2010

“Like” buttons have been around on the Internet for a while now. But most people didn’t pay too much attention to them until Facebook came along with their one-like-button-to-rule-them-all. Now…

Short version: The AUH100F is Aluratek’s new USB to HDMI adapter. If you don’t have a digital video out feature on your computer this is the perfect solution. Perfect for…

The debate about the government’s latest announcements, intended to help stimulate the high tech startup sector, has been raging in our comments. Just to re-cap: the governement plans to effectively…

I heard from Mike Arrington this morning. Good to hear the familiar voice now wrapped in the aura of rich and retired. Of course, he’s no fool and realizes quitting…

Now, you might think that making a product that isn’t terrible should be so obvious to every company on the planet as to almost be nonsensical. Indeed, who would ever…

Good morning, my little sausages. Today we have a wonderful giveaway from Fuze Meeting HD by Callwave, an iPad (of their choosing, probably a 32GB Wi-Fi model) to the reader…

Bob Compton and I finally have something to agree about. The Washington, D.C.–based venture capitalist produced a provocative documentary, 2 Million Minutes, which tracked six students—two each in the U.S.,…

Review: 2011 Ford Edge Sport Volt’s Wild Ride: A Long Drive In Chevy’s Electric Vehicle A Chair Made Entirely Of The Cracks Between The Cushions The SenseFly Swinglet CAM: Your…

Editor’s note: Guest author Jon Evans is a novelist, journalist, and software engineer. Oh, Research In Motion. You never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. RIM was born in…

JAKARTA– You’ve probably heard about the swell of Internet users coming from Indonesia. It’s already the second largest market for Facebook, after the United States. It’s “only” the fifth largest…

Sigh. Another crossover. Nearly every manufacturer makes at least a couple. So Ford did something that would have been unthinkable for the company just five years ago. They pushed the…

A German study has successfully implanted retina-replacement electrode arrays in a number of blind patients, allowing them to distinguish letters, words, and objects. The German team joins Australian, European, and…

The Geological Society Of America (also known as the Geosociety) completed the installation of a solar power generating rooftop at their Colorado headquarters yesterday. The project was funded by Xcel…

Well, Steve Ballmer certainly had a productive week. Over the past three days, the Microsoft CEO has sold 49.3 million shares of his company stock, Reuters reports. With the share…

Longboard Media is celebrating its two year anniversary and has revealed some amazing growth numbers, crystalizing its position as the largest ad network in the ecommerce space. Co-founded in November…

Jelli, a startup that’s a mix between Pandora and Digg (with old-school terrestrial radio stations thrown in), has gone mobile: the company has just launched a native iPhone application. Now, this…

Chicago-based mobile app development startup Red Foundry has raised $1.1 million in Series A funding from OCA Ventures and I2A Fund. Red Foundry, which is in private beta, develops a…

You know how your phone, change, pen, or whatever is always disappearing into that crack between adjacent cushions or the back of the couch? Very annoying, yes. Which is why…

The original iPod Nano watch was a little raw, and the follow-up from Incipio wasn’t much of an improvement. And let’s be honest, this new one isn’t going to win…

The wait is over and the Sebastian Loeb watch by Marvin is here. Loeb is a World Rally Champion race driver. I saw some concept art for the watch early…

The wait is over and the Sebastian Loeb watch by Marvin is here. Loeb is a World Rally Champion race driver. I saw some concept art for the watch early…

This little drone isn’t quite as destructive or versatile as a Predator, but it probably costs a few million dollars less. It’s basically a little flying wing with stabilizers and…

Everybody loves free stuff. And, believe it or not, plenty of businesses love giving it away — freebies can help raise awareness of a company and increase customer loyalty. Thing is,…

Apple will remove the XServe server platform form the Apple Store on January 31, 2011, suggesting instead the server-oriented Mac Mini with no optical drive or the Mac Pro. The…

Yesterday, we posted about horrible latency issues many Gmail users have been experiencing over the past couple of weeks. When I reached out to Google about the issue a few…

Let’s say you’re a cat blogger who has just come across some breaking cat news, and you’re racing against the clock to beat the other cat publications to it but…

I had the rare pleasure of driving a brand new Chevy Volt up the Eastern seaboard yesterday, a four hour trip from DC to New York in the driving rain…

These cheap little stickers may look like impulse buys from a dollar store, but they might actually be pretty handy if you’re a big iOS gamer. Basically they just provide…

It was only three days ago that Google Voice had some serious issues making outbound calls for some users — you’d place a call, and it would ring endlessly without ever…

EA has announced the development of Battlefield Play4Free. I’ll forgive the use of the “4” in the title since Battlefield 3 is already in development. Moving on. As you might…