The New York Times announced on Wednesday that they were putting in place a paywall from this month – meaning “a visitor to NYTimes.com will be allowed to view a certain number of articles free each month; to read more, the reader must pay a flat fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the print newspaper, even those who subscribe only to the Sunday paper, will receive full access to the site without any additional charge.” More »
Like John Brownlee at Cult of Mac, the Shuffle just doesn’t fit with how I like to listen to music. Give me Tusk – in its entirety! So then, Matthew Irvine Brown’s album written just for the Shuffle intrigues. More »
Brenda Jensen is speaking again, after 10 years using an electronic voicebox, thanks to an ambitious larynx transplant. And before you ask – it’s her own voice, and not that of the larynx donor, even though that would be cool. More »
This cute little snowman survived a 8552km journey from Japan to the desert of Bahrain without any refrigeration. The only things keeping him alive in his cardboard box were some new vacuum insulation panels designed by Panasonic. More »
One of the most striking things about pounding the show floor at CES this year was that the future of 3DTV in the home is inevitably going to be without glasses. Prototypes from LG, Toshiba and Sony all showed that glasses-less 3D is a possibility, and in some cases, it can even look pretty good. But you’re going to need to boost the resolution. More »
