Deep down I knew this day would come. The fateful day when the endless cycle repeated itself. Because now, the machines are rebelling against their owners. But don’t fear your toaster or television, the true menace is likely inside your pocket.
The Droid Incredible is saving screenshots of users’ browsing histories. From [...]
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The Robot Uprising Begins: Droids Spying on Users
Posted by Jordan on June 21st, 2010
Posted in Cell Phones, News, Security, Technology 
Tags: Android, Android Apps, Droid, Robot Uprising, Smartphones, Tech Issues, Tech News 
No Comments »School To Give iPads To 11-year-olds, Desperately Wants To Waste Money
Posted by Clarke on May 29th, 2010
Oh, boy. A Minnesota private school has decided that in order to keep up with the times, they need to offer their 6th and 7th graders iPads. That’s right, the smart move is to hand over $500 pieces of fragile, game-filled distraction to 11- and 12-year-olds.
Google Acquires AdMob: FTC Says “OK,” I Say “Uh Oh.”
Posted by Russell on May 21st, 2010
We’re all used to ads in our mobile apps. You know, the things we deal with in exchange for not having to pay for the app itself. Well, there have been some new developments in mobile tech advertising. Google’s acquisition of mobile advertising network AdMob has been given the FTC thumbs up. This, of course, [...]
Posted in Cell Phones, Internet, News Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, Google, Internet, Smartphones, Tech Law, Tech News No Comments »The Pirate Bay Shut Down, Our P2P Hearts Go Out to TPB!
Posted by Russell on May 17th, 2010
NOOOOOO!!! Before I finally recieved my invite to a certain closed torrent site I was a HUGE fan of The Pirate Bay! Unfortuately, they have yet again been hunted down and shut off. Apparently, several big wigs from Hollywood filed an injunction and (without an oral hearing) had the site banned from [...]
Posted in Internet, News Tags: Internet, News, Piracy, Tech Law, The Pirate Bay, Torrents No Comments »Evonize (verb, -ized, -izing) – Add Boobies To
Posted by Clarke on May 17th, 2010
Anyone who’s been on the Internet since they started reading this sentence knows about Evony. Evony is some kind of fantasy game about something, and it’s been out for a while now. Why so sparse on details? Well, it’s the advertising. You see, Evony doesn’t exactly advertise what it’s about. It USED to. But not [...]
Petition Time!
Posted by Justin on May 16th, 2010
As most of you know (hopefully), Portal is currently free on Steam. While waiting for the download to finish, I was reading about Portal and stumbled onto this. Yes, that’s right, a Portal gun implemented into Team Fortress 2. I’m not sure how many of us actually play this game anymore, but I’d sure pick [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet, News, PC Tags: News, PC, Take Action!, Team Fortress, TF2, Valve, Video Games 2 Comments »WTF, Twitter?
Posted by Justin on May 10th, 2010
So Twitter’s being a big, glitchy bitch right now and everybody is wondering what’s going on. But, chill! I got answers rightchere. There’s a nifty little site, status.twitter.com, that’ll keep you updated on the inner workings of the Twitter-sphere. Head on over now and put your worried, 140-character heart at ease.
LogMeIn Ignition Beta Released for Android. And There Was Much Remote Rejoicing.
Posted by Chaz on May 6th, 2010
Some of you of you may recognize that symbol as the LogMeIn Ignition App icon used on the iPhone and iPad. This lovely little icon has finally made its way over to the Android operating system. We have had a chance to play with the app and it works just as reliably and intuitively [...]
California Violent Video Game Law to Go Before Supreme Court, Is Ridiculous
Posted by Clarke on April 27th, 2010
Here we go again. All the big news networks and websites are getting fired up over video game violence once more, as the Supreme Court has decided to hear a case on the subject. Child psychologists and anti-video game activists are getting wheeled in front of cameras and spouting the same speech we’ve heard for [...]
Steam OS X Leaked! We Have It and So Can You!
Posted by Matt on April 21st, 2010
Steam, the ultra popular game client, has been leaked for OS X. Expected to be released later this month, a beta version of the software was leaked out today. Here are a few things I’ve noticed about it.
It has the same UI as the Windows version.
The Mac version of the store is not live yet.
You [...]
Posted in Gaming, Internet, News, Software Tags: Internet, Mac, OS X, Steam, Video Games 1 Comment »
