In talking to Reuters, Steve Wozniak mentioned that he'd be up for a return to Apple, the company he famously helped start in 1976 with Steve Jobs. While Woz didn't elaborate on what he'd like to do there, he didn't shy away from questions regarding a possible return. More »
AT&T's 4G network hasn't gotten the best coverage lately, but all that is scheduled to change any day now, so you may as well jump on board! AmazonWireless is offering the soon-to-be-maybe-we-hope-fully-4G Motorola Atrix—which we liked a lot as a phone, not so much as a netbook—for $49.99 this weekend with a new contract, a full 50% off its already-affordable price of $99.99. More »
We shouldn't laugh—I mean, think of all that lost data!—but there is something so comical about thinking you're backing up those precious files to a 500GB Samsung hard drive...only to discover it's a knock-off, weighed down with nuts. More »
Over at Slate, Dear Prudence got a question from a reader involving her creepy and insecure boyfriend. Why creepy? Because the girl recently discovered that her boyfriend had hacked into her E-mail account and sifted through 5-years worth of messages. Even worse, the prick filtered searches to find emails with "date" and "sex" in the body and is now using the girl's sexual history against her in arguments. More »
Saudi Arabia has just given the OK to start construction on the Kingdom Tower, the world's first mile-high skyscraper. The tower will be built in the coastal city of Jeddah and is set to cost a whopping cost $30 billion. More »
The Korg Wavedrum Mini is exactly what it looks like: A portable synthetic drum machine that plays the usual litany of percussion sounds and beats on the go. What's interesting beyond that is the tiny clip. More »
In the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, hellfire begets progress. What you're looking at is metallurgical grade silicon, or raw molten silicon ready to be used in the auto industry for things like electrical steel. Or, you know, Terminators. [English Russia] More »
Eight victims of the News of the World's "phone hacking" scandal have received an unprecedented apology from that publication this week. The apology marks a 180-degree reversal for NotW, which had maintained for several years that the job was the work of one reporter. More »
Sometime in the future, perhaps 2030-2035, you or your spawn will be spirited across the skies in airplanes that are wrapped in a magic, protective condom. More »
When anything gets spoofed, one of the first places you go in geekdom is Star Wars. It's, like, a rule. Which really means a Star Wars parody of those obnoxious "Windows 7 was My Idea" commercials was bound to happen. More »
New for Spring! Creepy pseudo-arachnid robots—great for going into even creepier, crawlier places so you don't have to! Also, check out that cute little wave it does in the video! Aww. More »
A serial killer already linked to the murders of four Long Island area Craigslist prostitutes is so intimately familiar with police investigation techniques that law enforcement officials are now openly speculating he may be one of their own. More »
As a cyclist and a drinker of fine craft beers I can't see much fault with these bottle-opening bike seat clamps. If they make it out of Kickstarter and you procure one, please enjoy responsibly. More »
Augmented Reality is done so much these days that it's not even terribly cool anymore. However, Aurasma, a new iPhone app due out next month, is promising to add a new layer of video and interactivity onto everyday print. More »
If the rumor that Apple is poaching PR talent from gaming companies plays out as fact in the coming days, let there be no more doubt the company is continuing to position iOS as a viable game development destination. [AppleInsider] More »
Facebook recently took the wraps off its shiny new data center in Prineville, Oregon and—courtesy the Open Compute Project—we've learned the whole massive thing sounds lean, mean and relatively green. More »
I'm not sure which is more disturbing: how easily Rainn Wilson slips into the role of a washed-up Wonder Woman parody, or just how much skin he's showing off in said parody. Oh, who am I kidding. It's the skin. More »
