Tag: THEONION

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. The knee-slappers over at The Onion have another spoof newscast this week, featuring an imaginary, portable sewing machine called the Smart Stitch that "lets sweatshop ...

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. Akira Nakayasu's 'robotic plant' is comprised of 169 artificial leaves that move independently to approximate the movement of blowing in the wind. [From: designboom] ...

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. The Bit-101 blog throws the Kindle and iPad under the microscope to compare pixels with close ups of print. [From: Bit-101] The Double Rainbow meme shows its ...

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. Conservative Facebook users thought that a 3-year-old parody video from The Onion was real. Somehow the video -- in which a fictional Pennsylvania congressman testifies ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Despite Twitter's firmly established place among the Web's elite, saying that Facebook dominates social networking in terms of market share still remains a massive understatement. The micro-blogging service has steadily incorporated new themes to strengthen its capabilities, though, most recently in a new Twitpic face-tagging ...

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. Photographer Joseph Ford and 3-D designer Antoine Mairot have created realistic images of buildings modeled after video game consoles. The PlayStation 3 blends ...

A few years ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted that one day, we'd all live in a world with free cell phones, thanks to a surge in mobile-based advertising that would eventually match online revenue. And, while we may not have reached that point just yet, the clairvoyants over at The Onion have now given us an idea of what that world might look like. In a recent report from the Onion News ...

Sometimes 'The Onion' hits the satirical nail so square on the head it transcends simple humor (like this post 9/11 classic) and becomes a reflection of the current state of the world. It's recent video "news" clip, 'Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civilization,' works not just because Friendster is an easy punchline -- but because it speaks volumes about how future generations ...

High-brow smut lovers who turn to Nerve.com for artistic nude photography and lascivious essays and personals will have to soon look for new sources of nubile nudes. According to Business Week, new Nerve CEO Sean Mills has decided to make the site more mainstream by moving some of the its more lewd material, including the majority of Nerve's images of naked flesh, to a new, and so far unnamed, ...

Do you enjoy first-person shooter games, but get annoyed by actually having to play the game, instead of effortlessly dealing out death and destruction? Then, read on, fellow animated death mongers. Parody news site The Onion has a new game to help satiate your thirst for simulated blood and brain matter. Granted, 1PS (first person shooter) games, such as 'Call of Duty,' are awesome, but ...

The Onion, America's leader in fair and unbiased reporting, turned its investigative journalists loose this week to uncover the truth about violence in video games and, more specifically, whether or not games are adequately preparing our children for the impending apocalypse. While the reporters couldn't come to a consensus on the necessary extent of preparation, they agreed that the games are ...

Sure, the Onion is supposed to be satirical and over the top, but it certainly speaks the truth about trendy gadgets in this profanity-laced video (after the break). The clip, from the Onion News Network, reports on Sony's newest gadget, which nobody needs and doesn't really do much, yet for whatever reason, everybody needs one. They interview a regular guy outside of an electronics store, who ...

After that earlier piece on global e-waste, we thought you might want something to lighten the mood. Fortunately, The Onion is ready with a sardonic, blood-shot eye turned to the respective OS releases on the way from Cupertino and Redmond. Click on through for the full comparison while we pack up things from this lame, euro coffee shop. [Via Daring Fireball] ...

Everybody's favorite fake news site The Onion is reporting that citizens of Liberty City are getting fed up. They claim that the Liberty City Police Department (LCPD) has been negligent and generally unsuccessful in its attempts to curtail the "constant car chases, ongoing gun battles, and overall atmosphere of violence" that has become part and parcel of living in the metropolis. The surge in ...