Tag: 1984

Earlier this month, Valve's online game download service, Steam, became available for Mac OS X users. Since then, new games have been released each Wednesday, and this week, Valve decided to ramp up the hype for one of its most anticipated releases. As Mac Rumors reports, Valve created a teaser trailer for 'Half-Life 2' that parodies Apple's Macintosh Super Bowl commercial. Valve's extremely ...

On July 23rd, the British Children's Secretary, Ed Balls, announced a plan to spend a potential £400 million (over $675 million) on the installation of closed circuit cameras (CCTVs) in the homes of 20,000 "problem families" -- which include homes with truant children, alcohol abuse, or reports of malnutrition -- according to the Daily Express. The program would put the families under ...

Okay, Switched readers, here's a great debate. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is known as the home of Hershey's corporate, the town where Peeps was invented (not made -- that's Bethlehem), and the American city with the highest amount of surveillance per capita. Lancasterians have been subjected to a community-wide program that installs closed-circuit cameras on nearly every street, hosting more outdoor ...

We never figured Iggy Pop for a psychic, but new technology gives the song "TV Eye" a whole new meaning. According to the Daily Mail, a recent report published by the Future Laboratory consultant group claims that, within the decade, TV will be able to transmit video via contact lenses and emotional impulses via tattoos. Theoretically, the monitor lenses and digital tattoos would be activated, ...

This week, some Washington state lawmakers are pushing a proposal that would require police to extract DNA from every arrested individual. At present, Washington police take DNA samples only from those who have already been convicted of a crime, as a warrant is necessary to obtain the DNA of mere suspects. Under the provisions of the proposal, the collected DNA would be sent off to a State ...

If you don't think your kids' medieval or outer space-themed LEGO sets are quite nerdy enough, up their geek factor with some new toys from PodBrix. The young company has become something of a tech celebrity recently with its LEGO-like toys based on everything Apple. What started out as an unofficial toy version of Apple's famous silhouette iPod ads has mushroomed into a (still unofficial) ...