July 15, 2009
65,000 signatures on petition to get LAN back in StarCraft II (but will Blizzard listen?)
By now I’m sure you know that Blizzard doesn’t plan to support LAN in StarCraft II. There’s a petition going around that politely asks Blizzard to reconsider. Said petition has…
Impress your friends and mortify your co-workers with this unassuming Resident Evil T-shirt that TRANSFORMS YOU INTO A ZOMBIE!
The Cloudbook by Everex: It was one of the first netbooks released back in the wild and crazy days of 2008. But it didn’t start off on the right foot.…
Nokia comes under fire in Iran over its close ties to the government
About a month ago you couldn’t go to Huffington Post without thinking that Iran was going to protest its way into the year 2009. That didn’t exactly happen, despite people…
Turntable+CD recorder+cassette recorder+radio: Teac Japan's new all-in-one device
Teac Japan announced the LP-R550 today [JP], a kind of Swiss Army knife for audio freaks. Buyers get a turntable, a cassette player/recorder, a CD player/recorder and a PLL synthesized…
Facebook's Offical User Count Now 250 Million
It was only three months ago that Facebook announced that it had reached 200 million users worldwide. Today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social network has passed 250 million users.…
If you’re like me, and have a car with no air conditioning, you’ve considered some pretty insane ideas for getting some cool air inside your vehicle. Well there are some…
Bing Gains Some Search Share (From Yahoo)
All the fuss about Microsoft finally posing a credible challenge to Google with Bing, its new search engine, misses the real primary target of Microsoft’s search efforts: Yahoo. Microsoft knows…
Nimbuzz Releases Mac Desktop Client, iPhone App Updates
In a move that will appeal to many of its Apple-loving users, Nimbuzz has simultaneously launched an updated iPhone / iPod Touch application and a shiny new desktop client for…
Acer to release one Android, three Winmo handsets this year
By a show of hands, who forgot about that unannounced Acer handset that Mr. BlurryCam spied a few months ago? It’s cool. That phone *might* turn out to be one…
F-Secure Buys Online Storage Startup Steek For $38.8 Million
Finnish computer security provider F-Secure has acquired venture-backed French startup Steek for €27.5M (approx. $38.75 million) in cash with the possibility of a further performance-based payment of up to €2.5M…
40 out of 40: Famitsu magazine gives Dragon Quest IX perfect score
Japan’s (and probably the world’s) most renowned gaming magazine, the Famitsu [JP], has given Square Enix’s RPG Dragon Quest IX a perfect score in the latest issue. All four editors…
Alterian Acquires Techrigy, The "Google Alerts On Steroids"
Alterian, a global provider of integrated marketing solutions, has added social media monitoring to its suite of services in one swoop with the acquisition of Techrigy. The latter is a…
Google Android, now on your computer Finally: Time-release caffeine capsules EGG Mouse mini: Japanese company sells extra-compact PC mouse
Final Tweet: The Twitter Reality TV Show Pitch
Ok, we’re going to start things off with a softball. I can’t imagine even Twitter cares that we’re posting this pitch deck from Through Eyes Productions that outlines the idea…
Our Reaction To Your Reactions To the Twitter Confidential Documents Post
Wow, that’s quite a reaction to our post earlier this evening saying that we will publish some of the confidential Twitter documents we’ve been forwarded. Nearly 200 comments in a…