April 9, 2009

Leaks are always hardest when they hit at home. Now we know how Apple feels. The party responsible for the leak has been penalized severely (whipped with wet spaghetti), so…

This episode of Laptop Hunters has been brought to you by Microsoft and Sony VAIO. Spoiler: the actors don’t buy a Mac, instead wander aimlessly around the dozens of PC…

Wow. NBC apparently hearts Steve Jobs. Chevy Chase did a great Steve Jobs impression on Chuck the other day, but Tina Fey and the 30 Rock crew absolutely nailed it…

Here’s the latest trailer from Eidos and WB’s upcoming WWII action simulator Battlestations: Pacific. I’m not sure which part of this trailer showcases the “Attract Mode” but it’s tucked away…

Hardware

Review: SanDisk slotRadio

9:21 pm PDT • April 9, 2009

Short Version: SanDisk’s slotRadio player provides good value as it pertains to content, with the $99 kit featuring 1,000 popular music tracks and an attractive hardware player. The “radio” portion…

I’m too lazy to translate the page and the video is pretty self-explanatory. Watch and be amazed.

The battle of the EVs draws closer, and while I doubt it’ll the Ragnarok we all hope for, it should be an interesting fight. While Tesla is doing fine selling…

Remember the Eyeborg guy we told you about a couple weeks ago? Well, as expected when you’re a scrappy little team trying to make scientific history, there have been some…

Hardware

Video: Ford Active Park Assist demo

6:40 pm PDT • April 9, 2009

I dropped by the NY Auto Show yesterday and checked out this active park assist thing from Ford. I was a little skeptical about a self-parallel parking car, but it…

Enterprise

Google's Data Storage Goes Green

6:30 pm PDT • April 9, 2009

Last week, Google hosted an “Efficient Data Center Summit” with leaders from the IT sector to discuss best practices for improving data center efficiency, whole also saving money. Here’s what…

Continuing with our headphone roundup this week, we’ve got Razer’s followup to their Piranha headset, which I liked just fine. The Carcharias is bigger, to be sure, but is it…

Hardware

Want to win some World of Warcraft loot?

5:41 pm PDT • April 9, 2009

Attention Facebook users! SteelSeries is giving away a boss drop sized bunch of loot. And while you might not get a set piece out of it, it’s still some really…

Mike and I were the first journalists to ride in the new Tesla Model S sedan yesterday and we were captivated by the massive 17-inch touch screen (so was Gizmodo)…

For those of us that rely on being but a series of digits away at all times, Google Voice is a godsend. Regardless of which phone I’m closest to, be…

TweetMinster Wire taps into UK politics

4:51 pm PDT • April 9, 2009

The guys at TweetMinster.co.uk have launched a free Adobe AIR Twitter client that lets users track, follow and engage around UK politics in real time. Still in beta, the TweetMinster…

The new version of Tweetmeme, effectively the Techmeme-like aggregator for links Tweeted on Twitter, has just gone live today. Sites like this recently started appearing to help people track what…

Hardware

Review: HP Mini 1000 Mi edition

4:19 pm PDT • April 9, 2009

If you’re ready to jump head first into the pool of netbooks then consider HP’s Mini 1000 line. They’re comparably priced and spec’d out to compete with the rest of…

My post yesterday about the Associated Press going after one of its own affiliates for embedding videos from the A.P.’s own YouTube channel on its Website caused a bit of…

Bell & Ross, creators of the “giant square instrument dial watch” recently announced a new addition to their product line, the BR Heritage. Based on the original Bell & Ross…

The last 10 years haven’t been all kind to Nintendo. The early part of the decade was dominated by the PS2 and GTA games. But once ’05 and ’06 roll…

Come on, really? Monster Cable is like the trust fund douche that drives an Audi, wears Lacrosse, and gets pedicures. He tries so hard to get people to like him,…

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams is on the Web video show Tekzilla in an interview conducted by Veronica Belmont on-stage last week at the Web 2.0 Expo. It was the same…

Eidos and Warner Bros have just officially announced the CE of BAA and it’s a tad different than what Gamestop has on their website. Hit the jump to see what…

Pixelpipe, a Web service that lets you syndicate text, audio, video and image files to 75 social networks, blogs and sites, is launching a new version that will allow you…

Hardware

Former Apple designer turns to grills

2:20 pm PDT • April 9, 2009

If you’re in the market for a nice-looking grill but you aren’t too keen on spending thousands of dollars, Fuego’s new “Element” series might be more to your liking. Taking…

Earlier today at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata made it abundantly clear that his company is doing just fine despite the global recession.

Let’s not chastise Apple too harshly for introducing variable pricing for music to the iTunes Store. Why, a quick search on some of the other big online music stores reveals…

I want to jump kick the back of this dude’s head.

CBS Sports has just released the final tally of their traffic figures for this year’s NCAA March Madness, and the results are pretty impressive. Over the course of the tournament,…

Some people use eBay for what it was originally intended for. Case in point, a limited edition set of 8 Star Trek pez dispensers. If you want one (and you…