May 2009

The clock’s ticking for Playboy, folks. During an earnings call earlier today, Playboy Enterprises’ interim CEO Jerome Kern (who replaced Hugh Hefner’s daughter Christie after she stepped down last December)…

Oh man. We’ll have more on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare shortly, but enjoy this teaser until the full trailer launches in a couple of weeks. We can’t wait for…

Google can’t help itself. It just loves to brag about how green it is, even though its data centers use up a tremendous amount of energy. Still, on a per-search…

Inspired by the 44th President of the United States of America, Casio and LRG have once again come together to collaborate on the LRG X G-Shock. “This watch was inspired…

In case you didn’t check out the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch live on NASA TV, here it is. This video is nothing considering the launch is being filmed in IMAX…

Google has given us 10 free tickets for TechCrunchIT readers to attend for the upcoming Google I/O developer event on May 27-28 in San Francisco. Google I/O will be held…

I’ve purposely held this story for a few days in order to let inflamed passions simmer down. As many of you (I hope) are aware, FC Barcelona beat Chelsea FC…

One look at the Top 25 Paid App list in the App Store reveals two things about iPhone users – we’re bunch of gaming nerds and pervs. Not that there’s…

I love my iPhone, but I’ve always harbored some contempt for its built-in Email application. Not because of the occasional message download issues and display quirks, but because the iPhone’s…

“Dance like a fly, bite like a mosquito.” Those inspiring words come from Coach Doc, played by The Wire’s Isaiah Whitlock, Jr., in a very well done viral video for…

In honor of the latest Star Trek release, MSN Video has rolled out a Klingon version of its Star Trek video page. Klingon, of course, is the tongue spoken by…

Finally, a chance to scare the bejesus out of nighttime boaters everywhere. Stick this gigantic inflatable iceberg out at the end of your dock and listen for midnight fishermen to…

NASA will be live-streaming the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on the “STS-125” mission that aims to repair and upgrade the Hubble Telescope.

A layer of carbon nanotubes, some flouro-rubber, and some electricity are all you need to make a wacky little OLED that can conform to almost any surface. Tokyo researchers have…

There are two interesting things about the new New York Times Reader application. First, the company has abandoned SilverLight for Adobe Air, thereby ensuring cross-platform compatibility without that nasty Microsoft…

Yahoo’s Open Hack Day London happened this weekend, encouraging the European developer community to get down and dirty with the company’s open strategy platforms. Making use of Yahoo’s now considerable…

Twitter is abuzz with angry complaints about FTD not delivering flowers to recipients on Mother’s Day. Apparently a number of Moms didn’t receive their FTD flowers even though the senders…

Some privacy news to freak you out this fine Monday. A court ruling in Wisconsin means that police there can track your movements with a GPS device without a warrant.…

Of the many possible solutions to the worldwide epidemic of pee splatter, few are as simultaneously awful and wonderful as the “Angels Knee Pillow” as it’s directly translated from Japanese.…

If you’re ever in Manhattan, head over to B&H on 9th Avenue and 34th Street (you can shop online, as well, but you’ll get a kick out of the bricks…

UK startup affiliates aggregator Skimlinks claims that £2m merchant sales in sales have gone through the site since it re-launched from its earlier Skimbit incarnation in December. Publishers are using…

Last weekend, Sharp Japan announced a new home cinema system (kind of), the so-called AQUOS Audio [JP], essentially racks with a built-in speaker system. Sharp is especially aiming at potential…

Amazon releasing a Kindle iPhone app shortly after the introduction of the Kindle 2 was a brilliant move. It seemed to show that the emphasis was on the platform, not…

We recently covered socialmedian, which late last year was acquired by European business social network XING, when they introduced a nifty application on the Facebook platform that allowed its users…

Nice deal on this Samsung SMX-F34 flash memory camcorder with 16GB of built-in storage for $249. Normally selling for around $299, it’s currently priced the same as the memory-less version,…

Sony recognizes that the PS3 hasn’t quite sold what it hoped (expected?) it would, and that this is a hinderance to the growth of the “brand” as a whole. Solution?…

Trekkies are an odd bunch and SNL did a great job poking fun at them back in 1986 with help from Shatner. Last weekend SNL continued the tradition with the…

Virgin Mobile USA’s shares jumped 57 cents (20%) to $3.47 in midday trading on news of its better than expected (i.e. positive) first quarter earnings. The wireless carrier reported $13.4…

Apple has a lot of silly reasons for rejecting iPhone apps, but Twitter seems to bring out some of the best of them. A few months ago, Apple rejected the…

Miss the 80’s? Me neither. If you have a friend or loved one who does, though, perhaps you should buy them this Zack Morris-style cell phone holder. Yes, it’s a…