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Mobile

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

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”.

October 19, 2011
News

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

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.

October 13, 2011
Online

Google Engineer Calls Google+ A Pathetic Afterthought

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.

October 11, 2011
News

Dr Dre Is Gunning Directly For Apple

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

October 6, 2011
News

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

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.

October 5, 2011
Mobile

iPhone 4S Doesn’t Care About 4G

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.

October 4, 2011
Mobile

Sony Ericsson CEO Regrets Having His Arse Kicked By iPhone

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!

September 26, 2011
Science

Like Throwing Astronauts Into A Flaming Barrel

Astronaut Ron Goran may sound like he’s being creative when he describes what returning from the ISS feels like for today’s space-faring souls, but really, no he isn’t. [Fragile Oasis via Boing Boing, Image]

September 25, 2011
Science

Nikola Tesla Predicted Faster-Than-Light Particles in 1932

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With Einstein’s universal speed limit in a jumble after CERN did what it does best, it appears Nikola Telsa could have saved the international science organisation some trouble. It’s a well-known fact the Serbian engineer was way ahead of his time. But close to 80 years? That’s quite a prediction.

August 26, 2011
News

The Bestest Steve Jobs Quotes

They don’t make ‘em like Steve anymore. Not only was he clairvoyant about technology but he’s always had a zinger ready to go and he was never afraid to use it. Here are our favourite Steve Jobs quotes:

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