This here is a standard issue Rubik’s Cube, but one emblazoned with Dharma Initiative-related logos. Since most, if not all, of us on staff are “Lost” fanboys, I thought it…
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That New World Order-sounding anti-copyright infringement treaty that we mentioned a few days ago has been leaked. The proposal, at least. And yes, it looks just as frightening as the…
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Body scanners that can see through clothing to be installed in 10 U.S. airports soon
12:18 pm PDT • June 6, 2008
Body scanners that can “see” underneath clothing will be installed in 10 of the country’s biggest airports within the next few weeks. Airline passengers in cities like New York, Los…
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Aspiring DJ? How about a $24K reference turntable to get you started?
11:32 am PDT • June 6, 2008
“The best gets better!” “A triumph!” “Who shot JR?” All ways of introducing the Acutus Reference, a $24,000 turntable that’s more for Paul van Dyk than your little two-bit basement…
The PS3 has been out for almost two years now, so it’s sorta odd to see a Popular Mechanics article explaining, in painful detail, how to install Linux on the…
Our permanent campaign marches on here in the U.S., with preparations for 2012 already well underway. To that end, some dude has asked proto-blog Slashdot what to look for when…
We’re all waiting on this guy The FCC “will hopefully be able to do something on it soon.” “It” is the proposed XM-Sirius merger, while “soon” means whatever you want…
It turns out that the lead investigator of the Pirate Bay raid from a few years ago has been working for Warner Bros. Naturally, that’s causing all sorts of commotion…
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FIFA 09 promises '50,000 combinations' of tactics'. Sure it does.
2:49 pm PDT • June 5, 2008
Like sands in the hourglass, EA will release FIFA ’09, presumably, this fall, with all sorts of pretend new features. Today there’s word that EA will pack “50,000 different combinations…
Microsoft believes it can, and ought to, make changes to the Xbox Live interface. While the Marketplace and general Live interface was designed, maybe, for a couple hundred items, there’s…
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With the new App Store, can the iPhone take on the Nintendo DS?
10:02 am PDT • June 5, 2008
Flickr’d Wild speculation today from Forbes, which believes that, with the upcoming App Store, the iPhone can mount a serious challenge against the Nintendo DS. It’s a common thesis, one…
Guess who’s credit/debit card now has RFID? Yup, apparently I used my old card at a highly insecure location within the past few days, so much so that Citibank had…
Penny-Arcade Everyone’s favorite real life Lionel Hutz could find himself disbarred in the near future. Jack Thompson walked out of a Florida court room today, claiming that it was a…
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Steve Ballmer: Be grateful that you can downgrade from Vista to XP
4:51 pm PDT • June 4, 2008
Flickr’d Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that consumers should be happy that they have the choice to downgrade from Vista to XP. (Remember, XP retail sales are set to end…
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New York launches anti-piracy ad campaign: Your intelligence is in no way insulted
4:26 pm PDT • June 4, 2008
Go ahead and tell me that New York isn’t over. The city will be plastering subways with anti-piracy flyers throughout the summer, telling people, essentially, not to copy that floppy.…
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Using cellphones to track people's movements, study human behavior
2:08 pm PDT • June 4, 2008
What does your cellphone say about you? Not in the fashion sense—it says you’re a dork—, but what does it say about your behavior? It turns out, quite a lot.…
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Metal Gear Solid 4 gets rare perfect score from Famitsu magazine
1:21 pm PDT • June 4, 2008
See? Four 10s Metal Gear Solid 4 has received a perfect score from lauded Japanese gaming mag Famitsu. Yes, the game with the horribly long cutscenes got a 40/40, joining…
Unlike grumpy Peter, I won’t hate on the PS3 port of BioShock (not that I’ve played the original, but I hear good things). That said, a few more tidbits of…
Should your iPhone battery die, you have but so many choices. You can send it to Apple to have it replaced for a cool $85, or you can drop $7…
Bad news, sports fans. Ken and Ryu, metaphors for the fighting game genre, will not be in the upcoming Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li movie. (This is the…
Could developers be getting a sneak peak at Mac OS X 10.6 at next week’s WWDC? Maybe! A little birdie told TUAW that Apple could well give developers an early…
Look at this watch. Biggs sees it, and drools just a little; he drools a lot, though, so it might be unrelated. Known as “Vibering,” it’s a watch designed for…
Flickr’d Now British and Canadian users can download moves from the iTunes Store. The UK Store has a selection of 700 movies from Disney, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and so…
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CrunchArcade: Cosplay record broken: 697 folks having a good time, dressed as Mario
6:30 pm PDT • June 3, 2008
Dallas must be really proud, for some 697 cosplayers descended on the city at the weekend in a valiant and noble attempt to break the Guinness World Record of “Largest…
Luckily, my electric bill is covered by the building (I pay for gas), but those of you who have to pay your own way, take heed of this advice: turn…
Apple’s going to release the new iPhone just in the nick of time, as recent data shows its share of the smartphone market dropped 7.5 percent from Q4 2007 to…
Want to see how Adidas makes the Europass, the new hi-tech ball to be used in this summer’s European Championship? Yes? OK! Call me [bad name], but do you see…
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CrunchArcade: Street Fighter IV PS3, 360 versions confirmed; anime cutscene endings
3:30 pm PDT • June 3, 2008
Street Fighter IV news, friends. It seems the console edition—yes, there will be PS3, 360 and PC versions—of the game will have full-length anime cutscenes for each character’s ending. They’ll…
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How quickly will you shoot past Time Warner's 40GB bandwidth cap?
1:32 pm PDT • June 3, 2008
How quickly would you reach Time Warner’s 40GB data cap? I’d be finished in like a week. No lie. By now you’re probably well aware of Time Warner’s scheme to…