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There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
Flickr user mattcyborgelt's retro NES coffee table is fully ... Read more »
A new iPhone accessory promises to bring mind-control capabilities to cell phones, signaling the future of laziness handhelds. The PLX's XWave headset sets you back $100 bones, but lets you control several apps with your brain by reading electrical signals via a sensor placed on your forehead. Upon ... Read more »
As if the robot gods had come down and granted your writer's wish of combining her favorite things, the X-4 "Sloth" is a Bradypodidae-inspired 'bot made out of NXT Mindstorms LEGO. Sure, its three-toed hustle is painfully slow, but it manages to climb and release without any assistance. But you ... Read more »
In the never-ending battle between fantasy and sci-fi, we'll side with the latter every time. (And we'll take a sci-fi con over a renaissance faire any day of the week, thank-you-very-much.) No virtual playground entertains like one inhabited by robots, astronauts, spaceships and ray-guns. With the ... Read more »
Last year, Toyota proudly announced the development of a new mind-controlled wheelchair, which was reportedly capable of interpreting a user's brain waves within a few milliseconds. Now, a group of Swiss scientists have taken the prototype one step further, by adding an extra A.I. touch to a new ... Read more »
Douglas Trumbull, special effects mastermind, talks about the creation of Los Angeles's post-apocalyptic terrain in 'Blade Runner,' known as the 'Hades Landscape.' Before CGI gave us Pandora and Jar Jar Binks, people like Trumbull employed acid-etched brass miniatures, and launched actual fireballs ... Read more »
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I recently moved apartments, and was startled to discover that I get little to no cell phone signal in my new pad, which obviously sucks. Calls drop or don't come through, and my phone chews through the battery. To make a call I have to go on my roof or across the street. Short ... Read more »
The mad programmers at Google Labs have come up with another bizarre (and possibly sinister) new Web application called Google Scribe. Like Google's auto-suggested search terms that appear as you type, Scribe looks at the language you've used to determine the most likely word to follow. For ... Read more »
All you iPhone and iPod owners (as long as you're not avid jailbreakers) should head to iTunes and plug in your devices to get iOS 4.1. Game Center, TV show rentals and Ping are all on deck for owners of the latest iDevices, and iPhone 3G owners should get a performance boost. ... Read more »
It's been a slow and painful death for Windows XP, and it's not over yet. (If the operating system were a beloved pet, you'd have put it to sleep ages ago.) Microsoft plans to officially start barring manufacturers from selling computers preloaded with the aging OS on October 22nd, and Dell plans ... Read more »
Today, Google launched the latest update to the Web search tool that formed the original foundation of its business. Instant Search does away with the need to hit the enter key when performing a search. As you type, Google drops down the familiar suggested terms list, but now the search results are ... Read more »
When Fort Gay, West Virginia resident and 26-year-old gamer Josh Moore created an Xbox Live profile, he naturally listed his location as "fort gay WV." The ever-vigilant enforcement team from Xbox Live, however, recently suspended Moore from the gaming platform, due to what they believed to be a ... Read more »
Daring Fireball's John Gruber notes that VersionTracker, after nearly 15 years of service, is dead, and is redirecting all traffic to Download.com. During our early geek days, we spent countless hours overheating our 28.8k modems by crawling the software-tracking site (initially Mac-only) for ... Read more »
Challenge.gov is a new site, created by the U.S. General Services Administration to serve as a one-stop shop for government-run contests, challenges and prizes. Federal agencies are able to post contests to the clearinghouse in an effort to increase visibility and increase citizen engagement. Most ... Read more »
Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines...
The Google logo has been updated yet again, possibly hinting at a new, live-search feature in advance of today's Google press conference. [From: Engadget]
Beware of false rumors that Facebook Places will inform everyone of where you are at ... Read more »
While the University of Mississippi students' campaign to elect Admiral Ackbar as the school's new mascot has been squashed, ESPN isn't ready to let the rebellion die. The sports network recently filmed a commercial featuring students lobbying for and against the Star Wars Supreme Commander. "We ... Read more »
The United Kingdom's Royal Mail is offering a unique take on digital postage. Instead of just using the tech to quickly print pre-paid shipping labels, the national mail service is issuing a series of commemorative stamps, embedded with special codes, similar to QR codes. When an Android handset or ... Read more »
The list of features not being extended to the iPhone 3G keeps getting larger. When iOS 4.1 lands Thursday, with Game Center in tow, the aging 3G will be left out of the social gaming goodness. Apple broke the news quietly with the launch of the Game Center page where the list of compatible devices ... Read more »
Boston.com's The Big Picture is one of, if not the, best photojournalism blogs on the Web. A few times per week, the site publishes a collection of images relating to a specific news event or topic, and, with the aid of the official iPhone app, you could have those stunning photos delivered straight ... Read more »
Glen McCracken avidly plays 'Modern Warfare 2' with a goal steadfast in mind. He has already reached rank 70 several times, completed all of the challenges and killed many a dude by locking and loading. So, when it came time for McCracken to start a brand new campaign, none of this seemed to be ... Read more »
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Definitely not rooting for that hoity toity Pekingese, that's for damn sure. #Westminster
I'm, like, okay with being a little crazy.
The time, energy, words, weight lost, nails bitten, scabs picked and nights I've struggled thru for this are easy to judge from afar, right?
Things I won't miss about being a freelancer: incorrectly estimating my taxes and owing a ton of cash at the end of the year.
