Tech News October 29, 2009
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Name Lance Ulanoff
Location New York, NY
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Bio Editor-in-Chief, PCMag.com, amateur cartoonist and robotics fan.
Sample Tweet: “ Searched for Elton John on Google’s Music search http://bit.ly/3VmKgX Now I’m playing a full version of Tiny Dancer (thanks Lala!). #pcmsw“
Facts of the Day
The highest paid director in Britain in 2001 was Sir Christopher Gent, chief executive of Vodafone, who was paid 6.9 million pound for his labours. This amounts to £20,000 every day of the year, including weekends.
Quote of the Day
“I hope that when I die, people say about me, ‘Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money’.” Jack Handey
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Website 2.0 Tool
Scoodi
A “free to list” and “free to trade” service that helps you and your community get the most out of the things you own and the things that people around you own. Scoodi does this by connecting you locally and giving you some great trading tools. (link to page . . .)
Free Tech Magazines
Tech Video
Tech & Science News
Awesome Science
Brand-new, hi-tech, super-powerful telescope looks 7 billion years into the past and picks out two discrete gamma ray photons, leading scientists to only one conclusion: “Einstein still rules” (UPI . . .)
Touchy Concept
That is one sweet ass-speaker, rubbing makes it louder. (gizmodo.com . . .)
Bite Be Gone
Chemical discovered that attracts mosquitoes to humans. Preorder through your local Avon lady. (labspaces . . .)
No RIP
Tweeters submitting questions for spirits of dead celebrities as part of the world’s first Twitter seance or “tweance”. Kurt Cobain wants you to know that poop is coming out (cnet . . .)
Obsessive Search Goes Tech
Headline: “Bigfoot enthusiasts go high tech”. Article: “GPS navigators, voice recorders, cameras and plaster of Paris. Have you tried Google? (canoe . . .)
If Wishes Come True
Legendary video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto wishes there was more Star Fox love. (kotaku . . .)
Next Time, Think it Through
Tech inventions that their inventors regretted. Includes Comic Sans (gizmodo . . .)
TMI, TMI!!!
The researchers are not sure why these bats engage in fellatio (mongabay . . .)
Fun?
A video game where you play a terrorist massacring innocent civilians in an airport for three and a half minutes is upsetting people? Weird (game politics . . .)
Is It that Bad
New wink glasses will mist up every five seconds, in case blinking have become an unbearable chore you just have no time for (telegraph . . .)
Nanny 911
International Nannies Association upset with new Dante’s Inferno videogame. Apparently, they have a problem with the idea of killing unbaptized babies for the sake of an Xbox Achievement (ina . . . )
The Answer, No
Are they just stringing us along? Do they have enough rope this time? Ares I-X launch part twine (nasa . . .)
*cough* *cough* *cough*
640k infected sites should be enough for anyone. I am just wondering when I can take a sick day because my computer has a virus. (the register . . .)
A Huge Find
Remains of giant sea beast discovered on British coast: “This is the most powerful predator that has existed… In fact, a T-Rex would be breakfast for this” (the sun . . )
iRobot
An armada of robots may soon explore the solar system. They’ll be able to “think on their own, identify possible hazards, determine areas of interest and prioritize targets for a close-up look”. Insert Doctor Who reference (universe today . . .)
Ubuntu 9.10 Today!!
Forget Windows 7 and take a look at Karmic Koala (lifehacker . . .)
Paid Subscription Tech Magazines
Online Gaming
The Lord of the Rings Online has quickly established itself as the emerging leader and was named the PC MMO Game of the Year 2007 by the editorial staff of GameSpy and PC Game of the Year 2007 at the 25th Annual Golden Joystick awards. The New York Times proclaimed The Lord of the Rings Online “a major achievement of interactive storytelling, the first game truly worthy of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ franchise and a must-play for just about anyone with an interest in Tolkien or the future of online entertainment.”
Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.
Funny Commercials
Website Pick
Absurd and Picture is Unrelated
This website is about pictures that don’t make sense! We strive to find the strange moments of human life captured in photographic form and showcase them on our site as a testament to the absurdity of life. (link to site . . .)
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