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Neil Young: Piracy Is The New Radio

7:00AM February 2, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

You can’t beat an old rocker flying in the face of the man. Neil Young has decided to let everyone know what he thinks about piracy, and it turns out he’s probably a fan of Megaupload. More »


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Google Is Betraying Itself

7:00AM January 25, 2012 | Sam Biddle

From a 2004 Playboy interview with Larry Page, in which the Google co-founder describes a very different company from the one we use now… More »


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Stephen Hawking: Women Are A Complete Mystery

6:00AM January 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Stephen Hawking is perhaps the finest mind alive on the planet. Still, it’s nice to hear he occasionally shares the worries of the rest of us. In a recent interview with New Scientist, he was asked what he thought about most during the day. His answer? “Women. They are a complete mystery.” [New Scientist; Image: lwpkommunikacio]


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Google: Spend More Time Talking To People, Than Asking Siri About The Weather

6:00AM October 21, 2011 | Kat Hannaford - Gizmodo UK

The head Android honcho over at Google, Andy Rubin, had a few choice words to say about the iPhone 4S’ personal assistant Siri. According to Rubin, we should spend more time talking with actual people than with our phones, and that Apple’s technology “isn’t a new notion”. More »


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Michael Dell Totally Didn’t Mean To Talk Shit About Apple

8:15AM October 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

Michael Dell, famous for making affordable PCs with his name tattooed on ‘em, is also infamous for once saying if he was CEO of Apple, he would “shut it down and give money back to the shareholders”. Well he totally didn’t mean it like that. Or kind of did. Or something. It’s confusing. More »


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Google Engineer Calls Google+ A Pathetic Afterthought

5:30AM October 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

When Google+ launched, it was exciting! A new Facebook! Better! Purrrty! But then everyone forgot about it. Folks at Google forgot too. Last night, Steve Yegge, a Google engineer, accidentally posted a rant about Google to his public Google+ profile. It’s revealing and absolutely rips Google+. It’s also true. More »


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Dr Dre Is Gunning Directly For Apple

5:40AM October 11, 2011 | Sam Biddle

What’s occasional rapper Dr Dre up to besides rapping sometimes? Planning to beat every single electronics company except Apple, GlobalGrind reports. More »


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The World Reacts To Steve Jobs’s Passing [Updated]

3:15PM October 6, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The world is now reacting to the very sad news of Steve Jobs’ death. We are collecting the thoughts and condolences of people like Bill Gates, Larry Page, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and President Barack Obama himself. More »


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iPhone 4S Doesn’t Care About 4G

5:09AM October 5, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Phil Schiller just announced the iPhone 4S, without going into detail about how fast it’ll fun on your network or whether its 4G or not. It doesn’t matter, and he knows it. More »


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Sony Ericsson CEO Regrets Having His Arse Kicked By iPhone

12:24AM October 4, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Sony Ericsson used to be a hugely popular phone maker with some interesting handset designs — sort of like Motorola. But unlike Motorola, it sat and did nothing while Apple created the smartphone frenzy. Perhaps that was a mistake! More »