Google clearly has a thing for ninjas. On the heels of its shinobi-focused Gmail theme and the helpful tip sheet "Become a Gmail ninja" comes an unboxing video that handily beats all efforts we've seen -- largely due to its stop-action-animated mini-ninjas slashing their way to a Nexus One. Made by ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 19th 2010 6:30PM

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Only a fool in this era of high-level security would fake a bomb threat, let alone Tweet about it, but that's pretty much what Paul Chambers did last week via Twitter. The Inquirer reports that the 26-year-old UK native was set to the fly to Ireland from the Robin Hood airport in Finningley, ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 18th 2010 4:40PM

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Now that most of us text at a decent rate (phone permitting, natch), it was inevitable that someone would go and make a competition out of it. Yesterday, LG did just that with the first ever Mobile World Cup Championship in New York City (video after the jump). The culmination of an eight-month ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 15th 2010 5:45PM

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Ricky Gervais has admitted on his blog that he's part of the 60-percent of Twitter members who quit within a month of signing up. The 'Extras' funny guy opened an account in December to appease his bosses during the Golden Globes, who were hoping he'd Tweet while hosting the awards this Sunday. But ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 15th 2010 4:02PM

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Ever since Alexey Pajitnov first assembled the game code back in the 1984, there have been countless versions of 'Tetris' introduced to countless game consoles. With each iteration, developers tried different takes on the original: 'The Next Tetris' included multiple piece previews; 'Tetris: The ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 14th 2010 4:40PM

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We have no sympathy for criminals who slip up because of sheer stupidity (like the guy who took a time-out mid-burglary to play around on a little girl's Nintendo DS). But, in the case of one 15-year-old thief in Wilsonville, Oregon, it was a backup security app that led to his eventual ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 13th 2010 8:20AM

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While we salivated over the latest, greatest products at CES, TrueCompanion unleashed a little bomb of its own over at the Adult Entertainment Expo (across the way from the gadget expo in Vegas) with the announcement of the world's first sex robot. Depending on your kinky quotient, the Roxxxy ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 11th 2010 4:00PM

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Tired of keeping that guitar tuned? Then consider EverTune's bridge a godsend. Unlike Gibson's steeply priced Robot Guitar, which tunes itself, EverTune's latest effort is affordable, compatible with existing guitars, and acts more like a maintenance tool. According to DVICE's review, once you tune ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 9th 2010 1:35PM

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Although devices like Nike+ already exist, a new generation of "fat tech" aims to do more -- not only tracking how many minutes you work out or how much food you consume, but your location, too. Sneaking a Big Mac when you should be in the gym? Scientists will know. Getting too lazy for your own ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 8th 2010 8:10AM

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If you're a business professional, you probably look at your BlackBerry as a necessity of sheer convenience, and for that, we don't blame you. Thus, RIM wants to take a load off your shoulders (literally) with the Presenter, available online this month and in stores next for $199. The little ...

by JP Mangalindan on Jan 6th 2010 2:10PM

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