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The Conclusion to the Faulty iMac Saga: The Beginning of the Fix [Apple]

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The latest iMac was released 16 weeks ago. Since then, it’s been plagued with problems, most notably flickering and/or yellow screens. Today, the saga comes to an end because Apple has acknowledged the issues and offered their support.

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Tags: ati, clear, html, imac, Imacs, ion, isp, jobs, ovi, pre, readers, review, steve, top, Yellow imacs
Posted in 1, 2010, 27-inch, 3, Bloom, Ces, Faulty imac saga, Firmware, Flickering imacs, Gadget, Gadgets, General, Imacs, Lcds, Macs, Object, Rf, Screens, Steve Jobs, Ted, Time Machine, Ui, Yellow imacs, ad, ads, ai, all, app, apple, ardi, art, ati, basic, blockquote, box, business, buying, car, cds, ci, cia, clear, com, content, displays, ds, edge, editorial, feature, go, ham, html, ice, imac, in, ion, isp, iss, jobs, lcd, led, lte, mac, mac pro, mbrace, moment, nec, news, ny, one, os, ovi, pre, pro, que, reader, readers, release, removed, review, rsa, rumor, s, search, ships, star, steve, store, the, time, top, update, updates, w, war, web, week, with | No Comments »

What Is Apple’s Magic Trackpad? [Apple]

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The US Patent & Trademark Office just published Apple’s latest trademark application for “Magic Trackpad“—and, looking at a bit of history, we think it could be one of two new products.

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Tags: app, history, ion, islate, operating system, peripherals, rumor, surf, surface, the
Posted in 1, 2010, 3, Cables, Ces, Desk, Gadget, Gadgets, Gesture, Keyboard, Laptop, Macbooks, Macs, Magic, Magic trackpad, Memory, Object, Rf, Screens, Slate, Storage, Ted, Trackpad, Trademarks, ad, ads, ai, all, app, apple, art, ati, blockquote, book, books, cable, car, ci, com, computer, computers, content, controller, controllers, dell, desktop, drive, ds, emi, files, fire, flash, go, graph, graphics, hardware, history, hp, html, ice, in, ion, islate, joysticks, keyboards, led, mac, macbook, macbook pro, mice, multi-touch, nec, ny, office, one, opera, operating system, os, ouch, peripherals, pro, rant, reader, readers, rumor, rumors, s, scanners, software, star, surf, surface, tablet, tablets, the, top, touch, touchscreen, tracking, usb, usb drive, via, w, war, with | No Comments »

Ask an Expert: How To Watch Porn on Your iPhone [Nsfw]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Apple’s moral App Store crusade has been devastatingly and alarmingly effective, laying waste to over 5000 apps the company arbitrarily deemed objectionable. So, we asked Lux Alptraum, Editor of Fleshbot (NSFW), what’s left? She calmed our nerves. (With porn.)

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Tags: 2010, app store, art, car, Iphone, porn, Safari, sites, verizon, war
Posted in 1, 2010, 3, Aa, Apps, Banned, Bans, Boobs, E3, Gadget, Gadgets, General, Google, Interface, Iphone, Iphone porn sites, Iphone sex app, Note, Nyt, Object, Photos, Rf, Safari, Stars, Suicide, Ted, Ui, ad, ads, ai, air, all, app, app store, apple, arm, art, ask an expert, ati, basic, best, box, car, ci, com, content, core, design, digital, download, ds, feature, film, flash, free, games, go, hub, humans, ideo, in, internet, ion, iphone app, iphone app store, iphone apps, iphone porn, iphone porn apps, iss, led, list, lte, network, nsfw, ny, one, os, ouch, parts, phone, pink, piracy, porn, pre, pro, que, release, review, s, sad, sex, sites, star, store, tech, the, time, top, touch, update, video, w, war, web, week, wire, with, xp | No Comments »

Motorola Devour Review: What Have You Done To My Droid? [Review]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

You can’t talk about the Devour, Motorola’s new slide-out QWERTY Android phone, without talking about the Droid, Motorola’s favored child. And it’s precisely when pitted against the Droid that the Devour stops making sense.

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Tags: cia, features, flash, Gadget, Ipod, motoblur, nikon d3s, pre, reader, time, top, verizon
Posted in 1, 2010, 3, 3d, Alk, Apps, Best Buy, Blur, Ces, Cliq, Devour, Droid, Elves, Email, Facebook, Fingers, Gadget, Gadgets, General, Google, Htc, Interface, Keyboard, Launch, Mino, Motorola devour review, Note, Object, Photos, Rf, Sim, Smartphone, Smartphones, Sms, Social Networking, Social Networks, Ted, Tweaks, Twitter, Ui, ad, ads, ai, all, android, android 1.6, android 2.0, android market, app, art, ati, best, blockquote, book, box, browser, camera, cellphones, ci, cia, clear, com, content, cool, design, ds, ebook, edge, emi, feature, features, flash, go, hardware, home, hp, ice, in, ion, iss, led, list, lte, mac, media, messaging, mid, moto, motoblur, motorola, network, networking, news, ny, one, opera, operating system, original, os, ouch, phone, phones, pocket, pre, price, pro, push, reader, retro, review, s, sense, sharing, sign language, sites, soc, software, space, store, stores, the, time, top, touch, update, updates, upgrade, verizon, vision, voice, w, war, wd, week, widget, widgets, with, xp | No Comments »

Nikon D3s Review: A Light Stalker [Review]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

A $5000 camera is not within reach for most people. So this Nikon D3s review is a bit different—it’s a peek at the near future of photography where shooting in any lighting condition is possible. It’s really exciting.

