Are you a voyeur? Or just a bit nosey? Happier watching from the fringes than in the thick of it? Don't be too hard on yourself: technology may be to blame. More »
Voyeurism - Photography - Tate Modern - Camera - Arts and Entertainment
Lenovo's attempt to herald a category of mobile devices has been put off—again—as they announced today that they're ditching their custom Skylight Linux UI in favor of Android. It's a significant blow to the already dying smartbook category. More »
Lenovo - Linux - Operating system - Skylight Linux - Android
This has been some time coming, but today it's official: the producers of The Hurt Locker have filed suit against 5,000 people for illegally downloading their movie. Read the full complaint after the jump: More »
Piracy - Hurt Locker - Intellectual Property - Copyright - Academy Award
What did Peter Parker write essays about? How did Lois Lane manage to get a measly C- on her final paper in Journalism 230? Here's a look at what our favorite comic book characters might've done in their university years. More »
Comic - Art - Image Cache - Collecting - Research and Academia
Despite talk of an exclusive agreement with Verizon, the folks at Skype are now saying that a Skype app will hit the Android Marketplace later this year and be available to everyone regardless of carrier. [SkatterTech via Android Central] More »
Android - AndroidMarket - Handhelds - Verizon - AndroidMarketplace
Following up on a 2007 world record for the fastest transistor speed, Northrop Grumman announced today that it has shattered the world record for integrated circuit performance, nearing one terahertz. More »
Technology - Terahertz - Physics - Electromagnetism - Terahertz radiation
Looks like we'll finally be able to insure our iPhones through AT&T soon. Word is that the carrier will allow us to purchase the iPhone insurance service right through the Apple App Store for $13.99 per month. More »
App Store - IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones - Apple
Mother Jones put together this timeline of news about the BP oil spill that I've found contextually useful in absorbing how absolutely screwed the Gulf of Mexico really may be. [MotherJones.com] More »
BP - Oil Spill - Gulf of Mexico - Environment - Energy
Only a small portion of the pill you swallowed earlier is actually an active ingredient, the rest is filler. That bit of information is what caused researchers to explore a way to start printing active ingredients onto blank filler tablets. More »
Health - Printing - Medicine - United States - Business
Apple filed for a patent on what appears to be cloud-based technology that allows you to pause music or video on one device and continue playing it on another—from the same spot. [USPTO via Apple Insider via Engadget] More »
Apple - IPhone - Law - Companies - Intellectual Property
This is a letter received by the Institute of Physics in regards to the Large Hadron Collider. Oh, to see things through the innocent eyes of childhood again. [TwitPic via Geeks Are Sexy] More »
Physics - Large Hadron Collider - Particle - Experiments - Education
Sirius XM just released their Android application and you can download it at siriusxm.com/android. You won't be able to listen to Howard Stern through this app because of a licensing rights issue, but you can listen to other Sirius stations while playing games and surfing the web. Ooh, multitasking. More »
XM Radio - Android - Radio - Sirius XM - Arts
BP's image sure has taken a lot of damage with this oil disaster! But you know what's taken more damage? The Gulf of Mexico. Fuck BP. More »
Graphics Interchange Format - Oil and Gas - Photoshop contest - United States - PhotoshopContest
After his Counter-Strike character died in a knife fight, 20-year-old Julien Barreaux spent six months tracking down the virtual killer. Then he grabbed a real kitchen knife and paid the man a visit. More »
Counter-Strike - History - Julien Barreaux - Working Class - Web Design and Development
I love maps and I love subway maps. New York City is the largest in the world, with 660 miles of tracks, and it just got a new map. It is not the one you are seeing above. More »
New York City - Subway - Urban Transport - Transportation and Logistics - Transit Systems
Until the glorious day when my whole desk is an induction charging slab, I'll take any help I can get in my daily battle with power strips, chargers, cables, and cords. The gadget-charging T'Light lamp looks like a powerful ally. More »
Business - Electronics - Accessories - Consumer Goods and Services - Gadget
According to an Engadget source, the next Apple TV will be a totally reimagined device built upon the hardware and software architecture of the next iPhone. And it'll cost $100. More »
Apple - IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds - Microsoft
Hey, remember those amazing Chrome speed tests from a few weeks back? Well, Opera's not about to be outdone. And they've got parody on their side. If only this also came with its own "making of" video. [Opera via Engadget] More »
Opera - Google Chrome - browser - WWW - Clients
