Archive for 2008/11


Producers Made Bella Geekier for Twilight Movie Adaptation

Even as a manly-man who’s never read the Twilight series, geeksugar’s feature on Bella’s upgraded geek set is worth the read. It asks “Should Book Technology be Updated for the Movie Version?”, a question that’s truly relevant to geeks, a wide-reaching demographic that ultimately, loves analyzing the most mundane of details.
Turns out that in the […]

Black Friday Sales Performance Key to American Economic Future?

Over drinks yesterday, my friend shared an insight. Thanks to my hangover, I’ll have to paraphrase everything:
Him: “Would you know how well retailers did during Black Friday?”
Me: “Not yet, I think it’s too early to tell. I’m sure a report will come out soon.”
Him: “Well, all I’m saying is that if people don’t buy this […]

SURVEY: Will You Be Having A Blu-Ray Christmas?

We’ve heard a lot about Blu-ray in the past couple of years but is the technology any closer to making it into your home this Christmas?
This time last year the high-defintion (HD) war was in full swing between Blu-ray and HD DVD but dedicated players [excluding the PS3] were not cheap. Now, a year […]

Bloodsport Friday: Capitalism at its Worst

Great job America! Retailers become generous (or “generous”) for Black Friday and this is what happens? You’ve just played out Lord of the Flies for the whole world to see. And for what? Cheaper TVs to see grown men bang each other at even better detail? Computers to download porn?
First off, over at a Toys […]

Stored Apps: An Easier Way to Look for iPhone Apps

Having a hard time looking for an iPhone or iPod touch app that suits your category and price-point needs? Stored Apps attempts to catalog all the apps in the iTunes Store and make available as a searchable and filterable database. Search results provide a direct link to each app’s iTunes Store page.
Looking for free apps? […]

Apple Investigates MacBook Problems

They may be sleek and pretty as a picture but the latest Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops have been hit by a series of mysterious graphics-related issues.
The company has said that it is now investigating two separate graphics-related problems that are affecting its new MacBook line-up. The first one, ominously dubbed ‘the black screen […]

Y-Cam Knight Online Baby Monitor Is iPhone-friendly

Audio baby monitors, for anyone who has ever used them, are both a great invention and a curse at the same time because you leap up at every little sound. These days, audio monitors are old hat and video monitors are all the rage.
This is the Y-Cam Knight Online Baby Monitor which is a video […]

DOH! Homer Simpson Doorbell

If ‘ding dong’ no longer rings your bell, you can always upgrade [downgrade?] your doorbell for the Homer Simpson Talking Doorbell.
The package comes with a Homer bell featuring Homer’s mug and the words ‘Ding Dong’ and a receiver sculpted as Homer doing what he rarely does: sitting on his ass taking a well-earned break […]

Apple App Store Helps Developer Earn $250,000 in Two Months

Looks like there’s a new gold rush, and it has a lot to do with the internets and companies’ newfound interest in tapping third-party development talent. Witness the case of Steve Demeter, who wrote Trism, made it available on the Apple App Store, and two months later, made $250,000. Demeter apparently spent the megabucks wisely, […]

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