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Tags: basic, car, clear, d300s, Hard Drive, Ipod, nas, nec, nikon d3s, processor, processors, slr, vision
Posted in 1, 1080p, 1d mark iv, 2010, 3, 720p, 7d, Alk, Awkward, Cameras, Canon, Ces, D3, Digital Camera, Digital Cameras, Evolution, Flickr, Gadget, Gadgets, General, Gf1, Hard Drive, ISO, Ipod, Launch, Lighting, Liveblog, Nikon D3, Note, Object, Peek, Photographer, Photos, Rf, Sim, Slate, Slrs, Ted, Television, Ui, ad, ads, ai, all, app, apple, architecture, arm, ati, basic, battery, best, box, business, camera, car, ci, cia, clear, com, comparison, content, controls, d300s, d3s, digital, digitalcameras, drive, ds, dslr, dslrs, eac, eds, emi, espresso, event, film, fire, flash, go, graph, green, hands on, hp, html, ice, ideo, in, ion, ipad, lcd, led, lens, lenses, lg, live, mac, micro four thirds, moment, monitor, monitors, motion, nas, nec, news, newspapers, nikon, nikon d3s, ny, one, opera, original, os, oses, panasonic, performance, photography, pixel qi, pre, print, pro, processor, processors, resolution, review, reviews, rsa, s, sex, shooting, size, slr, steve, tech, the, time, tips, top, upgrade, video, vision, w, war, web, week, windows, with, xp | No Comments »

The Indie Phone Maker’s Last Stand [Palm]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The Palm Pre unveiling stands in my memory as one of the most refreshing moments in modern history. Palm had done it—they had created a great phone Nokia would’ve killed for. But today, that’s just not enough.

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Tags: ads, all, buying, core, hardware, nokia, sales, Smartphones, war, web, webos
Posted in 1, 2010, 3, 3.0, Apps, Buzz, Ceo, Desk, Gadget, Gadgets, Google, Iphone, Launch, Memory, Microsoft, Money, Music, Note, Nyt, Object, Smartphone, Smartphones, Standards, Ted, Tegra, Ui, Wsj, ad, ads, ai, all, app, apple, art, ati, bass, best, blackberry, blockquote, buying, car, clear, com, content, core, design, desktop, desktops, ds, edge, feature, fire, go, hardware, history, ice, icons, in, ion, iss, led, live, lte, media, moment, movie, movies, nokia, ny, one, os, ovi, palm, palm os, palm pre, phone, phones, pre, pro, rant, release, review, rim, s, sad, sales, star, store, stores, tablet, tablets, the, time, top, tv, update, verizon, vision, w, war, web, webos, week, with, xp | No Comments »

Windows Phone 7 and the End of Hardware Choice [Windows Phone 7]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Windows Phone 7 is a new beginning for Microsoft, and at the same time, an ending. The epoch of the “slap our software on any old hardware” open platform is dead.

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Tags: Alan Kay, dell, foxconn, Hardware Company, Htc, Iphone, macbook, Old Hardware, Open Platform, Openness, Slap, Software Integration, Sony Ericsson, Sorta, Steve Ballmer, Top To Bottom, treo, Windows Phone, x1, Xperia
Posted in 1, 2010, 3, Alk, General, Google, Iphone, Microsoft, Object, Smartphones, Zune, ad, ads, ai, air, all, android, app, apple, art, asus, feature, nexus one, top, windows mobile, windows phone 7 | No Comments »

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps [IPhone Apps]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

In this week’s porn-free app roundup: Expensive instant messaging apps, humbled! Cars, leered at! Zombies, organically defeated! Enigmatic Asian game developers, being enigmatic! The sun, closely monitored! Malls, fearlessly navigated! And more…

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Tags: 2010, 3g s, all, Apps, content, download, news, phone, photoshop, roundups, star, Ted, the
Posted in 1, 2010, 3, 3g, 3g s, Apps, Email, Gadget, Gadgets, Google, Iphone, Object, Photos, Roundup, Sling, Slingplayer Mobile, Ted, Ups, ad, ads, ai, all, app, app store, apple, art, ati, box, business, car, cars, com, comment, comments, content, download, ds, free, gallery, go, ideo, in, ion, iphone app, iphone apps, led, list, messaging, mini, monitor, news, one, opera, opera mini, os, phone, photoshop, porn, pre, remail, roundups, s, sd, search, slingplayer, star, store, streaming, the, the week in iPhone apps, top, video, w, war, week, with, xp | No Comments »

Giz Explains: Fuel Cells and Bloom Energy’s Miracle Box [Giz Explains]

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The Bloom Box is the latest energy miracle that sounds too good to be true: Debuting with a wide-eyed segment on 60 Minutes, it promises to be clean, cheap and backyard-friendly, the solution to our energy problems. What is it?