Tag: BEST OF THE WEEK

Inalienable truth: The Web makes its users feel good. There is nothing like finding like-minded individuals out there and connecting with them, even if it's due to similar little-people fetishes or 'Star Trek' obsessions. This week, the Net has found ways to make its users feel even better, literally, over long distances and using touch-based light receptors. The cyber-joy brought to the world ...

Tech is the great equalizer. Crashes and memory dumps, Internet creeps and forgotten passwords don't care what sort of celebrity or genius they infect -- technology has equal opportunity bias. Poor Michael Ian Black talks to Switched about resisting new gadgetry and how sad he is that he hasn't an online celebrity death rumor. We feel for Bill Gates, who just shut down his Facebook after too ...

Been another long week here at the Switched offices, but we stumbled on this absurd car-ready crock pot earlier in the week, and it set us off on a flurry of excited Googling for other crazy AC-powered car gadgets. Although our favorite may be the passenger-seat-ready sandwich maker, you can buy a portable pizza oven if that's more your thing. In other news, A Wyoming Dad took a hammer to his ...

Because it's just a once-a-year thing, April Fool's Day brings out tech pranks in full force. Google is a perennial favorite, and they delivered again this year with CADIE, an Artificial Intelligence product. Sure, there was lots of cell phone news out of Vegas at CTIA 2009, but our votes for story of the week are for a man busted with a DUI on a motorized bar stool. If you missed these ...

Another Friday is finally here and while we're definitely ready to get out of the Switched office, we can only imagine how much the people at Facebook need some time off. Once again, we had a rash of stories that paint a grim picture for the site, including how it has had to respond to everyone's complaints about the new design. Still, it seems this guy who nearly drove off a cliff thanks to GPS ...

Things were hectic this week at Switched HQ but we broke the tension by flying this little guy around the office. We also watched as Facebook jumped out of the frying pan of rights ownership and into the redesign fire, and our readers sounded off against Office Depot and the like. If you missed these stories, they're all here, and if you've already seen them, read them again. The ...

We started the week off a bit groggy with the switch to daylight savings time. Outrageous cell phone bill stories seemed to be in the air, and Ticketmaster isn't doing much to bring in new fans; the company revealed this week that it had been scalping tickets on secondary Web sites. If you missed these stories, they're all here, and if you've already seen them, read them again. It's been a ...

It's been a rough week here at the Switched Central Office. We lost a precious work computer -- containing about a year's worth of files -- to a nasty hard drive failure. We'd been working on our '8 Ways to Back-Up Your Computer (and Keep Your Stuff Safe)' feature all week, and fortunately, we actually followed our own advice for once. It's going to happen sooner or later, so don't forget to ...

Another busy week here at the Switched offices. From the guy who decided to test out his taser on himself to the whole Facebook hullaballoo over content ownership, this week's tech news kept us glued to our feed readers. If you missed those, they're all here and if you've already seen them, read them again. Online dating is more successful than you might think, according to a new study. ...

This week on Switched, we had tons of good stuff, including British flash mobs, Twitter fights, and some hilarious gadget satire from The Onion. If you missed them, they're all here and if you've already seen them, read them again. Starting off the week strong, the Onion perfectly lampooned the hype and marketing surrounding gadget product releases. The hilarious video is definitely not safe ...

This week on Switched, we had tons of good stuff, including pranks, planes, and poorly planned pictures. If you missed them, they're all here and if you've already seen them, read them again. The government postponed the digital TV switch, but a bunch of stations are going through with it anyway. Sorry, Grandma. A teacher proved that educators shouldn't be on Facebook, especially when they ...

We're usually up pretty early sipping coffee and scouring the Web for stories, and the Steve Jobs-hosted 'Mac Dating Game' took us by surprise and left us stunned at our desks on Thursday morning. Yes, you're seeing that right: Bill Gates shows up as a contestant on this retro flashback gem. Despite relentless news of economic woes, plenty of other stories caught our eye: The Googlemobile ...

This week, we shook off our New Year's hangovers and got back to doin' what we do best -- mining the most bizarre and glorious jewels the internet has to offer. Plus, we invented a new word and sunk to a shocking new low. See you Monday! You didn't ask for it, you'll probably be grossed out by it, but it should give you a pretty clear window into our sick and twisted minds...Fetuses That Look ...

Shouldn't you be watching the Olympics? We understand. We're not watching either because the Internet is on! (Unless of course, animals were involved.) Go for the gold, give it your best and stick the landing -- all suitable encouragement for checking out the best of the Web from this past week, courtesy of the editors of URLesque (a new blog that looks for everything that's wacky, innovative, or ...