It may not feature comedy superstars, but this Apple keynote diorama does have a higher sugar content than any other homage we’ve seen. [Washington Post, thanks Sean!]
Best Buy customer Jon purchased a brand-new Western Digital hard drive for store pickup, but when he opened the (sealed) package at home, he found a 30GB, near-decade-old product instead. Best Buy’s reaction? “Tough luck.”
The tweenbot, a cardboard-bodied, cheerful little bugger, is equipped with a flag stating its intended destination. Since it can only move forward, it depends on the kindness of strangers to guide it and remove obstacles.
Ah, the heady days of 1994. Back then, computers were beige and sold with surfing cow wallpaper, and we liked it that way, dammit.
Having seen the benefits of the Roomba, both MIT and Electric Machine Works Japan have created droids to do our dirty work. These robots are designed to make us pale, lazy, and well-read.
Yeah, the Rickrolling phenomenon was annoying for the entire world, but you’d expect the songwriter would at least be pleased, right? But despite its massive popularity, songwriter Pete Waterman was paid an insulting $US16. Total.
Do you love music? Have a giant hard drive? Maybe two? I’m guessing that might be the case, and here’s what you should do: give up lossy audio compression for good for pristine lossless files.
Unlike my alma mater, Microsoft has decided that booze and good times have no place on their campus. They’ve abruptly cancelled the almost-finished construction of a new pub, claiming it would not be “appropriate.”
The all-too-easy-to-crack iTunes gift code has led to a flooded market, making the codes essentially unprofitable. So they’ve now turned their attention to the App Store to find new, underhanded ways to screw Apple.
