Gadgets

Toddler Sucks On A USB Cable, Ends Up In The Hospital

Here’s a sad reminder that USB cables belong plugged into peripherals, not children. Toddler Trinity Anderson was playing with a USB cable plugged into a laptop and put it in her mouth, which shocked her and knocked her out.


December 23, 2009
Geek Out

You Mess With Nature, Nature Will Mess With You

Here is a photo of a videographer getting taken down by an eagle. This is basically the plot of Avatar completely summed up, made for considerably less than $US250 million. [Reddit via The Daily What]


November 25, 2009
Mobile

Mobile Phone-Using Pedestrians At Higher Risk Of “Getting Run Over”

First driving, now even walking: The combination of mobile phone use and motion seems to be the most dangerous threat facing Americans today.


October 21, 2009
Mobile

Hurray, Sidekick Owners, You Can Get Your Contacts Back Now

In today’s edition of the “steady progress” being made in recovering the data lost in the Great Sidekick Out(r)age of 2009, contacts—and just contacts—are back, after you run a retrieval tool. The rest’s coming! Eventually? [Yahoo]


October 20, 2009
Mobile

Microsoft “Making Steady Progress” On Sidekick Data Recovery

Last week it seemed the Danger/Microsoft team was on the verge of sorting out the fiasco that saw widespread data loss for Sidekick customers. Unfortunately, completing this process is taking longer than expected:


October 16, 2009

The Inevitable Sidekick Data Loss Lawsuit

BTW, a sidekick user has started a class action lawsuit against T-mobile over Microsoft/Danger’s loss of all Hiptop personal data. I wonder what will happen now that Microsoft is promising most if not all data will be restored. [Inquirer]


October 15, 2009

“Most, If Not All” Sidekick Data Recovered

It looks like the Sidekick data fiasco is finally coming to an end. Over on T-Mobile’s Sidekick forums, an official Microsoft statement confirms “most, if not all, customer data” will return “as soon as possible”, starting with personal contacts.


October 14, 2009

The Cause Of The Sidekick Fiasco? “All Signs Point To Sabotage”

This past week’s Sidekick data disaster was so extraordinary, you would think that either T-mobile or Microsoft would issue an explanation. There’s one insider who might have the reason why one hasn’t come yet: it was an inside job.


October 13, 2009

Microsoft’s Project Pink Might Have Killed Itself For Good

The crazy Sidekick data mess might be the least troubling thing to happen to fans of the platform. The latest rumours, which build off of previous Pink rumours, say that the platform is pretty much dead. Dead, dead, dead, dead.


T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Break Their Contracts For Free

T-Mobile’s initial apologia to Sidekick users grieving their lost data was a joke. A month of free data service? To access what? Now they’ve manned up, giving affected customers something they might actually want: A way out of their contracts.