Tag: BTSNEWS

As you've surely heard (and hopefully confirmed for yourself) by now, The Dark Knight is a runaway hit. So much so, in fact, that a number of manufacturers have figured it prudent to crank our hardware with the iconic Batman logo front and center. Next in line for admission on the bandwagon seems to be Microsoft, which apparently showed off a "limited edition" (read: likely one of a kind) Dark ...

Always expect the unexpected on the Internet -- it's fast and unruly and sometimes we need to raise our voice with glee at just how awesome it is. The editors of URLesque pretty much shout out the glories of the Web each and every day by posting about the weirdest, funniest, and/or coolest places and happenings they find online. Lucky for us, they've shared the best of this past week's finds with ...

A Russian student with a sick sense of humor is now paying the price for his poor taste. According to 'Russia Today,' Anton Shurubara sent 400 death threats to random phone numbers proclaiming "Death to Russian pigs and to you, freak!" Funny, considering he is Russian. Shurubara, who was tracked down authorities, claimed "I was just joking around, I wanted to see what people's reactions would ...

These are the lights that never go out. They blink, they flicker and they can be annoying as all heck. They are your gadget lights, and you'll find them everywhere. Just to name a few, you'll discover lights on your TV, stereo, alarm clock, cell phone, laptop and Internet router. They pay no mind to time of day or your sleep schedule -- wake up in the middle of the night, and you most likely ...

According to reports, Apple is encouraging its retailers to stock up on more popular models of laptops and iPods as supplies from the factory are expected to slow in August. Usually, when Apple issues warnings such as these, it is because production is being scaled down in preparation for a product update. The memo suggests retailers order three weeks worth of stock for laptops and four weeks ...

After all the buffoonery over what exactly T-Mobile intended to call its newest entry-level Danger handheld device, the carrier has ultimately decided to just go back to basics, drop the acronyms, and christen its new phone simply "Sidekick." Make no mistake, though -- this little puppy, which launches today, is a far cry from your daddy's Hiptop launched way back in 2002, thanks to a 400 x 240 ...

Like most product from Dell these days, there's little surprise left in Dell's Studio Hybrid desktop lineup of eco-friendly little PCs. First unveiled as a bamboo-clad concept in April, the computer is finally being released by the hardware giant with a starting price of $499, with interchangeable sleeves of Bamboo, Emerald, Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Slate and Topaz -- the latter six being of the ...

In a bid to provide more digital content, the NFL will stream 17 live, regular season games on NBCsports.com and NFL.com. This is the first time that NFL games have ever been streamed live. Football Fans Rejoice! The video will be courtesy of the NBC broadcast feed, and will feature announcers Al Michaels and John Madden, two of the most respected announcers in sports. The NFL and NBC will ...

Poor libraries -- they just want to fill our kids' heads with porn and violence. Is that so wrong? First, libraries were forced to start filtering out obscene content in 2000. Then came the Patriot Act, which granted the government the right to examine the books you checked out and the sites you visited on a library's public computers. Now, lawmakers are trying to ban children from accessing ...

Twitter, the social networking site/service with a strict, 140-character limit for status messages (known as "tweets" in Twitter-speak), has sprung to huge popularity lately as more and more people want to share what they're up to right this minute. We've also seen how the service/site has helped some people to share information about disasters, but now one Twitter user has come up with a rather ...

Remember that Facebook-based Scrabble knock-off we told you about, Scrabulous? Well we knew it ruffled Hasbro's feathers, but making the lil' Scrabble-wanna-be obsolete and crushing it like a bug looks like it won't be enough for the board game super power. Hot on the heels of the official EA-developed Scrabble Facebook application's release, Hasbro has announced it will be sueing the makers of ...

Always expect the unexpected on the Internet -- it's fast and unruly and sometimes we need to raise our voice with glee at just how awesome it is. The editors of URLesque pretty much shout out the glories of the Web each and every day by posting about the weirdest, funniest, and/or coolest places and happenings they find online. Lucky for us, they've shared the best of this past week's finds with ...

In an effort to ruin everything good about coffee, Starbucks has bought out what many consider to be the greatest evolution in coffee since espresso, The Clover. "What's a Clover?" you might ask. Well, it's an $11,000 coffee brewing machine that controls the precise time, temperature, and amount of beans that go into an individually brewed cup of Joe. This machine's unique ability to replicate ...

One of our most awkward childhood memories was going to see 'Muppet Treasure Island' at the AMC with mom and lil' bro. There was this couple in the back totally necking (actually, they'd probably crossed over into heavy petting, though we didn't know what that was at the time). Not that we all haven't made out in the cinema a time or two ourselves, but puh-leaze! It's the MUPPETS. Count on the ...

Ooohhh, it's the Germans! The EU's paragon of efficiency has done another efficient thing -- created a no-nonsense, less-fun version of Facebook. Entrepreneur Ehssan Dariani, after failing at his male cosmetics line, decided to turn his attention to social networking. And network he did. His site, studiDV launched in 2005, and became the largest social networking site in Europe within a few ...