MythBusters Returns with New Vibe, Casting Changes
One of the favorite TV shows for gadget geeks and techno-nerds will be airing on January 10th. Mythbusters will be returning on the Discovery Channel, but the show will look and feel quite differently this year. The show is returning to its roots as primarily an educational science program and will be missing some familiar cast members.
Now that the show will focus only on Savage and Hyneman, the stakes are arguably higher to produce an educational science show with plenty of action and exciting experiments to keep the audience interested.
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Cadillac to Replace Rearview Mirror with a Video Feed
GM announced this week that in 2016, models of the Cadillac CT6 will replace the ever present rearview mirror with a more efficient wide angle video feed from onboard rear mounted video camera. Undoubtedly this will begin a new race in auto companies attempting to build a bigger and better gadget to impress the new car buyer.
Rearview mirrors with HD camera feeds have been available as aftermarket upgrades for some time, but car manufacturers have yet to make them standard options on their vehicles
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New Final Fantasy XV Trailer Shows Off Road Trip
It's been awhile since we've heard anything at all from Square Enix and the production of Final Fantasy XV. That took a sudden turn this weekend at Japan's Jump Fiesta 2015 when the developers provided us with seven minutes of gameplay. Check it out.
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The Internet Is Coming to Cuba
The once isolated island of Cuba is to become the next country to log onto the Internet and from all information released so far, it will come in a big way. About one quarter of Cubans have access to a state run closed version of the Internet, but that looks to be ready to change since a shift in US policy toward Cuba took place this week.
Cuba's Internet, Press says, is a "greenfield," meaning whatever networks are built won't be encumbered by pre-existing infrastructure, because so little of it exists. That means Cuba could bypass older, slower technologies and leapfrog right to ultra-fast fiber
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Gamer Guilty of Reporting Grand Theft Auto Shooting
This is another result of not having a lifeguard on duty in the gene pool. The latest in a long line of Darwin Award winners is the gamer in the UK who reported a real-life shooting to 911 (999 in the UK) while he was engaged in playing Grand Theft Auto. Please learn to distinguish between VR and real life and step away from the keyboard sir, we think you are done.
The dispatcher sent two ambulances to Helens' house. What the ambulance personnel found was zero dead bodies, zero injuries and one apparent nincompoop.
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Judge: It's OK for Cops to Create Fake Instagram Accounts
For all the crooks out there that just have to have social interaction via Instagram: Beware who you boast to and what you divulge, your new best friend may just be the police. A Federal judge ruled this week that consensual exchanges between the police and unsuspecting felons needs no special search warrant to aid in nabbing a suspect.
No search warrant is required for the consensual sharing of this type of information, United States District Judge William Martini wrote in an opinion published last Tuesday.
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Sony Hack Was 'Cyber Vandalism,' Not Act of War
We can now stand down the Armies, disarm the nukes and go back to DEFCON 5, condition Green for the foreseeable future. Appearing on CNN's State of the Union this morning, President Obama stated that North Korea's alleged cyber-attacks on Sony did not constitute a state of war, but may land North Korea back on the state sponsored terrorist list.
Hours before broadcast of the TV interview, North Korea's powerful National Defense Commission issued a statement that again denied any link with the Sony hack but repeated praise for the action of the hacker group, which used the name "Guardians of Peace."
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5 Waves of Tech Disruption That Are Just Getting Started
Every year about this time, the procrastinators come out of the woodwork predicting what will happen in the near future, technology-wise. How about a long-term vision of what will be taking place in 15-20 years from a think-tank professional that makes some real-world sense.
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2014 Welcomes the Net's New Names
Ring out the old, ring in the new…… Internet top level domain names, and they are some real doozies. I never realized how many wang lovers there were in the world.
With the GTLD expansion, people can identify themselves by profession -- for instance, .photography, .florist, .realtor, .pizza and .plumber. They can indicate where they live or do business -- for instance, .nyc, .paris, .london and .berlin. And they no longer have to rely on Latin-based alphabets and keyboards, which is why the very first new GTLDs that arrived were in Russian, Chinese and Arabic.
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Fox News, Fox Business Removed from Dish
If you are a Dish Network customer and looking for a Fox channel, you're not going to find it until negotiations resume. Talks have broken down between Fox News and Dish Network over disagreement on contract rates and terms. The failure of the negotiations has led to Dish pulling Fox News and Fox Business Network from the lineup. More squabbling over money and the viewers once again pay the price.
"Dish has had a productive relationship with Fox for many years," said Schlichting. "We regret the service disruption to our customers, and remain committed to reaching an agreement that promptly returns this content to Dish's programming lineup."
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Technology Gone Terribly Wrong
An elderly couple were trapped inside their brand new Mazda 3 for 13 hours. The car was equipped with push button starting and keyless entry all controlled by a radio-controlled by a key fob, which was lost. The couple were rescued the next morning by neighbors when the couple was close to death, according to emergency services. Maybe this is a good time to remind senior citizens not to get all of the available bells and whistles on their new cars.
The Otago Daily Times explains that a "series of unfortunate events" and "a combination of stress, night-time, and what they called a lack of information from the salesperson" conspired against the pair.
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Latest Call of Duty DLC Stars Bill Paxton, John Malkovich
It's getting to the point these days where you might choose a game or DLC not by its content, but for who it stars. Case in point: The new Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC will star Bill Paxton, John Malkovich, Jon Bernthal and Rose McGowan in leading character roles.
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Surface Pro 3 Review: Microsoft Proves It's Third Time Lucky
It's still a shocker that Microsoft has hit on a winner with its Surface Pro 3. Microsoft has always had a reputation for being last to the dance and this is no different except in one major area: It clicked. If you are interested in a tablet, check out the in-depth review of Microsoft's winning entry into the market.
By focusing the compromising of the Surface Pro 3 on the already weak areas from the previous Surface devices, Microsoft has created the first Surface Pro that I feel I could offer a general recommendation to the 'average' user.
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Google Fiber Expansion into 34 New Cities Has Been Delayed
Without giving a reason, Google announced that the proposed fiber expansion into 34 new cities and 9 metro areas will be delayed into 2015. Google said it would be in contact with the areas with updates early in 2015.
While we were hoping to have an update for cities before the holidays, we have a bit more work to wrap up; we'll be back in touch sometime early next year.
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