Fridge Magnet Lets You Order Pizza with Ridiculous Ease
For all of you couch potatoes and house-bound geeks that don't like to traverse the great unknown of the outside, a pizza chain based in Dubai of all places , has come up with the perfect solution: fridge magnets that automatically orders your favorite pizza with a simple push of the button. Obesity couldn't be made simpler.
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51% of US Households Own an Apple Product
A survey conducted by CNBC found that over half of US households owns at least one Apple product. Even 10% of the ones that have no Apple products plan on purchasing something with the Apple brand within the next year. Those are impressive statistics. (and a bit scary to boot)
"Planned obsolescence has always been a part of the technology industries sales model, but Apple has taken it to a whole new level."
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Facebook Targeting May IPO
It's looking like May will be the month Facebook will finally get a chance to be the largest-ever Internet IPO on record. Facebook, according to observers, has all of the signs of preparation to go IPO, but exactly when in May is still unknown. The IPO could generate $10 Billion in revenue and raise the value of Facebook to $100 Billion.
Although the secondary market is still young, it is routine for companies to halt trading before an IPO to have time to account for its current shareholder base.
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Chapel Hill bans All Cell Phone Use While Driving
Chapel Hill, NC has banned the use of cellphones while driving. The ban includes all forms of cellphone communication, including hands-free. This is the first city in the US to ban all forms of communication while operating a vehicle due to the studies indicating hands-free talking is no safer in reducing cellphone related accidents.
The fact that Chapel Hill has passed a ban on all cellular usage could signal a growing sentiment against cell phone usage while driving, and we could start to see these issues discussed at state and even federal levels.
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What's The Worlds Most Popular Internet App?
With all the new features available to Internet users these days, would you find it difficult to believe that email, plain old email, is still the most popular application for communication around the world? Well get over it, because it is. A new international poll found that 85% of the world's internet users still call upon email for communication.
Despite the booming popularity of social networking like Facebook and Twitter, a relic from the 1980s remains the most-used feature of the Internet.
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RIM Delays Annual Investors Meeting Until 'Later This Year'
According to Reuters, RIM spokesperson Tenille Kennedy announced the investors meeting will not be held at the annual Blackberry World. Instead the meeting will be held when the new Blackberry 10 is closer to release. Smart move on RIM's part or just a stall tactic to hold the shaky company together?
"We will hold a separate session targeted at the interests of the investment community later this year, once BlackBerry 10 is launched."
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Free-to-Play Skyrim: The Future of Buffet-Style Gaming
In the near future, paying for video games up front will be a thing of the past according to Ngmoco's Ben Cousins. Cousins sees games taking on a buffet-style payment plan that has no set limits on what you choose to spend. Of course, the more you spend, the more enjoyable the game becomes and that is the trap that is being set.
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Anonymous Plans to "Kill" the Internet on March 31
We're all going to die. The sky is falling. The check is in the mail. We've heard it all before and now here comes Anonymous to tell us the group is going to destroy the Internet on March 31st. Not the whole Internet, just the important parts and not forever, just a little while. The Internet is going to die! Make your peace.
To protest SOPA, Wallstreet, our irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of sheer sadistic fun, On March 31, anonymous will shut the Internet down.
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Google Launches "Go" Programming Language
After years of development, Google has announced the release of Go v1.0 programming language. Along with the release of Go, Google also released a newly revised Google App Engine SDK.
Go 1 is the first release that is available in supported binary distributions. They are available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and even Windows.
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US Military Had 15,634 Megaupload Accounts
According to the owner of MegaUpload, the US Military had over 15k accounts with the file server and storage site. To add insult to injury, it was revealed that not only did the military have accounts there, but also other branches of the US government like Homeland Security and the Senate.
While the MPAA and RIAA insist that the site was simply a huge piracy hub, the facts point to a much bigger picture of people using the site for countless legitimate transfers of files simply too big to email.
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Intel Ivy Bridge Launch Confirmed for April 29
After the on again, off again delays, Intel announced on Tuesday that the awaited debut of Ivy Bridge will be on April 29th.
There is some good news in that the mobile processors will be released at the same time as their desktop counterparts. It had been believed that the mobile side of things wouldn't be available until at least June.
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South Park: Tenorman's Revenge Hitting Xbox Live Arcade
The kids from South Park are coming to an Xbox near you on March 30th. Tenorman's Revenge is a downloadable Xbox Live game featuring Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny versus Scott Tenorman and the Ginger robots. The player can pick the character to use to play the game, each with its own unique abilities.
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NVIDIA Kepler GeForce GTX 680 SLI Video Card Review
We've got two GeForce GTX 680 video cards to test SLI performance against Radeon HD 7970 CrossFireX. Will these less expensive GTX 680 video cards offer a better gameplay experience or choke at high resolutions due to a smaller VRAM footprint? We will prove to you which solution offers better efficiency and performance.
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China: All Your Secret Are Belong to Us
Former Presidential Advisor Richard Clark told the Smithsonian in an interview that every major corporation in the US and Britain have already been hacked into and information taken by China.
Clarke doesn't offer much in the way of solutions in the interview, other than noting that US cybersystems has strong offensive systems and a weak defensive structure.
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Cadillac's New Crash Warning System: Your Butt
The 2013 Cadillac will be sporting a brand new safety feature that undoubtedly become the butt of jokes mainly due to the fact your butt plays a big role in hazard recognition. Cadillac will be introducing the Safety Alert Seat that alerts the driver to potential danger through pulse patterns in the driver's seat. Talk about driving by the seat of your pants.
The seats will be part of the new Driver Assist Package, which will be available this fall as part of the 2013 XTS, GM said.
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Kinect for Windows 1.5 Coming in May
Following up on their successful Kinect franchise and the recent release of Kinect for Windows, Microsoft just announced the release of Kinect for Windows 1.5 will be hitting the shelves in late May. Version 1.5 boasts some improvements and additions, including better tracking capabilities, more languages for speech recognition and availability in 19 more countries.
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