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Category Archives: Futurist
White iPhone 4 Delayed Again [Iphone 4]
Apple's just announced that the white iPhone 4 will remain a beautiful dream until "later this year." It's not the first delay, and one wonders if the original manufacturing challenges have been compounded by the antenna issue. More »
Unlucky Thief Steals iPhone With Live GPS-Tracking App Running [Crime]
Jordan Sturm was probably stunned when her iPhone was suddenly snatched away by a bike-riding thief. I know I was when the exact same thing happened to me—except unlike Jordan, I wasn't testing a live GPS-tracking app. More »
Is It Time To Add Your Boss To This Sexual Harassment Registry? [Badtouch]
Whether he was a perverted old man, a cruel taskmaster, or just plain annoying, we've all had a bad boss at some point. There's a new website though—complete with a sexual harassment registry—that lets you vent about him. More »
How To Tell If Your Significant Other Is A Robot [Robots]
14 Female Convicts, Six Digital Cameras, and One Romanian Prison [Image Cache]
This photo may not be a masterful snapshot, but I think it's absolutely beautiful. It was taken by a female convict in a Romanian prison—a woman who was terrified just holding the Canon Powershot camera entrusted to her. More »
Don’t You Dare Laugh At This Guy’s $50,000 iPod [Tough Guys]
If you dare chuckle about the $50,000 diamond iPod hanging from pro boxer Floyd Mayweather's neck, please be sure he doesn't hear you. Because otherwise you may never be able to giggle again. More »
Bloatware Creeps Into Android Phones [Android]
Android-based smartphones are falling victim to something that has plagued PC users for years: bloatware. More »
CIA Drone Guy Becomes New Top Spy [Espionage]
How crucial have drone strikes become to the CIA? A senior official involved with them just became the agency's new top spy. More »
Two Driverless Cars Have Begun 8,000-Mile Journey from Italy to China [Republished]
A team of Italian engineers is gearing up for a high-tech road rally that should impress even the outside-the-box dreamers over at DARPA: an 8,000-mile journey from Italy to China, with nobody behind the wheel. More »
WD-40 Goes Retro [Slick Solution]
You probably have a can of it somewhere. Save the time searching, pick up one of their limited edition twin packs, and finally fix that squeaky door that's driving everyone crazy. More »
Cord Rangers To The Rescue! [Functional Toys]
The Japanese are great at coming up with things you had no idea you had a need for, like these AC Adapter Rangers. Keep the cords on your desk organized and untangled with these little… Firemen? Astronauts? Hazmat guys? More »
Zen Bound 2 Brings Its Gyroscope-Enhanced Awesomeness To The iPhone [IphoneApps]
Zen Bound 2, previously exclusive to the iPad, is now available for the iPhone. It takes advantage of the iPhone 4's retina display and gyroscope to bring butter-like smoothness to the beautiful game. More »
Ping Pong Paddle Shows a Ping When You Pong [Pingpong]
Ping! Pong! These ping pong paddles have integrated LEDs that display PING or PONG in mid-air when a player hits the ball. It's like a futuristic version of those unforgettable Adam West Batman fight scenes. Kapow! More »
Apple Has A New Senior Vice President of Operations Dedicated to Product Quality [Apple]
Apparently a Mr. Jeff Williams has earned a new position at Apple. He is now the Senior Vice President of Operations and dedicated to making sure that Apple's products meet "the highest standards of quality." More »
Text’n Drive iPhone App Keeps You From Rear-Ending Another Driver [IPhone Apps]
While its name suggests that it helps you send SMS while driving, the Text'n Drive iPhone app actually reads your email out loud and allows you to send out voice messages without touching your iPhone very much. Clever, but peculiar. More »
A Great Way To Commemorate An Old Friend [DIY]
When you can't keep your computer functioning anymore, this is one way to deal with it: taking it apart and turning it into a piece of furniture. Much more sentimental (and creative) than tossing it in a landfill. More »
Motorola Suing Rival For Stealing Trade Secrets [Lawsuit]
Motorola is accusing rival Huawei Technologies of conspiring with former employees to steal trade secrets, and it sounds like they've got a pretty good case. More »
Your Emails Will Get Attention If They Sound Like Tweets [Attention]
Want everyone's attention? Then listen to Lifehacker and take advantage of the fact that most email clients preview about 50-75 characters of a message in the inbox view by making your opening line sound like a tweet. More »
This Eraser Can Save Your Memories [USB]
It looks and acts like an ordinary eraser until you open it and discover it is also a USB memory stick (and part of a campaign for Alzheimer's awareness). [Ads of the World via Likecool] More »