RIM is holding some sort of developer conference this week somewhere in North America. It’s unclear what they actually announced or revealed because everyone keeps talking about this dumb music video. (If you’re having a bad day, you should really watch it. But be warned, your ears will bleed and you may want to gouge your eyes out before/during/after.)
Anyway, a friend of TC forwarded the… → Read More
RIM announced the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook earlier this month and it’s finally available from several Canadian carriers. The LTE tablet is slightly upgraded from its WiFi-only counterpart with a 1.5GHz CPU and 32GB storage option, but the main difference is the new LTE radio.
The 7-inch PlayBook is a pretty little package and the operating system is finally a contender. The tablet might have… → Read More
Remember Jitterbug, the big-buttoned phones for seniors that made using those confusing, new-fangled cellphone thingies so much easier to handle? Well it looks like someone has gone out and built the equivalent for the iPad. Which literally made me laugh out loud when I read the news, because the iPad is the first computer I’ve ever seen seniors adopt in droves. But hello anyway, Family Ribbon. → Read More
This, ladies and gentlemen, is good clean fun for everyone. It’s a video, yes, and one that shows what could be the world’s worst hacker attempting to create a little mischief. This is genuinely worth the click-through, trust me. → Read More
You know how on the Internet, after something particularly stupid happens, someone says, “I lol’d”? Well, I lol’d after reading the following two sentences: “There is uncertainty surrounding the purchase of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) by Swedish-based Global Gaming Factory (GGF). Trading in GGF shares has been suspended and there are reports that the firm’s… → Read More
Too funny! Someone (iND) actually pred a copy of Windows 98 SE today. → Read More
As I was taking the train to Akihabara this morning I spotted a strange handset with an Apple logo. I immediately realized that what I was seeing was the iPhone 3G 2.0. I couldn’t believe my weary eyes. I had hit the jackpot. Hit the jump to see the new hotness. → Read More
I was just fondling the world-first Panasonic portable Blu-Ray player and getting it on video, and lots of people were taking pictures all around me. And when I start uploading the video, I find I’ve been scooped! Oh no! Well, at least I got scooped by the official blog partner of CES, bless their hearts.
Wait! That looks a lot like my jacket! Yes – and those are unmistakably my hands coming out… → Read More
http://www.g4tv.com/lv3/35316 Perhaps I’m a cynic, but I really expected this Gears of War parody spot, made by the folks on G4′s X-Play, to suck something fierce. Then Cole Train dumped cereal all over his face, and my worries drifted away. → Read More
Best Buy had some sort of Black Friday VIP contest going on where the chain invited people to send in their best Black Friday essay. I know. The winners get a $1,000 Best Buy gift card, a trip to a store in a limo, the opportunity to buy up to four “doorbusters,” and so on. I’ve picked out a few excerpts that may interest you. → Read More
The Joy of Tech presents, How the iTunes Genius Really works… Cute, I guess. Then again, my sense of humor is so warped that what makes the average geek laugh may not have the same effect on me. What I would like to see is a proper, investigative piece into how Genius works. Apparently Apple isn’t too forthcoming on the ins and outs of it, so we may just have to accept the Joy of… → Read More
This is it, folks. The moment everyone has been waiting for. Hot off our tip line (and that of every other gadget blog on the planet, according to the CC): “Open Tech computers are now on sale! We have officially launched all products in our Web Store.“ Open Tech: Because nothing says quality like stock photos hosted on Freewebs.com → Read More
When you look at this JCrew product page, does anything stand out as peculiar? If you’re thinking “Holy crap! Lounge crinkle tissue pants for only $39.99, what a steal!”, take another look. More specifically, check out the product sample images. Roll over the first two a couple times. Yep. Likely as a result of a simple naming convention error during saving, two versions of the… → Read More
OMG, this is so true. BBspot has a list of the Top 11 Signs You’re on a Summer Vacation with a Geek. I totally do most of these things. 11. The GPS unit sounds an awful lot like Majel Barrett. 10. Spend more time on the free wi-fi at the hotel looking up places to visit than actually visiting them. 9. The luggage has a million tiny feet and is virtually indestructible. 8. You get to your… → Read More
http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swf I don’t typically pay much attention to the Onion, but this is freaking hilarious. Thanks for sending this in, Kels. → Read More
Welcome to another edition of Teh.Be$T.Kommenter.Evar. You guys did great yesterday and here are the top three comments that made us LOL. We have no way of knowing who the winner is because he/she didn’t leave a valid e-mail address, but here’s what they had to say about the iPhone drought. So, the winner for today’s contest is Matthew who actually posted his witty comment in the… → Read More
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