Monthly Archives: May 2010

Apple is celebrating Memorial Day with a little memorial to iPad: Announcement of 2 million units sold in about 60 days. Typically, in Apple parlance, sold means shipped. However, given short supplies, the stated number is probably closer to sold, … Continue reading →

More than 100 years ago paleontologist E. D. Cope of “Dinosaur Wars” fame found a few fragmentary bones of a reptile in the deserts of New Mexico. He named the reptile Typothorax. A century later Typothorax, which belongs to a … Continue reading →

Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior — which according to its press release has been given the official stamp of approval from the Bruce Lee Foundation (run by Lee’s daughter, Shannon) and even models the computer-generated Lee using motion capture from one … Continue reading →

Some privacy settings already let you hit a button to blank your screen when you sense a shoulder surfer is lurking. But we are often too engrossed in our work to notice such interlopers, say inventors Martin Ek and Bo … Continue reading →

A phone found on a Newcastle bus has led to the conviction of five paedophiles, and ongoing investigations into a total of 70 people. The investigation, code named Cammell, was launched after a phone belonging to one Michael Fraser was … Continue reading →

TowerMadness is one of the most popular tower defense games on the iPhone, and now makers, Limbic Software, have released a high-definition version for the iPad which boasts stunning 3D graphics, split-screen multiplayer and eight new maps. But how does … Continue reading →

One of the most unique and common forms of art on the Internet these days is called concept art. Concept art is a form of illustration where main goal is to convey a visual representation of the design before putting … Continue reading →

There’s nothing like making your own hamburger patties from ground beef instead of buying them pre-made (with bacteria –as so many are these days), but it’s hard to get them perfectly shaped over and over again. Here’s how to do … Continue reading →

Symantec says it has unearthed a server hosting the credentials of 44 million stolen gaming accounts — and one of the most surprising aspects of it is that the accounts were being validated by a Trojan distributed to compromised computers. … Continue reading →

Scientists have discovered the secret behind an ancient Chinese super-strong mortar made from sticky rice, the delicious “sweet rice” that is a modern mainstay in Asian dishes. They also concluded that the mortar ― a paste used to bind and … Continue reading →

In 2008, the SIG began revealing the specifications of PCI Express 3.0, which will transfer information at 8.0 gigatransfers per second, with the actual bandwidth dependent on the bit width of the interface. It seems reasonable to assume that PCI … Continue reading →

Just over a week before the fourth generation iPhone is expected to debut at Apple’s WWDC, prototype screen components of the new model have reportedly appeared, this time in the Czech Republic. According to a report by SuperiPhone.cz, the next … Continue reading →

There are scattered reports of a fire at the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen. It sounds like the company attempted to keep news of the incident silent, but supposedly some reporters who happened to be outside the facility spotted the firetrucks. … Continue reading →

The federal government’s inquiry into Apple’s business practices isn’t restricted to digital music, according to a published report. Investigators with the Department of Justice have begun asking questions of executives in the film industry and other media sectors, according to … Continue reading →