Saturday, June 20, 2009 - Page 2
Computing

Girl Dies By Electrocution While Tweeting In Bathtub

Two things here in what seems to be the world’s first Twittercide: don’t use your computer while taking a bath. And if for whatever reason you do, don’t be like this 17-year-old Romanian girl and risk your well-being to Tweet.


Geek Out

Astronaut Jackassery Shows Our Tax Dollars Being Put To Good Use


Mobile

FCC Now Looking Into Exclusive Handset Deals With Mobile Carriers

After some prodding from John Kerry earlier in the week, the FCC is going to investigate exclusive deals struck between phone makers and mobile carriers, to see whether or not they stifle consumer choices and the development of new technology.


Entertainment

Man Sent To Jail For Six Months For Pirating, Uh, The Love Guru

This is embarassing. Jack Yates has been sentenced to six months in jail for pirating the horrible Mike Myers movie The Love Guru. It might have been worth it for Star Trek, but come on, The Love Guru?


Gadgets

Pedometer Makes You A Character In A Samurai Storyline

Bandai is taking a new approach in the herculean task that is enticing nerds to exercise. This pedometer/calorie counter casts you as a 16th century Samurai hell-bent on controlling Japan.


Software

The Week In IPhone Apps: Here Come The OS 3.0 Apps

iPhone 3.0 has landed, and the first apps with the new features are squirming their way through the App Store’s clenching gates of approval. How are they? Well, for starters, they all look awfully familiar.


Entertainment

Pixar Grants Girl’s Last Wish To See Up

Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old girl suffering from terminal vascular cancer, told her mum that she wanted to live to see Pixar’s Up. But before she could visit the theatre, her condition became too unstable for her to be moved.


Software

Palm Pre WebOS 1.0.3 Update Improves Syncing, Power Performance

The 1.0.3 update to your Palm Pre doesn’t add any new apps, but it does fix a few things in Gmail, Contacts and Calendar syncing. Here’s the changelog:


Finnish Chair Has One Priority: Your Balls

See this chair? It is designed with the comfort of your genital in mind. Don’t believe me? Just listen to a no-nonsense Finn describe its advantages over close ups of comfy, comfy balls.


Mobile

Is The Meizu M8 IPhone Clone Getting… Android?

Do you want an iPhone but wish it ran Android instead of Apple’s mobile OS? No? Well, too bad, because Meizu might be bringing Android to its M8 iPhone clone.