We're big fans of Nikola Tesla around these parts, which is why I'm so pleasantly shocked that he's gotten his very own hilarious Drunk History treatment. And hey, it's actually pretty accurate! More »
We know, we know, the comment system has been a little bit wonky lately. But the hardworking team of gnomes who keep our back-end running have been busy night and day, banging away with their adorable little chisels and mallets, and they report that comments should now be functioning better than ever. More »
Questions. The iPad raises a lot of them. Like, "What's gonna happen when I carry it through airport security? Will I get fingerbanged by the TSA?" So, we asked the TSA: What's the official iPad airport security policy? More »
Now this is 3D. Engineers at the Human Communications Technology Lab at the University of British Columbia have devised pCubee, a "personal cubic display" that adjusts 3D images based on your position, and allows you to interact with them. Woah. More »
The Kindle thought it had paper books beat for good. Then, out of completely nowhere, This happened. More »
That looks like fun. Gouging your hand into a display unit, sinking into the colored lights like Ewan McGregor into the carpet during his heroin-fuelled trip in Trainspotting. Impress, as the flexible display is called, runs on Arduino and sensors. More »
Seeing what Instapaper is going to look like on the iPad kind of sold me on the entire device. Now I just want to see what more apps will look like on Apple's tablet. Let's design some dream apps! More »
Roger Ebert seems to agree with us when we say that sometimes flicks are better left untouched by that vile extra dimension. And we agree with him about the apparent motivation for the 3D movie trend. [Twitter] More »
As part of the Pwn2Own 2010 hacking contest, Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf Philipp Weinmann created an exploit which allows them to hijack fully-patched iPhones' SMS databases—right down to deleted messages—simply by luring users to a "rigged" website. More »
I know you all love Bingo, especially Apple Bingo. Sadly, there's no free pizza prize or any other prize for... The Charoulette Bingo! However, you know everybody wins. Except the guy with the sad penis. He's a loser. [Booyapictures] More »
An employee at Heathrow airport has been given a harassment warning by police officers after he snuck a peek at one of his female coworkers when she accidentally walked through a full-body scanner. Apparently that's considered "misuse" of the scanners. More »
The TiVo Premiere does so, so much right. It's the TiVo you know, reimagined for an information and media-hungry populace—one that's evolved since the original Series 1 hit eleven years ago. But some accountant dickhead castrated it. More »
This morning, the Twitterverse was abuzz with mentions of Facebook and syphilis. The Sun published "Sex diseases soaring due to Facebook romps" (according to The Guardian, the original headline was "Facebook spreads syphilis"). So what's this all about? More »
Fox Mobile Group today announced Bitbop, a wireless subscription service that brings "premium" video content to your smartphone. It'll cost $10 per month, and it's the next best thing until a Hulu app gets here. Which, hey, still waiting! More »
You're in a military helicopter and flying through enemy territory. Someone's shooting at you, but you can't retaliate or escape because you don't know where the shots are coming from. Bet you wish you had HALTT, a gunshot location system. More »
Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog is a work of pure supervillian musical genius, produced for the internet during the height of the Hollywood writers' strike, starring Neil Patrick Harris and Firefly's Nathan Fillion. The iPhone comic prequel is awesome. More »
Now that Microcells are coming, it's a good time to imagine how wonderful our reception will be. And how AT&T should be giving these away for free or less than $150, despite the zero monthly rate. [Repost on Giz] More »
Wired has an incredible article on Gerald Blanchard, a young criminal mastermind with a "savantlike ability to assess security flaws." The story opens with him parachuting onto a Viennese castle to steal a $2 million diamond jewel. Yeah. More »
Remember Apple's peculiar ban on screen protecting film products in its stores? A recently discovered patent for retardation films which would reduce distortion when you're viewing displays in sunlight or through polarized sunglasses might be the reason. More »
