The default iOS lockscreen is little more than a glorified wristwatch; functional, but not very useful for much else than checking the date. Having a jailbroken iOS device opens up a Pandora's box of possibilities, allowing you to add more info and a personal touch to the most basic of your phone's functions: the lockscreen. More »
In the most compelling man versus shadow conflict since Peter Pan, Japanese actor Taichi Saotome does battle with vague clouds, then his own darkspace doppelgänger. It's a light show built around darkness, and it's pretty terrific. [Metafilter via The Daily What] More »
Slide a microSD card into the $95 Mame-Cam from Japanese purveyors-of-USB-craziness Thanko, and be on your way taking sneaky pics and vid on the sly. Video is shot in VGA res at 30fps, and the battery is good for 36 minutes' shooting. [Thanko via CrunchGear] More »
The only thing worse than getting hit by a car is having your desktop littered with crap. Folders filled with porn! Tax documents! Stolen music! Animated GIFs of varying hilarity! It accumulates, and accumulates, and before you know it you're flung into a rage, mowing down people in your car. We don't want that. You don't want that. So, do yourself a favor and bump up your desktop real estate a little. This 1600 x 900, 20-inch HP S2031 LCD monitor ($120 with free shipping) will add another 1,440,000 pixels for you to fill up. And once you fill all THAT desktop space up? Well, then you've really got something to think about, don't you. More »
Best Buy has a pre-order page for the Motorola Xoom, which we're going to assume officializes the price and release date of the first best Android 3.0 tablet. It's going to cost $800, which is a good chunk of change, and release on February 24th, which is this week. You can find out more about the Xoom at Best Buy here. [Best Buy via Engadget More »
CNET is reporting that Apple will introduce a new high-speed connection technology with either their upcoming MacBook Pro or another product altogether. Supposedly, the technology is actually Intel's Light Peak technology, which is expected to replace the various cables that connect multiple devices (your display, usb etc). Light Peak is originally fiber optic-esque but Apple will actually be using a copper based system. Interestinly, Apple is expected to re-name Light Peak. [CNET] More »
Cellphone cameras are everywhere. Kids, adults—all armed to the teeth with capable cameras. With so many in so many hands, it's no surprise that a kayaker just captured the best photo ever of an infamous English sea monster using—you see where I'm going with this, yes?—his cellphone. More »
I was hitting Command-r for the eightieth time this afternoon on Facebook when I stumbled across this story about a Spanish nun who was expelled from her order for spending too much time on Facebook. That's ridiculous! Dislike! More »
When matter touches antimatter, bad things happen. Getting the two to play well together, or at least store antimatter in a way that keeps it separate from matter, could yield an amazing energy source. Substantial work began this week to do just that. More »
From the sounds of director DJ Caruso's remarks on the iPad, the tablet did everything on the set of upcoming sci-fi flick I Am Number Four but order coffee and belittle the extras. More »
Poor Watson. He just wanted to play some Blackjack and that mean old dealer wouldn't let him. If not for a cool-headed Trebek, we'd be looking at thermonuclear war. A defused punchline awaits... [Joy of Tech] More »
This real life Johnny Five is not alive (credit to technabob for noticing the resemblance), but that's OK because it wasn't designed to star in any movies—it was designed to move things. More »
Apple is on the lookout for an engineer with HDTV power supply expertise (among other things), indicating the company could be getting serious—stress could—about a foray into the cutthroat world of HDTVs. More »
iPad 3 Retina Display speculation, "tween" sized iPod touch, shifting sizes and shifting sands—Apple rumors, ho! More »
Joining the Dell Adamo in the annals of lightweight laptop history—and unsuccessful MacBook Air competitors—is the HP Envy 13, whose smooth lines and all-metal, svelte shape weren't enough to keep HP from canning it for good this week. More »
Slate's been reminiscing about the venerable Choose Your Own Adventure book series and it's quite the read! Unfortunately, there's only a single ending to this post, but that doesn't mean it's not an interesting one. Turn the page. More »
There's nothing new about cameraphones at concerts or even filter apps like Hipstamatic (it went to war and came back with an award!), but something about this picture got me thinking today about concert culture in a hyper-connected age. More »
IBM's Jeopardy-crushing Watson has more than proven its ability to conquer game shows, but what now? More »
A leaked series of documents, purportedly some kind of instructions for the users of the upcoming Motorola Xoom—which I will call a user's guide—is entirely unremarkable save for the information it doesn't contain. More »
