1. IPhone Coming to Verizon in 2010 2 hours ago permalinkMany signs point to the Apple and AT&T agreement that makes the latter the exclusive carrier of the iPhone within the US coming to an end within the next year. For starters, non-exclusivity has been profitable for Apple in others part of the world. Moreover, even AT&T’s CEO acknowledges the deal won’t last forever. And while ...
2. Microsoft emancipates Digital Cable Tuners with second Media Center update today 57 minutes ago permalinkFiled under: Media PCs , Cable Scant hours after the SDV tuning, DRM-relaxing firmware update for Vista and Windows 7 Digital Cable Tuner users became available, Missing Remote let us know Microsoft has come through on the other half of its CEDIA promise by pushing the Digital Cable Advisor to Media Center Extras galleries everywhere. This half ...
3. Netflix instant streaming demoed on PlayStation 3 7 hours ago permalinkAw, suki suki now! Those Netflix instant streaming discs that started floating out to anxious PS3 owners yesterday are obviously splashing down, with YouTube user (and avid Engadget reader) otimus posting up a stellar walkthrough showing everything in action. We've got to admit -- the whole thing looks exceptionally sleek, but given the PS3's ...
4. Gowalla Hops Onto Android Via The Mobile Web 2 hours ago permalinkUp until now, if you wanted to use the location-based service Gowalla on the go, you had to have an iPhone. Today, that expands to Android. But rather than building an app, Gowalla has extended support to Android using the mobile web . This works because Android's browser is closely tied to the device and is able to access location information, ...
5. The Just Because We Love You TwitterPeek Giveaway #Crunch 1 hour ago permalinkIf you're a Twitter freak and think that a dedicated Twitter device is just the thing for you, read on. This week we saw the launch of the TwitterPeek , a cute little device built by Peek that will do just about anything you want it to do, as long as all you want it to do is access Twitter. It won't surf the web. It won't make phone calls. It won'
6. Dvorak Poll: Should Government Flags Be Flown At Half Staff ONLY For The Fort Hood Dead? 1 hour ago permalinkPresident Obama ordered flags be flown at half staff. Governors of many, if not all, states ordered the same. Obviously what happened Thursday at Ft. Hood was a tragedy. Just as obviously, Sgt. Kimberly Munley who got shot while taking Hasan out is a hero. So are others who helped the wounded as the firing continued. So, flying the flag at half ...
7. Free Conferencing CEO Asks FCC to Keep on Google Voice 3 hours ago permalinkEven though less than 1 percent of the population uses Google Voice, David Erickson, president of the Free Conferencing Corp., a conference call company whose numbers are blocked by the service, is pretty aggrieved. So he met with the FCC and filed a letter urging the regulatory agency to get Google to play fair. [...]
8. Comedy Central wants a bite of The Onion 3 hours ago permalinkPart of me is surprised that this deal took this long to happen. But when you watch the recent crop of new shows on the Chortle Network (with the exception of Tosh.0 ), it really shouldn't surprise anyone. Comedy Central has ordered a half-hour scripted pilot based on the Onion's Sports Network. The OSN is part of the popular satirical magazine' ...
9. Guitar Hero and Rock Band drums combine for ultimate MIDI kit 2 hours ago permalinkWe've seen our fair share of Guitar Hero / Rock Band drum kit mods , but without exception, this one is our fav. Tipster (and tinkerer) Jordan has taken the time to wire up a Guitar Hero kit and a Rock Band kit in order to create the most bodacious set of MIDI skins this planet has ever seen. Using a combination of Osculator, JunXion Lite and ... 10. Verizon's LG Chocolate Touch is nice but nothing new 2 hours ago permalinkThe LG Chocolate Touch from Verizon Wireless is a terrific music phone with Dolby Music equalizer settings, an FM radio, and more, but it doesn't the "wow" factor we were expecting. Originally posted at Dialed In Podcast 11. Mozilla Jetpack contest winner harnesses GPU power to process data 4 hours ago permalinkFiled under: Mozilla , Browsers Mozilla Labs has announced a winner of the Jetpack .5 contest . While Jetpack is known primarily as a framework for allowing coders with a web development background to put together add-on type enhancements for Firefox, the winner 's project wasn't your run-of-the-mill sidebar hack. Alex Miltsev's submission was ...
12. Unveiling the Boxee Beta in NYC on Dec 7th 10 hours ago permalinkThe date is set for the release of the Boxee Beta. On December 7th at 7pm we are going to have an unveiling event at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. At the event we will demo the new Beta, launch new applications from partners and start a 4-weeks early-access for users to test the Beta before we release it to the public at CES on Jan 7th.
13. Brad Fitzpatrick Talks About Programming 3 hours ago permalinkBrad Fitzpatrick, born in 1980, started to learn programming at the age of 5. In high school he went on to create a voting booth script called FreeVote, which he says earned him as much as 27 cent per click on banner ads back then (making for 25, 27 grand per month). He went on to create blogging platform LiveJournal, thinking and implementing a ... 14. Myka ION brings Hulu, Boxee and other web content to your TV 4 hours ago permalinkIt's been almost a full year since we heard a peep from the fine folks at Myka , but it looks like we could be talking about 'em a lot more often judging by the specs list on its latest contraption. The simply-titled ION is an Atom-based media PC that relies on NVIDIA's Ion graphics set and a customized interface that brings Hulu , Boxee and ... 15. PBS ombudsman criticizes Sesame Street for 'POX News' joke 4 hours ago permalinkPoor Oscar the Grouch. Not even PBS' ombudsman will cut him a break. No wonder he's so grouchy. Well that and he lives in a garbage can. That would make me more than a little perturbed. A clip of a two-year episode of Sesame Street popped up on YouTube thanks to conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart's on his Big Hollywood blog in which Grundgetta, 16. Tetris, Eastern Bloc stylez 4 hours ago permalinkSays it all, really. More info here . 17. FishVille Launches on Facebook; It’s Like Underwater FarmVille 4 hours ago permalinkWe were sort of surprised to discover how many of you proclaim your love for FarmVille , the social farming sim game from Zynga. We reported that the company had trademarked the name FishVille last month, and speculated that an aquatic derivative of the wildly popular social game might be in the works. And indeed it was, with FishVille launching ... 18. Top 5 most popular products for November 5 hours ago permalinkWe're getting close to the holidays and we know you're starting to make your wish lists. So we're treating this month's most popular products list as a request. You're spending a lot of your time viewing these products. We get it. Feel free to send this video around to friends and family as a hint. 19. Downloads 5 hours ago permalinkVisit other CBS Interactive sites:
20. Fugly Friday : Aiseikai Hospital has no opthamologist on staff 5 hours ago permalinkFiled under: Fugly Friday With all the hullabaloo over medical reform in the U.S., you might wonder what health care looks like in other parts of the world. At this hospital in Japan, your care comes with a healthy side order of flashing, blinking Lucky Cats, and a prescription strength dose of animated gifs. Warning : If you're epileptic, we ... |
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