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The Batman Equation Is A Horrible Fraud

9:20AM August 12, 2011 | Mat Honan

Great Descartes’ ghost, Batman! The Batman equation, that Cartesian forumla that when plotted gave you the Batman logo, is a total lie! Or at least in error, says another mathematician! Maths fight! Maths fight! More »

Mobile

That iPhone Is Burning A Hole In Your Pocket

1:40PM November 9, 2010 | Brian Barrett

What can we make of this credit card spending by smartphone platform data from Pageonce? That iPhone owners spend like crazy, and WinMo holdouts are probably saving up for a new phone, for starters. More »

Gadgets

I’m Tired Of Being Lied To By Volume And Battery Indicators

12:40PM September 30, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Battery and volume indicators are the bane of my existence – they never work as expected! Sure, there are complicated issues at work such as logarithmic scales and perception, but those excuses doesn’t ease my headache. [Reddit via Geekosystem]

Study: Interest In 3DTV Drops After Experiencing It First-Hand

12:05AM September 12, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The 3D revolution. Companies like Sony and pretty much every vendor who attended IFA the other day want it to happen yesterday. Consumers? Interested – just not to the point where they’re willing to put down any coin just yet. More »

Mobile

Third Of Devices Accessing The Android Market Are Running Android 2.1

3:00PM May 18, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Occasionally Google produces charts showing “the relative number of active devices running a given version of the Android platform.” The latest of these charts is special though: It apparently marks the first time Android 2.1 was the most used version. More »

How Much Tech Companies Are Spending On Lobbying

12:40PM May 18, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Yikes. While the amounts are only tiny fractions of their revenues, major tech companies are spending quite a bit of money on lobbying. Hell, apparently “Google’s lobbying is half what it spends on advertising.” [BI] More »

Entertainment

You Watch More TV (And Less YouTube) Than You Think

11:02PM May 8, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

As part of a special report on the state of couch potatoes in the year 2010, the Economist collected data on perceived versus actual media consumption. People are in denial about their TV addictions and overconfident in their YouTube cool. More »

Gadgets

The Real Victims Of The iPad: Netbooks, Ebook Readers And… iPods?

6:20AM May 7, 2010 | John Herrman

Netbook sales aren’t as brisk as they used to be, and some are blaming the iPad. Well, Morgan Stanley’s released an enlightening chart that pegs the victims of the iPad as, well, just about everything. It just makes people anxious. More »

Computing

Netbooks Are Dead, Baby, Netbooks Are Dead

12:40AM May 7, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Full, ultra-light notebook computers prices falling quickly. The arrival of the iPad and other tablets. Underpowered to the point of uselessness. Cramped designs. All reasons for the death of the netbook. So long, netbooks – you won’t be missed. [Fortune]

Mobile

How Is Everyone Except Apple Below Average* In Smartphone Satisfaction?

3:21AM April 2, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The iPhone is nice, but are things really so dire that J.D. Power finds every other smartphone to be below average in customer satisfaction? Are Apple fanboys really this happy? Is everyone else really this unhappy? More »