O'Reilly makes some of the best tech books around, so we were super excited to hear about their new title Best Android Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders. Here are ten of those best Android apps for ten different activities. More »
Android - Handhelds - Smartphone - IPhone - Shopping
AT&T announced some changes to the iPhone data plans, but iPad 3G owners are affected, too: AT&T is doing away with the $30/month unlimited data plan. Instead you'll pay $25/month for 2GB: More »
iPhone - IPad - AT&T - 3G - Smartphone
We knew that we'd get iPhone tethering on AT&T soon, but now we've finally know that it'll cost us an extra $20 per month. But there's a catch: We'll have to abandon our unlimited data plans for it. More »
iPhone - iPhone 3G - Smartphone - Apple - Handhelds
When the World Cup kicks off in South Africa, 69,070 soccer fans inside Cape Town Stadium will scream at the top of their lungs. But thanks to some clever engineering, the people living nearby will hear hardly a peep. More »
South Africa - World Cup - Soccer - sport - Competitions
When I asked my boss who the hell he is to give me orders, he sent me this picture. Yeah, he's the goddamn Batman. More »
Art - Image Cache - Batman - Windows - Shareware
Here's an idea so crazy it might work: a solar plant on the Moon. Specifically, a 6,800 mile long solar belt that spans the Moon's equator and sends energy back to Earth with lasers and microwave power. More »
Moon - Earth - Energy - Solar System - Renewable
For three days, Lonely Planet's wonderful 1000 Ultimate Experiences iPad app will be free. So head to the App Store and grab it now. It's a $20 saving. [iTunes via SAI] More »
1000 Ultimate Experiences - IPhone - App Store - CheapStingyBargains - Techbargains
Apparently a "very reliable source" told the folks at GearLive that Microsoft will offer Hulu as an Xbox Live service—for a subscription fee, of course. [Gear Live via Engadget] More »
Microsoft - Xbox - Video Games - Games - Console Platforms
In the late 1960s, IBM turned to a little-known director and puppeteer named Jim Henson. What they wanted were short films to help train and entertain their sales staff. What they got were the Muppets, in all their absurd glory. More »
Arts - Jim Henson - IBM - Movies - Short film
Rejoice, premature ejaculators of the world, because the solution to your problem may arrive soon. According to clinical trials, a substance called PSD502—a lidocaine- and prilocaine-based spray—may expand your tour de force timings by a factor of 5.5. More »
Premature ejaculation - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Men's Health - Clinical trial
Everyone "knows" how big internet porn is, when compared to industries like TV, movies and everything else. But how big is it really? Online MBA compiled some statistics and placed them in one handy image. More »
Statistics - United States - Pornography - Apple - Google
During the D8 event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs explained precisely why Apple lost the platform war: They weren't fighting it. [Engadget] More »
Steve Jobs - Apple - History - Pioneers - Macintosh
"No," says El Jobso, when asked by Kara Swisher at D8 if Apple is going to pull Google off the iPhone, given the competition that's erupted between them. More »
IPhone - Apple - Smartphones - Handhelds - Google
Sanyo's Xacti DMX-CA100 would be a good enough HD camcorder on its own right—a 1/2.33-inch CMOS sensor, 5x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD, takes 14MP still pictures—if it weren't also waterproof. But watching it work underwater? That's something else. More »
Sanyo - Camcorder - SanyoXacti - Business - Xacti DMX-CA100
Some people will call this 1/30th replica of Admiral Nelson's flagship Victory—to be displayed in Trafalgar Square, London—"art." I'll call it cheating. Pretty cool cheating, but cheating nonetheless. Now I need a glass of Nelson's Brandy. [Guardian] More »
Trafalgar Square - London - HMS Victory - Yinka Shonibare - England
There are plenty of privacy filters out there that prevent snoopers from seeing what's on your laptop screen from an angle. But how many show said snoopers flashy gold? Just one, that's how many. [3M] More »
Privacy - Security - Protocols - Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops
It's inflatable, so at least you can stow it away under your bed or in a closet in its natural deflated state—but really, how many times would you actually use this racing kart? More »
Wii - Shopping - Video game - Sports - Motorsports
Magazines really hope you're willing to pay near-cover prices for digital versions of their rags on tablets, like the first batch that have been hitting the iPad. So, are you? More »
Programming - Languages - Literature - qotd - Clay Shirky
