For this week's Photoshop Contest, I want you to take Sony's new PlayStation Move and put it in some real contexts. It's supposed to let you pretend to play with guns, swords and other objects, right? Let's see it. More »
Look. The hype has gotten to all of us. You're up at some ungodly hour. You said you wouldn't buy one til the third generation, but now look at your apple.com cart. Let me talk you down; Do what's right. More »
You're considering an iPad. You're giving it serious thought. But the doubts are mounting, and you can't quite pull the trigger. You know what? Time to man up. You want the iPad. You need the iPad. Do what's right. More »
This is exactly why the 3G model is the iPad to buy, unless you're positive it's never leaving your Wi-Fi-covered house. You can buy data and cancel at any time, right from the iPad. More »
The Plastic Logic QUE, also known as the promising but $650 Nook alternative, has been delayed until summer. By then, will you still actually want an oversized eBook reader? For $650, upcoming Apple and/or Android tablets are looking pretty good. More »
Err...you may be disappointed though. Particularly if you were on the look-out for some manbits. More »
You've learned all you need to know about commenting and our tagpages, so it's time to have some fun. Come join the conversations in #whitenoise. More »
I was talking with Matt and he wanted to know the exact meaning of Darth Vader's famous words: "The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." That's why I made this chart. More »
Dubbed a "nested skyscraper," this building is a concept design which is intended to be particularly good at resisting the effects of earthquakes and other natural disasters. What really gets my attention though is that robots are required for construction. More »
The Hifiman HM-801 looks like an old portable cassette player, but apparently it might just beat out most music players in sound quality. At least that's what CNET though when they had a listen. They even found it worth $790. More »
HP spent $40 million on their new "Let's Do Amazing" ad campaign. For those big bucks they managed to get Rhys Darby of Flight of the Conchords and Dr. Dre. And an odd sense of humor. More »
Before listening to the explanation for this project, I couldn't figure out what was going on, but once I realized that the 64 flashing squares on the Arduino-powered display would let me play Mario, it was time to get supplies. More »
There are six iPad configurations to choose from and some helpful guides explaining which you should get. We thought we'd keep it simple and explain our feelings in nearly decent haiku. More »
When it was announced, I said that the Form 2 sex toy looks like a Millennium Falcon. Manufacturer JimmyJane wrote saying that they agree, which is why they created this side-to-side comparison between the Form 2 and Han Solo's ship. More »
Sony's been pretty tight-lipped about its ultra compact DSLR camera concept, but someone did share screenshots of what appears to be a rather nice menu system designed for a touchscreen. It looks like it'll gives almost complete control to fingers. More »
If you partake in Wii fitness regularly, you probably know that there is only one thing keeping you from having a full-fledged, muscle-building, vein-popping work-out experience: limited range of push-up motion. Thankfully, this push-up bar attachment lets you dig deep. More »
It used to be that jailbreaking your iPhone was a long, involved process, but worth it for the freedom. We've reached a new age, though, where emancipating your phone is as simple as plugging in an iDongle. Liberty! More »
John Battelle was on a Wi-Fi-enabled fight with United Airlines last night, and he decided to use videochat to say goodnight to his kids. Unfortunately, a flight attendant told him it was illegal. More »
If you just can't wait to buy an iPad, or rather, can't wait to reserve your slot to buy an iPad, you may be getting up early tomorrow: Pre-orders start at 8:30am EST Friday. That's 5:30am, Pacific. More »
