I'd never use a case, but when they-fix-I-buy the iPhone 4, I'd either get a replacement wooden back or this leather skin. Not only it will protect its very fragile back but it'll give it the classic Leica look: More »
The nerds at Yelp who revolutionized the way 20-something girls could give their opinions on stuff and actually have it matter in the slightest, have turned their attention to beer. Namely, making an iPad and a keg work together. More »
This is almost certainly the R2-D2 edition of Verizon's Droid 2. It's the Luke to Vader's black Droid 2, and looks very, very 70s. Perfect for the time travel machine that can only go back 40 years. [Twitter via Engadget] More »
This is Grant Sonnex's "computer desk for Apple iMac." Don't you even think about putting some piece-of-shit Acer on it, or Sonnex will personally come to your house and kick you in the groin for having terrible taste. [Design Milk] More »
A new version of the Zeus trojan has been silently stealing money from bank accounts since early last month, according to M86 Security. They say they've "never seen such a sophisticated and dangerous threat." Oh. Wonderful. More »
This is the East River State park. It's next to my house and—in the spring, summer, and early fall—I love to go there and lay down to read a book. Sadly, that pool is not there. More »
I've been impressed by Nils Voelker's work before, but frankly I wasn't sure how his new piece, a wall of 108 plastic trash bags inflated by computer cooling fans, could be that good. Then I watched the video. [NilsVoelker] More »
That 12-hour geomagnetic storm the other night that made the sky look all funky for some Northerners? Here it is in breathtaking HD. And NASA says that this just marks the start of a long, crazy solar storm season. More »
AndroidGuys has photos of a 4" HTC slider set to land on Verizon sometime in 2011. That's a ways away, but if the speculated 1.2GHz processor and CDMA and GSM compatability are for real, it's worth getting excited about. More »
After months of debate surrounding the iPhone 4's antenna issues, the New York Times is reporting that Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive responsible for overseeing the iPhone's hardware, has left the company. More »
Dan Brown's life is out of control, and he's nervous. Dan 3.0, his new Web TV show, will put his day-to-day life in the hands of his fans. But that's all part of the plan, and it's very under control. More »
Google knows a lot of stuff, but sometimes the most fascinating is what it knows about you. This page reveals just how it identifies social search results based on its understanding of your friends (and their friends.) [Google via BoingBoing] More »
Toilets weren't the only thing on Bill Gates' mind at yesterday's Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe—the former Microsoft CEO also offered his vision of the future of education. The next great educational institution, he thinks, is the Internet. More »
Imagine a vast kingdom of rolling hills and rippling tides, cast in soothing shades of green, blue, and yellow. A kingdom that is soft and squishy. A kingdom in which the only doctrine is the Divine Right of Toes. More »
Driving simulators can give you pedals to mash and wheels to steer, but there's something essential about that gut feeling of actually moving. This Ferrari simulator replicates it with a gigantic robotic arm. Watch it realistically jostle one test driver: More »
Jailbreaking is truly and totally back for every iDevice, and it hasn't been this easy for years. But with iOS 4's new features, is it worth the (minimal) effort? 16 times yes. More »
Last week, PC Pro challenged its readers to see whose rig could render a 3D graphics benchmark the quickest. An Intel engineer took the prize using a test rig overclocked to nearly 5GHz and cooled to -40 degrees Celsius. More »
Wired recruited Will Ferrell to help them remember some technologies that were long promised but never delivered. Among Wired's most lamented: supersonic airlines and roboservents. Among Will's: A birthday cake with a burrito inside. Read, and laugh, at [Wired] More »
Yesterday morning, the Saudi Arabian government made good on their promise to turn off BlackBerry data service over security concerns. But as of right now, BBC reports, BlackBerry service is up and running nationwide, and no one's quite sure why. Updated More »
According to Gruber's sources, Apple filed a bug on the iPhone 4 antenna issues two whole years ago. So why'd they launch such a poor excuse for a communication device? Does Mark Papermaster's departure have anything to do with it? More »
