Based on this preview video, Tap Tap Radiation will be wickedly fun to play on the iPad. It definitely looks different from iPhone variations and uses all that extra screen space fantastically. Oh, and it's of course free. More »
You might've recently caught Rob Corddry as the show-stealing jackass in Hot Tub Time Machine. But during our talk with him we learned two things: he's a perfectly nice fellow, and he probably owns more set-top boxes than we do. More »
For all the talk about the iPad marking a new era of computing, it's still important to keep an eye on what's just beyond the horizon: a future in which our gadgets shed their screens and buttons entirely. [Giz] More »
Steve Swasey, Netflix's VP of Corporate Communications, was asked if there's an iPhone app in the future—after all, we are getting one for the iPad. His response? Netflix is working on it. More »
So maybe the promo for the GQ app is a bit silly with its suggestions that you swipe, tap, and flip like a man, but the magazine actually looks rather nice on an iPad: More »
Are people near you already lining up to wait for their iPads? Show us! We want to see pictures of the iPad lines near you—be they in front of Apple Stores or Best Buys. Update: Woz spotting! More »
We had plenty of complaints about the QWERTY remote for the TiVo Premiere, but it turns out that any ol' USB and "most standard IR or RF HID-compliant wireless keyboards" will work with the device. Dave Zatz proves it: More »
Let's say you want to dig yourself up a little garden or terrorize the local rodentia. Or both! Well, meet the EC280 Excavator. It's a tiny little monster with a kickass demo soundtrack. Everything about this is ridiculous and wonderful. More »
We wondered about the Kindle iPad app and whether we'd get to purchase ebooks with it despite the competition it poses for Apple's iBooks app and store, but here we are. It's official, purchase options and all. [iTunes via Amazon] More »
Think about it: US Postal Service employees actually opening and scanning all your letters, and then sending you emails with their content with the option to receive the physical letter if you choose to. Scarily unreal? Not if you're Finnish. More »
We've already seen the insides of the Wi-Fi only iPad, but now the 3G version of the shiny Apple device is baring its soul—its communication board. [iFixIt] More »
Nuclear fusion is a tricky business: the last thing you want is any of the residual radioactive isotopes leaking out from the reactor. So how might California's National Ignition Facility mitigate that possibility? By laser punching. Obviously. More »
Everybody, it seems, has a damned opinion about this iPad. And since everyone is so happy to tell the internet what that opinion is, it's very easy to fit them all into neat little categories. More »
You didn't preorder an iPad. But you want one now. Can you still buy one? Where do you go? What's it going to be like? This is what you need to know to buy an iPad tomorrow. Updated. More »
What can you fit in a huge 7676 x 630-pixel image? One hundred characters created by Pixar drawn to scale by Chilean designer Juan Pablo Bravo, from Luxo Jr. to Mr. Incredible to Up! protagonist Carl Fredricksen. Zoom in. More »
Games aren't just single player affairs on the iPad. Globetrotters is a game where four players control a corner, competing to see who can catch the most stars and planets. It looks crazy, hectic, and awesome. $1. [Globetrotters] More »
Apps are still getting approved at a terrifying clip. We've added the best of the second wave to the Essential iPad Apps guide, including iBooks (ebook reading), iDisplay (use the iPad as a second monitor), SoundHound (recognize any song via microphone), Pandora (unlimited, custom radio), Dragon Dictation and more. Bookmark the original post; we're going to be updating it all weekend. More »
Mac users wanting an extra monitor can turn their iPhones and iPads into external multitouch displays. All you do is download the iDisplay app, an extension for OS X, and let the data flow over either 3G or Wi-Fi. Tada! More »
The iPad itself looks OK, but it has a drab, pansy background. So we picked the two movies that we're the most shamelessly excited about and resized their images (to 768x1024) for you: Tron Legacy and Iron Man 2. More »
