This Sunday, be sure to keep 9pm wide open as executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Geotzman bring us the epic ten-part miniseries The Pacific, a follow-up to the incredible Band… Read the full post at Gear Patrol.  Read More →

The SS United States, an ocean liner that still holds the record the fastest Atlantic crossing, could be sold to a ship breaker.  Read More →

Hold on that credit card, Apple’s Mac Pro desktop might receive a major brain transplant as early as this coming Tuesday. According to ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, an unnamed tipster alleged that Apple’s pro desktop is up for a big hardware refresh on Tuesday, March 16. The updated Mac Pros will allegedly pack in Intel’s rumored  Read More →

At their GDC press conference this afternoon, PlayStation officially announced their new motion controller, the PlayStation Move. Previously known as the Arc , this controller will give gamers a more interactive experience on the PS3. The Move is said to be precise and accurate when paired with the PlayStation Eye , and will get you off the couch and into the game…  Read More →

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. YouTube’s automatic closed captioning, like most automated systems, is serving up hilarious misinterpretations to the collective joy of Web users. Exhibit number…  Read More →

We’ve been slipped some additional information on Motorola’s imminent Android-powered i1 for iDEN networks today — actually, one correction and one interesting note. First, the correction: we’re now being told (by the same tipster as before ) that it’s actually got a 5 megapixel camera on board, a nice upgrade from the 3 we’d previously been told to expect. More interestingly, though, we’re also hearing... 

You say that alcohol is your only friend? And you need a nice watch to wear while drinking it? The Happy Hour Timepiece is for you. While the watch itself is pretty standard – a quartz analog movement next to a Chinese LCD movement in a rectangular case – the buckle of the strap holds an important secret. Friends, it doubles as a bottle opener. No longer will you be the guy who gets drunk on too many beers! You will be the guy who gets... 

Filed under: Multimedia , Software , iPhone , App Store , Music Recently I’ve been preparing to move home and finally did last weekend. Naturally I had to pack up all my musical gear, equipment and of course, my Mac. In the week leading up to the move, I’ve had my iPhone and nothing else. With no creative outlet and the pressure of looming project deadlines, I found myself scouting the…  Read More →

We know, we know, you’re sick of future iPhone OS rumors… but one more couldn’t hurt right? The folks over at 9to5Mac have been exploring the new iPhone 3.2 beta 4 SDK, and have found a few files that could indicate more gestures are coming to the next iPhone OS. Something we reported on a pretty decent amount of time ago. The two files, “3Tap.plist” and “LongPress.plist, are located in the “gestures”... 

Here’s a common dilemma: you want to play Rock, Paper, Scissors, but you’re all by yourself. What to do? Well, these handy gloves allow you to play the classic game of chance and, well, chance all by your lonesome. Simply make your move with the glove on and the built-in computer will tell you what move your “opponent” made and who won. It’s the perfect way to practice for the next time you need to decide who’s... 

The latest smartphone subscriber numbers are out , and the last three months have been kind to Google. Android’s still a relatively small player, but its usage base more than doubled since October. The iPhone, meanwhile, keeps on treading water. (more…)  Read More →

Today during a panel on disruptive game platforms, a panel of gaming execs took the stage to talk about the current situation in gaming. The standout speaker so far has been hi5 President and CTO Alex St. John, who has not pulled any punches in his criticisms of Facebook and other companies. Moments ago, he just attacked Zynga, calling its games mediocre and saying that its success stemmed from spamming users. Here’s what he said (paraphrased):... 

Who knew Keen makes backpacks? Not me. But I’m a big fan of their urban-trail-beach shoes and sandals so when they offered to send their new backpack, the Newport DP, I jumped at the chance … Read the full post at Gear Patrol.  Read More →

Shopping for fresh food and branded groceries needn’t be such a hassle. If you own the iPhone and live in the New York City area, the free FreshDirect app will have you covered. This nifty little program lets you order over 20,000 food items directly from FreshDirect, the nation’s leading online food retailer known for its  Read More →

According to the BBC News , the personal answers of security questions allowing access to e-mail accounts are more common and easily guessed than previously expected. In a joint study, a group of researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh found that hackers could access one out of every 80 accounts when given three tries to answer a security question, even if they knew nothing about the owner …  Read More →