Futurama's coming back on the 24th (two weeks!), but Comedy Central has the first 90 seconds of the first episode. Woooo! [Comedy Central] More »
Futurama - Comedy Central - Arts - Television - Comedy
The World Cup is here! And you've got more ways to watch it than ever before—including 3DTV! So what's your viewing poison? That is, if you care to watch it at all. More »
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The reason I'm not sold on 3D? Those nasty glasses. Luckily, Microsoft is ditching the glasses, choosing instead to create 3D by beaming different images into each eye. More »
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I don't know when optical quantum computers are going to arrive, but I sure hope they look like this crazy Toshiba visualization of an Entangled Light Emitting Diode. This new LED type could finally make practical quantum computers possible. More »
Computer science - Quantum Computing - Quantum mechanics - Theoretical - Quantum entanglement
Apple makes a pretty ballsy claim about the iPhone 4's display: "The pixel density is so high that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels." They're pushing against the limits of the human body. Is it true? More »
IPhone - Apple - Handhelds - Smartphones - iPhone 4
Gary Merson at HD Guru has seen Sony's new KDL-55HX800 LCD 3DTV live and in person. His first take? Even a slight tilt of the head makes you see double and lose the 3D effect. Uh oh. More »
Sony - Television - Business - Intellectual Property - Human Interfaces
GE Engineer Matt Gluesenkamp decided that to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the laser, he'd destroy any hope you ever had of lightsabers becoming a reality. Hey, Matt, next time just blow up some balloons or something. More »
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The debate on how the internet is affecting our brains rages on, with the latest take coming from Nick Bilton on the NYT's Bits Blog. His contention? The web is stretching our brains in new and valuable ways. [NYTimes] More »
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Uh oh. There are reports of nationwide AT&T data outages. Supposedly the trouble is with 2G service in particular, but we have contacted AT&T for clarification. [BGR] More »
United States - Business - Databases - Data Warehousing - Extraction and Transformation
Bill Gates, since leaving the helm of Microsoft, has been busy plowing his money into well-deserved environmental issues such as the artificial clouds project, and ocean pumps which could (almost) halt hurricanes in their tracks. More »
Tropical cyclone - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences - Meteorology
The Big Picture's latest roundup of photos from the Gulf Coast disaster. Ghastly. [The Big Picture] More »
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Thanks in large part to BP and the government's inept handling of the Gulf Coast oil spill, we're going through one of the worst ecological disasters in American history. But there are some things we can do to help. More »
History of the United States - Oil spill - Environment - Gulf Coast - Energy
There aren't many details available yet, but it looks as though Sprint may exercise its fine-printed right to throttle your data starting this summer. That's bad news for you newly minted Evo 4G owners. More »
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From the apparently fantastic Mike Mitchell, cropped for your (HVGA) smartphone wallpapering convenience. For your own crops, here's the full-size source image, in all its spewing glory. More »
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Canon's looking to change the way you take HDR pictures. Previously, in order to capture images like these, you'd have to combine photos in post. With a new patent, the process will be done in-camera, at the pixel level. More »
Canon - Photography - Camera - Equipment and Services - Arts
Unlike you guys, the FCC is taking the iPad security breach a little more seriously. The two high profile issues are causing the FCC to step up their scrutiny of online security and privacy issues. They're calling the iPad breach a "classic security breach" and have put cyber security on high priority through their Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. For Google's Wi-Fi snooping, the FCC says it serves as a reminder that unencrypted Wi-Fi networks are too vulnerable and recommend you read the FCC's guide to wireless safety. We say kudos to the FCC for caring about us more than we care about ourselves. [FCC] More »
FCC - Google Street View - United States - Security - Public Safety
Want to take Joel's advice to heart and learn how to scuba dive? PADI is the place to do it. [PADI] More »
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The iOS's Kindle reader app has had its first update since arriving on the iPad. Beyond UI tweaks, the 2.1 version allows iPad users to increase font sizes, while iPhone users can now search within books. The next update looks even better, however, bringing dictionary definitions and Google/Wikipedia searching. [iTunes] More »
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