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New "Emotional Phone" can moistly kiss your cheek
Love & Sex

New "Emotional Phone" can moistly kiss your cheek

If you see a bunch of people making out with their cell phones on your morning commute in the near future, don't panic. A series of new phone… Maura Hehir   |   09.12.2011   |   Comments (5)
Google TV is coming to Europe next year
Television

Google TV is coming to Europe next year

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt announced plans to bring Google TV to Europe in 2012 while giving a speech at the Edinburgh International… James Brady Ryan   |   08.29.2011   |   Comments (2)
Samsung uses Kubrick defense in iPad infringement case
Current Events

Samsung uses Kubrick defense in iPad infringement case

Apple and Samsung are currently engaged in numerous legal battles in nine countries, and one of them is in California, where, in a design-patent… Jeff Mills   |   08.24.2011   |   Comments (4)
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple
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Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple

Apple's highly influential and recognizable CEO, Steve Jobs, is officially stepping down. Jobs is being replaced by COO, Tim Cook, who will… Jessica Gentile   |   08.24.2011   |   Comments (8)
Intel hires sci-fi writers to help design future technology
Books

Intel hires sci-fi writers to help design future technology

Semiconductor giant Intel has taken an outside-the-box approach to shaping future technologies by hiring sci-fi writers to use their… Jeff Mills   |   08.14.2011   |   Comments (5)
New "Fan Mail" app lets you live out your sad fantasies of being famous
Web Culture

New "Fan Mail" app lets you live out your sad fantasies of being famous

The sad truth of the world is: we can't all be Lady Gaga. Or depending on your taste, James Murphy, or Regina Spektor. Whatever. However, in… Danielle Gibson   |   08.9.2011   |   Comments (2)
More people watch videos on non-TV set devices while at home than anywhere else
Television

More people watch videos on non-TV set devices while at home than anywhere else

Why watch TV on your 56-inch flat-screen when you can just squint at your iPhone? According to new statistics from Nielsen, users of mobile… Jessica Gentile   |   08.2.2011   |   Comments (5)
British scientists create a real-life invisibility cloak
Movies

British scientists create a real-life invisibility cloak

Just in time for the final Harry Potter movie, some badass British scientists have invented a "time-space" cloak that can make people… Austin Duerst   |   07.13.2011   |   Comments (13)
Watch: Japanese love doll robots revolutionize dentistry
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Watch: Japanese love doll robots revolutionize dentistry

I don't know much about robotics, very little about love dolls, even less about dental practice. But I do know that when you combine all… Jeff Mills   |   06.30.2011   |   Comments (5)
Congressmen now allowed to Skype; Skype-sex scandal imminent
Politics

Congressmen now allowed to Skype; Skype-sex scandal imminent

Following Anthony Weiner's elegant mastery of social media, the House of Representatives has voted to unblock Skype for use by its members… Jason Gilbert   |   06.28.2011   |   Comments (3)
Supreme Court ends ban on violent video games for kids
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Supreme Court ends ban on violent video games for kids

Killing spree! The Supreme Court voted 7-2 today that California can no longer ban the selling or rental of violent video games to children under… Jason Gilbert   |   06.27.2011   |   Comments (3)
"On the Road" iPad app outsells Bible app
Books

"On the Road" iPad app outsells Bible app

Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road, based on a series of shambolic, mid-century cross-country trips taken by the author and friends… Jeff Mills   |   06.26.2011   |   Comments (5)
Smell-O-Vision might come to your TV sooner than you think, say researchers
Television

Smell-O-Vision might come to your TV sooner than you think, say researchers

If you think 3D and IMAX movie screens are an assault to the senses, just wait until you experience Smell-O-Vision. The aromatic concept is a lot… Jessica Gentile   |   06.19.2011   |   Comments (2)
Escort service app for sugar daddies approved for iPhone
Love & Sex

Escort service app for sugar daddies approved for iPhone

Ah, modern romance. In spite of its generally uptight and arbitrary app-approval process, Apple has given the go-ahead to a new iPhone app… Virginia Smith   |   05.13.2011   |   Comments (1)
Japan has found a way to french kiss via computer
Love & Sex

Japan has found a way to french kiss via computer

We're getting closer and closer to the future! Thanks to some Rico Suaves over in Japan, humans are now a step away from being able to enjoy… Ray Rahman   |   05.3.2011   |   Comments (6)
Twitter makes our relationships shorter
Love & Sex

Twitter makes our relationships shorter

You've heard it before: the modern world is criminally reducing our attention spans. Gchat replaced email, texting replaced calling, and… Ben Reininga   |   04.19.2011   |   Comments (5)
Felonious investor says he owns 50% of Facebook, may actually have a case
Web Culture

Felonious investor says he owns 50% of Facebook, may actually have a case

A man named Paul Ceglia just filed a second lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that he owns 50% of Facebook based on a contract he and… Peter Smith   |   04.12.2011   |   Comments (1)
New iPhone app erases everything you posted on Facebook and Twitter while drunk
Web Culture

New iPhone app erases everything you posted on Facebook and Twitter while drunk

The new Last Night Never Happened app from developer 22seeds erases everything you posted on Facebook and Twitter in a timespan you can set. This… Peter Smith   |   03.25.2011   |   Comments (1)
Google says Chinese government is blocking Gmail access
Web Culture

Google says Chinese government is blocking Gmail access

In a statement released on Sunday, Google accused the Chinese government of blocking user access to Gmail in the country, an issue the company… Virginia Smith   |   03.21.2011   |   Comments (1)
Anonymous launches Anonymiss to lure lady hackers
Web Culture

Anonymous launches Anonymiss to lure lady hackers

Remember when 4Chan was, like, the scariest thing on the internet? Oh, what we didn't know; it turns out that Anonymous — the faceless… Ray Rahman   |   03.2.2011   |   Comments (7)