. I’d like to say for the record that Peter can’t drive, and that rental cars should come with…
If you like the fuel-efficiency of a motorcycle and the comfort of a car, the Carver One might be what you’re looking for. The Carver One is a hybrid car/motorcycle…
Mining Crowd Feedback For The Gems
Seesmic (note that Michael Arrington is an investor) CEO Loic Le Meur asked readers what they would do if they were the CEO of the company to encourage daily use…
aRtintimity: PostSecret Meets The Bathroom Stall
There’s a touching, almost comforting feeling that comes from reading PostSecret, the blog that uploads user-submitted postcards that have been inscribed with someone’s deepest confessions. With posts that run the…
Who needs a watch fix? I do! I do! Tokyoflash just launched five new styles with sassy styling and a full complement of dial styles. They’re about $82 each and…
Miyamoto’s got some moves!
Geeks and enthusiasts wearing WordPress t-shirts, using laptops covered in Data Portability, Microformats and RSS stickers lined up enthusiastically on Friday to purchase a device that is completely proprietary, controlled…
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That’s right . . . we are encouraging everyone to buy tickets now, to save $1,000 on a TechCrunch50 ticket. Our Early Bird pricing ends TONIGHT at midnight. Visit the…
Here’s some footage from the LEGO Batman game that’s set to hit various platforms in September. You can play as the good guys or the bad guys. Speaking of bad…
Pretend you live in a video game with giant Nintendo graphics on your walls
Marathon gaming sessions that go late into the night inevitably continue to play out after my head hits the pillow. My eyeballs that had been subjected to an onslaught of…
In an effort to save his job, or at least have the last laugh, a computer engineer has locked up San Francisco’s computer network and he’s not giving up the…
First piece of Apple software ever sold finally playable in iTunes
An unearthed piece of computer history has been reconstructed by some long-time die heard preservationists. No other than the first software ever sold by Apple, it is a reconstruction of…
If you find yourself feeling like half a man while using the sorta-cheap standard-issue Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars BUT you don’t think you’re quite ready for the responsibility…
Unpatched PCs put in compromising situation in under four minutes
According to researchers at the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), an unpatched PC will last in the wilds of the Web less than four minutes before being attacked and compromised.…
We have a first winner! Congratulations Kevin C Marvin for his winning entry: I can almost hear the sound of packaging tape as I win your phone You win the…
Here’s the official version of the Fallout 3 trailer that was shown during Microsoft’s press conference at E3 yesterday. Please enjoy with our compliments.
Looking for the perfect site for tracking the stats of all the apps in your Fantasy iPhone League? Do such leagues even exist?? Who knows?! At any rate, a site…
Developers for Google’s Android platform are losing patience waiting for a SDK update. Since Android was announced nine months ago, Google has been stingy with updates for the developers kit,…
Bioshock This isn’t a press conference, but I’m hearing about a whole new slew of games from 2K. I missed the beginning of the Bioshock demo, but it looks like…
Jajah, a popular VoIP service provider, has teamed with eMobile to release a new mobile telephony service on a handheld device that operates purely over a cellular data network. While…
Interview With Evan Williams: Summize Acquisition, API Issues And Their Revenue Model
I had a chance to sit down with Twitter cofounder Evan Williams at Foo Camp last weekend and talk about the overall state of the company. The first part of…
Hewlett-Packard has two new inexpensive photo printers in the $149 Photosmart A630 (seen above) and the $99 Photosmart A530. Both printers are capable of printing out photos up to 5×7…