In an “haha, we were just kidding moment” Netflix has reversed its decision to separate the DVD rental service from its online streaming service. Continue reading
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This morning, In Cupertino, Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the new iPhone 4s. Not 4Gs, because the previous iPhone wasn’t the iPhone 4G. It was the iPhone 4. 4G is a cellular data network. The reason the 3G was named thusly was because it was able to take advantage of AT&T’s 3G network. If anyone starts calling it the 4Gs in the comments, I will firebomb this motherfucker.
Now. Because I had to sit through like 75 minutes of crap to get to the one thing everyone wanted, I’ve decided that I’m not going to suffer alone. I’m going to go over EVERYTHING they talked about.
Chances are, you own something he helped bring to market.
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple has died.
Chances are your current speakers sound like they’re made out of mashed potatoes and you don’t know it because you’ve never heard what electrostatic speakers sound like. Your bookshelf speakers, home theater in a box speakers and even the brand new speakers you just bought all pale in comparison to the sound that comes from the electrical magic that is the electrostatic speaker. Continue reading
Today in New York, Amazon.com is expected to launch its own tablet device. It is reportedly called the Kindle Fire.
It is expected to be a strong competitor against Apple’s iPad and iPad 2, which produced 75% of all tablets sold this year.
According to TechCrunch, in addition to surely being able to read Kindle e-books the Kindle Fire will: Continue reading
Answer: If some CERN researchers are correct, it is no longer a law of the universe that the speed of light cannot be beaten. It’s just a guideline. But there’s a long way to go before we lock that result in. Continue reading
Your mobile carrier is a bit cagey about telling you what speed you can expect to get from your cell phone or mobile hotspot’s data connection. Fortunately real people out there are measuring that throughput for you. Continue reading
Hidey ho there, computer adventurers! If you’ve been using personal computers for a while, you have probably laid eyes on a Macintosh or two. You may even own one. If you were an early adopter of the Mac, or have used pushed a Mac just a little too far past its breaking point, you have probably seen the “Sad Mac” icon pictured above right. Continue reading
In a recent blog post Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has copped to the mistake of increasing the price of a Netflix membership by as much as 60%.
“I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation,” he says in the post. Though he admits he handled the annoucement of the price change wrong, he says he would not change it.
For once, a news story about gamers contributing to something other than society’s downfall…