It's always awkward when you're listening to music on your iPhone and a friend asks to listen too, then you have to share headphones and try to keep your heads from touching. Luckily, the MyStream app solves that problem. More »
I generally don't drink wine that costs much more than the change I can scrounge up from the sofa cushions, which is why all the little things I can do to maximize its bouquet, nose, finish, and all those other terms I pretend to understand are so important. More »
Over 7,000 tons of water have been poured onto Fukushima's scalding fuel rods in a desperate attempt to cool them off. So what happens to that water? It soaks up radiation, and sits there. Big problem. More »
Photographer Matt Lambros has been visiting the great abandoned movie theaters across our country for his documentary project After the Final Curtain. He shared his images from inside Brooklyn's Kings Theater and the faded opulence is breathtaking. More »
Microsoft is getting involved with the European Union's antitrust investigation regarding Google, mostly regarding the lack of information Google provides search engine competitors for indexing YouTube videos. But even more interesting is Microsoft's claim that their app is lacking because Google won't provide the Windows Phone 7 team with the necessary data for the YouTube app that the versions on Android and iOS have. More »
The iPhone can't do 3D—that might be a great thing!—but it's reality. Hasbro's got a workaround—strapping your phone to a pair of big plastic goggles that convert an on-screen double image into a stereoscopic effect. It's surprisingly fun! More »
Windows/Mac: RockMelt, the new Chromium-based social networking browser, updated today to add improved Facebook chat, real-time Twitter updates, a bookmark-and-read-later function, and support for Chromium 10. More »
Once upon a time in the Western World, women lost countless hours heating up water and washing clothes. Then, an anonymous hero invented the electric washing machine at the beginning of the 20th century, and with it came freedom and progress for the entire human race. No, I'm not kidding. More »
This is freaking me out today. You see, I hardly look at my calendar date on the iPhone. But today I did. I looked at that pixel-perfect, beautiful Retina screen and this problem got instantly into my eye, like a white hot scalpel pinching through my retina until it reached the back of my skull. More »
What does it take to market a cellphone in Japan these days? Try an immense xylophone contraption that slowly plays out Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire in the middle of a large, mossy wood. More »
Why hasn't this kind of critical thinking migrated out of India to the rest of the world? Methinks these educators (seriously, watch to the end) would do well to license out their brand of debunking to other cultures. More »
Good morning, TiVo owners! I have some bad news, but you've no doubt heard about it by now, thanks to the email message partially pasted above. To everyone else: Tivo's email database has been compromised! More »
If you watched Google's Gmail Motion April Fool's prank yesterday, you probably shrugged it off and moved on. Cool idea, but kind of silly, right? Right, but still completely doable—if you're SLOOW. More »
Talk about irony. According to a study conducted at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, hands-free faucets have a significantly higher chance of playing home to bacteria like Legionella spp., which causes Legionnaire's Disease. More »
Massive kudos to Lego builder Julia Morley. Using a combination of custom tools, a week's worth of planning and what she says were a "large number of expletives" she was able to complete her Lego Ship in a Bottle. More »
Charged with creating a corporate image for their ham and line of tools and clothing (I don't know either), Luca Nichetto collaborated with prosciutto producer King to create these sleek knives for the 2011 Milan Design Week. More »
We know the venerable black box can survive a harrowing plane crash, but what about falling from orbit? More »
The speaker on Sony's XDR-S16DBP won't blow your hair back or anything, but its retro styling might look at home on a bookshelf or in the garage next to that perpetual work-in-progress you and your kid tinker with every weekend. More »
Cablevision is releasing their new Optimum App for iPad for existing iO digital cable customers, effectively turning your iPad into a full-fledged television. More »
