Steve Jobs thinks games made with middleware aren't so good. Unity CEO David Helgason, whose SDK is used in the creation of plenty of games used in the App Store, disagrees. And he was quite vocal about it yesterday. More »
The iPad's the best tablet around because it's the pretty much the only tablet around, but a whole legion of Android tablets, like Velocity Micro's Cruz Reader, are on their way. For $200, this one looks pretty good. More »
For this week's Shooting Challenge, you got up close and personal with some terrifying creatures. And you made them look stunning...though still pants-wettingly terrifying. More »
LaCie XtremKey: One of those extreme can-take-it-all USB keys that you can run over, boil, roast in the oven, drop in water, freeze, and sledgehammer—then eat it and poop it out. According to the video, it'll keep working. More »
While Sprint has been ahead of the game on 4G—despite some product constraints—with their WiMax network, CEO Dan Hesse has seemed surprisingly receptive to jumping to LTE instead. Now we may know why: it'd allow a T-Mobile tie-up. More »
Windows XP is dead, Windows XP will live forever! Windows 7 Professional buyers will continue to have an option to downgrade two gens to Windows XP for the next 10 years, according to Microsoft. More »
The concept may not be new, but the lawn mower tricycle brings biking and lawn mowing to a whole new level. The things-can't-get-any-more-stupid-than-this level. But at least, it's a good excuse for child labor this summer. More »
We've seen enough pricing leaks to pretty much confirm that Microsoft's Kinect will be priced at $150. But did you know those games are gonna sell for $60, and none will come bundled with the hardware? Hoo boy. More »
For some, finding just the right light can make the difference between a good room and a great room. GE's new iPhone app should help: it lets you choose a desired mood and tells you which bulb can achieve it. More »
Breaking up is hard to do, especially in the age of the internet. How can you really avoid her when there's Facebook, Twitter and all the rest of it? With the new Ex-Blocker plugin, that's how. More »
We all check the weather in habitual, niche ways. Some watch the news, others glance at their phones. And others still? They require nothing short of 6,000 windows illuminated by 72,000 RGB LEDs that abstractly report the weather. More »
Whoa. TechCrunch reports that Google has invested between $100 and $200 million in Zynga, the social gaming behemoth behind Farmville, Mafia Wars, and others, in preparation for the launch of Google Games later this year. More »
Google - Zynga - Searching - Search Engines - Mafia Wars
This is an up close picture of Lutetia, an asteroid that hangs out somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. It's the largest asteroid ever visited by a satellite. More »
Rosetta - European Space Agency - Solar System - Asteroid - Lutetia
If you were impressed by the DIY Battlefield Pinhole Camera, designer Steve Monteau is back with another DIY camera—La Guillotine Camera. It captures sequential snapshots on 120mm film for old-school action captures. More »
Photography - Arts - Pinhole - Camera - Techniques and Styles
Considering how thrilled I was just to find this story, I can only imagine the delirious, all-consuming excitement felt by Dave Crisp, a British hospital chef, when his metal detector uncovered this pot of 52,000 Roman coins. More »
Roman currency - Coins - Shopping - Antiques and Collectibles - Recreation
Stanford University's new Engineering Library is scheduled to open this August, and when it does it will have 85% less books than the one it's replacing. It's a big step toward what the school's librarians envision as a bookless future. More »
Stanford University - United States - Libraries - California - Education
Last summer, a Boston University graduate student was ordered to pay $670,000 in damages for illegally downloading 30 songs. Yesterday, US District Court Judge Nancy Gertner said that was ludicrous and reduced it to $67,000. Thank God. More »
Filesharing - Copyright - Boston University - United States - Intellectual Property
Renshui has designed a futuristic faucet that uses an integrated chipset to control water temperature and a touch-based interface to control water flow. As cool as that tech sounds, I'm not sure it's any better than the classic two-knob setup. More »
Business - Water - Energy - Construction and Maintenance - Materials and Supplies
With so many awesome Android phones available, why would you buy a crappy one? That's the question the Verizon Motorola WX445 faces—Engadget's source describes it as a "cheaper looking" Palm Pre that's just "not a very impressive phone." More »
Motorola - Android - Handhelds - Smartphone - T-Mobile
