We previously thought that OS X wouldn't see TRIM support until Lion came out later this year. But as it turns out, Apple slipped it in to the 10.6.6 build currently shipping with new Macbook Pros. [Apple Insider] More »
Thrutu: When you're on a phone call, Thrutu puts a sliding drawer on top of your dialer to give you easy access to send pictures, contact info, location, etc. to the person you're talking to. It's quick and painless-just think about how many times you've tried to track down a phone number or explained directions on the phone, none of those situations would be as easy as just directly sending what you need. Only problems right now is that it doesn't work with CDMA Android phones (no simultaneous data and voice!) and both users need Thrutu. Free.
Battleheart: It's certainly not the first RPG for the iPad, nor the most traditional-Aralon probably takes that title-but as far as I've seen it's the best RPG designed for the iPad, a game that rewards investment but is easy to get the hang of, one that has delicious graphics and a control scheme designed around pokings, proddings, and swipings instead of merely accommodating them. $3.
GroupMe: We fell in love with GroupMe at CES, but at that point the app itself was sort of secondary to the whole experience. No more! The free app got a big update, making the default messaging option free "push" messages that get piped in over your data connection (for chat that's both quicker and cheaper than SMS) as well as bringing FourSquare integration and more. Free.
Sometimes, when you need a truck somewhere, you drive it there. Sometimes, you parachute it out of the back of an airplane. We're not exactly sure what the story is here—probably a military exercise—but the speed with which those trucks launch out of the plane is pretty spectacular. Make sure your toe doesn't get caught. [via AcidCow] More »
In order to verify you're not pirating their products, Amazon's new Appstore on Android will reportedly require that you have the Appstore client installed on your phone and that you be signed into your account whenever you use their apps. With that in place, it becomes unclear what happens when you use an Amazon app and you lose connectivity. Would living in a city like New York with notoriously bad signal mean you're out of luck launching your apps? [Phandroid] More »
Researchers at Cal Berkeley say that we—we being humans—have probably triggered the sixth mass extinction in our planet's history (the first man-made mass extinction!). Thanks to the last 500 years of over-fishing, overhunting, habitation destruction, and fossil-fuel-induced global warming, we could have the blood of over 75% of Earth's current living species on our hands. More »
Future Motorola Xoom owners who enjoy messing around with their gear, rooting their gear or otherwise modifying it in some way, take note! Motorola is promising to accept your tablet with open arms during the "send it away" 4G upgrade process, no matter what. More »
So the methane organisms discovered in that hostile little lake in California weren't such a big deal after all. No harm, no foul—they were at the very least interesting. Interesting, but nothing like this: Dr. Richard Hoover, as astrobiologist with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, claims he's found alien life. More »
Squatters in Venezuela have found a home in an unfinished 45-story skyscraper in Venezuela. They call their home the "Tower of David", after the financier who tried to build it in the '90s. People live up to the 28th floor in the elevator-less building and have jury-rigged electricity and water to every inhabited floor. Some of the squatters even have DirecTV satellite dishes set up. More »
Apparently, there's not much to do during Minnesota winters (I kid), because Roger Hanson has been making gigantic ice castles in his spare time. Seriously, they're ginormous. We're talking 65 feet high and 85 feet long humungous beasts of man made nature. How does he do it? More »
In a statement art piece, Chris Eckert created this automatic tattoo machine that chooses what kind of tattoo you'll get for you. That's right, you won't have a say at all. On top of that, the machine only tattoos religious symbols from the major religions. Why? Because Eckert believes that many people don't choose their religion and are rather born into it. Is anyone up for it? [Chris Eckert via MAKE] More »
Photoshop! Great for airbrushing models in magazine! Also great to draw up hilarious caricatures of a crazy and troubled dictator! This is a wonderful picture of Anti-Gaddafi protestors using their photoshop skills to cartoonize Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. It was taken inside a burnt down state security building. [BoingBoing] More »
Located in North East England, this escalator opens up to something that looks strikingly from Space Invaders. I'd probably say pew pew every time I exited the tunnel. [Faces in Places] More »
WSJ is reporting that Keith Pardy, RIM's Chief Marketing Officer, has resigned and will leave the company over a six-month transition period. WSJ's sources cite "personal reasons" but given the timeframe, the BlackBerry PlayBook is expected to release soon (and BlackBerry needs a bonafide hit), it's a peculiar move that may speak to RIM's growing problems. [WSJ] More »
That cute little dog, now named Wall-E, isn't supposed to be alive. He (along with the rest of his littermates) was abandoned in front of a shelter and since the shelter didn't have any room to care for him, was put to sleep. More »
When I think about mirages, I think of two things: Vegas and the scorching hot desert (I guess that's one thing?). I never think about the cold, though. Hell, I never even knew mirages happened in the cold! More »
