Yesterday, Microsoft released 3 new Bing commercials trying to sell the idea that the new search engine is there to prevent search overload syndrome by making sure you find the answers you need to the questions you ask. Google already does that just fine as far as I’m concerned, and while Bing returns relevant results […]
The video games biggest annual shindig, E3 (Entertainment Electronic Expo) concludes today, and there’s plenty of news for games fans. Several stories we covered at the rumor stage have now been confirmed by official launches, including a hands-free control system for the Xbox 360 and a new version of the PSP made smaller by the […]
In a world-first breakthrough, UNSW medical researchers have used stem cells cultured on a simple contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of a range of blinding conditions. The technique could also apparently be adapted for use in other organs, such as the skin, because the skin behaves in a very similar manner to the […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] A Harvard Business School study on Twitter usage reveals some interesting patterns with respect to men and women. First of all, there are slightly more women than men on Twitter – 55% to 45%. However, men have 15% more followers than women. And moreover, men are twice as likely […]
Voted as best short film at the New York Comedy Film Festival, The Astounding World of the Future takes a tongue-in-cheek look at some amazingly accurate mid-20th century predictions of the year 2000. [Via Neatorama]
If you’re the type of person who forwards email chain letters, you better watch your back, because you might be the next victim of… The Spam Police!
Yesterday, as part of Microsoft’s E3 presentation, the company unveiled Project Natal, the much rumored motion controller we’ve told you about a few weeks ago. If you think the Wii and its Wiimote were the next best thing since sliced bread, boy will you be in for a shock when you see how this thing […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Most of the issues that I’ve had with the iPhone involved altercations with the carrier, AT&T, but my opinion of the device increased a little today when I discovered an unexpected perk: it’s more durable than I thought. The iPhone below survived being run over by my father’s Chevy […]
First the good news. It’s the new Commodore 128PC. A computer breakthrough with all the power of its competition at half the price. The commodore 128PC has the same memory as the IBM PCJr or the Apple IIc. It has 80 column color capability. The IBM PCjr doesn’t. It’s expandable to 512K of memory. The […]
Did you know that Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, went live this morning? Redmond dubs its new service as a decision engine, and after using it for an hour, I have to agree with them. I decided that I liked Google more… for now. What I find really strange is that everything Bing does, it […]