One of these men wears pants. Most of the time, anyway. Of course, apart from their looks in this photo, the fact that both were vegetarian, and wore always the same clothes, they are not comparable. More »
Iron cobalt was the most magnetic material on Earth until physicists created what's in this man's hands. It's an iron and nitrogen compound which is 18 percent more magnetic and potentially disproves theories about how magnetic a material can be. More »
A nice digital camera's an expensive investment, which is why it's so frustrating that the lens and LCD screen are often left so exposed. This concept—that flips a camera lid 360 degrees—would protect my soul-stealer but nice. More »
Wondering why we hadn't heard from NASA's Mars Phoenix lander in a while? Ever since the harsh Martian winter of 2008 set in, the poor guy's been in deep freeze. This week, he's got one last chance to make contact. More »
I like this. It's a bit boxy and too big for my taste—and the 3D renders have a few aliasing and compositing glitches—but this Nintendo 3DS concept is great. More »
For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to imagine El Jobso announcing something a bit more surprising than a new iPhone. And the reality distortion apparently field works for non-Apple products, because now I really want a pizza. More »
There have been tablets before the iPad. They weren't as beautiful or well crafted, but that wasn't why we chose not to pick them up. It was the software. More »
A federal appeals court just ruled on Comcast's lawsuit to get the FCC's p2p blocking ban overturned—that the FCC doesn't have the power to tell Comcast, or any ISP, to be net neutral. Whoa. More »
Own a piece of the fascinating battery spokesbunny saga, for a minimum of $15,000! "What fascinating battery spokesbunny saga?" you might ask. Well, have you ever heard of the Duracell bunny? More »
If you ever doubted your value to Google and its targeted advertising, just suggest to it that you're considering signing off for good. [Digg via The Daily What] More »
The iPad may seem like Apple's move to cockblock Amazon in the Ebook Wars, but Amazon's Kindle app makes it part of Amazon's larger ebook ecosystem. In many ways, the iPad is the best Kindle yet. More »
Looks like Flash 10.1 is emerging from the beta depths and almost ready for prime time. This is particularly good news for you owners of netbooks with Broadcom Crystal HD accelerators, since now you'll be able to watch HD Flash video. The hardware video acceleration applies to Windows XP, Vista, and 7, though Mac and Linux owners are just gonna have to be patient. You can read more in the release notes here (PDF), or go get your download here. [Liliputing] More »
Rhapsody's been spun off from RealNetworks, and now we know what its future holds: the $10 Rhapsody Premier streaming music subscription service, down from $15, and a free app for Android handset users. More »
Sorry, did I say bigger? I meant biggest. The town of Presidio, Texas has built the biggest NaS battery in the US, capable of storing up to four megawatts of power for up to eight hours. They even nicknamed it. More »
A Finnish analyst says Nokia's preparing a touchscreen tablet "for fall release." If confirmed, it won't be the first time that Nokia tries a tablet format. I just hope they don't take any notes from their sad previous efforts. [Reuters] More »
Erected to highlight an English river's pollution, this 14m-tall metal flower has dozens of LEDs which glow brighter the more the wind around it increases. More »
We're STILL reviewing as many iPad apps as possible LIVE and updating all day. If you have a specific app you want reviewed, let us know in the comments. So many apps that we had to start a third post! More »
Well, what to make of this? A man walks into an Apple Store in Santa Monica, asks for a 2.66GHz MacBook Pro, and suddenly security gets thrown into high alert. Beware the "forerunner," my friends. More »
Western Digital has updated its two-year-old Velociraptor range of hard drives with the SATA 3.0 drives, coming in 450 and 600GB capacities. They're the fastest-writing hard drives around, transferring up to 6GBs a second. More »
