July 2007

BOOMj.com: Social Networking For Baby Boomers

12:36 am PDT • July 22, 2007

Flower power, The Vietnam War, Nixon, The Beatles, Social Networking. OK, so social networking is the odd one out on that list but the folks behind BOOMj.com want to change…

Bestiality May Be Knackered In Second Life

9:11 pm PDT • July 21, 2007

Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life, may be extending their crackdown on “Broadly Offensive” behavior to Bestiality, following attempts to remove virtual pedophilia (or Age-Play) from Second Life in…

For those of us who pay attention to these things, the recent rise in SimplyHired’s traffic on Compete and Alexa was noteworthy. Since April, both services show a dramatic rise…

Hardware

Palm Releases Treo 750 Audio Alert Update

12:31 pm PDT • July 21, 2007

If you’ve been experiencing a loss of audio on your Treo 750, which has caused you to miss very important calls and message notifications then drop what you’re doing and…

The Interwebs are at it again with insider info that claims the Wi-Fi enabled 8820 will be launching as early as next week on AT&T rather than in August, but…

OLPC Brings Porn To The Third World

7:22 am PDT • July 21, 2007

The One Laptop Per Child initiative has reached new heights by delivering internet porn to third world children. According to a report Thursday from the official News Agency of Nigeria,…

Hardware

DemystifyingDigital: New & Easy Printers

4:51 am PDT • July 21, 2007

DemystifyingDigital is a new feature written by Dan Havlik, editor of DemystifyingDigital.com Printers are the kind of devices you usually ignore until there’s something wrong with them. And with how…

An interesting story came across my desk today – A “news” site called Axcess News reported that President Bush was undergoing a colonoscopy, leaving Vice President Cheney in charge of…

Hardware

Fun With Frickin' Lasers!

3:31 am PDT • July 21, 2007

Wicked Lasers has been making high-powered handheld lasers in China since 2003, and I finally got my pyromaniac responsible hands on one. While playing with the Wicked Fusion for several…

Hardware

Daily Crunch: Zzzap Edition

3:00 am PDT • July 21, 2007

Wiicoil: Longarm Zapper Surfaces SmartShopper Needs $147 Price Drop to be Competitive EA Mobile Announces The Simpsons: Minutes To Meltdown Game Boom Boom Boom, I Want You In My Room!…

Google Acquires ImageAmerica

2:07 am PDT • July 21, 2007

Google has announced the acquisition of Clayton, Missouri based ImageAmerica, a company that builds high-resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery. ImageAmerica has previously provided images for Google Maps…

Interactive TV has been around for a while in various forms ranging from the SMS voting driving American Idol, to the Finnish choose-you-own-adventure drama Accidental Lovers. Interactive TV’s paradigm argues…

Here’s an interesting new venture by Myspace: they’ve partnered with Virgin Comics to create Coalition Comix. Mike Carey, a veteran comic book writer, will guide the process of creating an…

Information Architects 2007 Web Trend Map

11:41 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

Information Architects have released their Web Trend Map for 2007, a subway map of the 200 most successful websites on the web, ordered by category, proximity, success, popularity and perspective.…

I was riding my bike the other day, when I got a call from Apple. I pulled over to the curb, and by the time the light on the corner…

RustyBudget: Multi-Author Blog Management

6:21 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

RustyBudget is a new web based application that provides a people and story management tool for multi-author blogs. RustyBudget is essentially “a writers or editors budget”, where a blog owner…

Hardware

Wiicoil: Longarm Zapper Surfaces

5:29 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

We like the return of Nintendo’s Zapper and what it means for real FPS games. But sometimes you want something bigger to frag with. Enter the Rifle Gun Prop, which,…

Hardware

The DVRs are Coming

5:14 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

If you’re the kind of person who’s reading a blog like this one, chances are pretty decent you’ve gotten yourself a handy DVR. You know, like a TiVo or the…

Hardware

LG Announces The LBX HDTV LCD Series

4:42 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

Also unveiled at Christie’s last night was the LBX HDTV LCD series from LG. The LBX line is a stylish blend of technology and design. The glossy black finish only…

Who has time to write things down on a pad of paper anymore?! When I need to add something to my grocery list I prefer to walk downstairs to the…

Hardware

GPS-enabled Rings for Tech Saavy Tourists

4:08 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

If you want to look like you know where you’re going, but you don’t want to deal with jocks making fun of your GPS-enabled street-walking device, you’ll soon be able…

Hardware

Hands On With The LG Trax

3:46 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

Photos courtesy of Nicholas Deleon LG officially introduced its latest 3G music phone last night at Christie’s and it sure is a beauty. The Trax will keep you bumpin’ and…

Own A Piece Of Reddit, Help Cure Cancer

3:39 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

Reddit co-founders, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, sold their company to Conde Nast at the end of last year. Now they’re planning giving their laptops a liquidity event. They’re placing…

With the world premiere of The Simpsons Movie less than a week away, EA Mobile has announced The Simpsons: Minutes To Meltdown game for your mobile phone. Tag along with…

Ecamm Network has updated its iPhoneDrive software (which allows you to drag and drop files between your phone and your computer) to include support for moving files around on your…

Hardware

LG Adds 50-inch 1080p Plasma To Opus Line

2:39 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

Debuting last night in NYC at famed auction house Christie’s, was the 50-inch Opus 1080p plasma TV. The 50-inch, 50PY3D, plasma is chock-full of helpful features like Simple Link connectivity…

Hardware

YouTube's New Customizable Video Player

2:24 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

Our digitally doting papa, TechCrunch has a writeup on YouTube’s new customizable video player. This is great news for sites that rely heavily on YouTube videos and wish to gather…

Kanguru, best known for its line of portable storage devices, has developed a power-saving hard drive capable of operating at only 10 percent of normal energy consumption while not in…

Hardware

Sand iPhone

1:49 pm PDT • July 20, 2007

You’re at the shore with your family, the weather’s nice, there are girls running around in bikinis, and some douche is playing Hoobastank on their crappy-ass boombox. Sounds like a…

Colorado-based Arriva throws its hat in the “wireless” headphone ring with something that looks vaguely like an iPod Shuffle attached to a pipe cleaner attached to ear buds. Yes, dealing…