May
31
Congress Thinking About ‘Compromise’ That Would Move Telco Immunity Questions To Secret Court
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There’s been an ongoing battle in Congress over whether or not telcos that helped the gov’t with warrantless wiretaps should get retroactive immunity for their actions. No one has given any good reason why companies should be granted immunity for any sort of illegal actions, and there are plenty of reasons why they should [...]
May
31
While the iPod touch is capable of rotating to tweak the video aspect ratio, most docks make you choose one way or the other. But the iHome iH41B dock will actually rotate with your iPod, and its…
May
31
Scoble Interviews Twitter Founders Evan Willams and Biz Stone
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Robert Scoble just finished a half hour interview with Twitter Founders Evan Willams and Biz Stone. The two are surprisingly candid about the scaling problems the service has had since, oh, it launched two years ago.
“The fact that people are frustrated is a sign that we built something people care about,” says Stone a few [...]
May
31
Microsoft Demanding Some Of Immersion’s Patent Booty From Sony
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A few weeks back, we wrote about how Immersion was involved in a bizarre lawsuit involving a firm focused on the “teledildonics” market (look it up — or, actually, you’re probably better off not). Immersion, of course, is well known in the tech world for holding a bunch of patents on “haptic” technology, which [...]
May
31
10 Gadgety Reasons to Stay in Bed All Weekend [Thank Giz It's Friday]
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Another long workweek draws to a close, and that means its time for the Thank Giz It’s Friday roundup of gadgets to help you get the most out of your weekend—or, in this case, the least. In…
May
30
Can video games save the music industry? Probably not. But video games are emerging as a powerful distribution channel for digital music downloads. Players of Grand Theft Auto IV can buy the songs they hear in the game from Amazon by making their characters dial a number on their cell phones.
Now the [...]
May
30
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May
30
Japan Dominates Masturbate-a-Thon: Gadgets Help Break 8 Hour 30 Minute Record (NSFW) [World Champions]
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Think you have what it takes to become a masturbating champion? Can you endure longer than 8 hours and 40 minutes? Because that is what it will take to beat the new record set by both Norihiro…
May
30
Subnotebook vs. UMPC vs. Netbook: WTF Is the Difference? [Word Up]
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When Blam broke the news on Dell’s mini Inspiron, there was one he was stuck on: How to categorize it. Is it a subnotebook? A UMPC? A netbook? (Knowing the specs might have helped, but probably not…
May
30
iRiver Spinn Analog PMP Gets UK Release Date [Portable Media]
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The iRiver Spinn, which we saw back at CES, is finally getting a release date. It’ll be available in August in the UK in 4, 8 and 16GB models. It’ll have Flash support plus a 3D graphics chip to give…
May
30
FeedBurner Finally Rolls Out AdSense
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Nearly a year after it was bought by Google for $100 million, FeedBurner is finally going to roll out Google’s AdSense as an advertising option for blogs and Websites that use its service to publish their feeds. FeedBurner will start with a few select publishers next week, and then expand the option to all [...]
May
30
ASCAP’s Bill Of Wrongs
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ASCAP has published a Bill of Rights for Songwriters and Composers, which, unfortunately, seems to be more like a bill of “wrongs.”
Just as citizens of a nation must be educated about their rights to ensure that they are protected and upheld, so too must those who compose words and music know the rights that support [...]
May
30
DIY Iron Man Arc Reactor Doesn’t Run on Martinis [Iron Man]
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No wonder Tony Stark managed to do an arc reactor in a desert cave. According to this tutorial, you really only need some LEDs, a 9-volt battery, plywood, 22 AWG gauge copper wire, assorted…
May
30
Art Lebedev’s Optimus Popularis Keyboard Gets Its First 3D Mockup [Optimus]
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The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.We learned that Art Lebedev was planning a new, smaller and “cheaper” addition to the Optimus keyboard lineup with the “Popularis” a…
May
30
Art Lebedev’s Optimus Popluaris Keyboard Gets Its First 3D Mockup [Optimus]
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The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.We learned that Art Lebedev was planning a new, smaller and “cheaper” addition to the Optimus keyboard lineup with the “Popularis” a…