Archive for April, 2009

LumiGram’s Cool, Colorful, and Useless Bed Cover Literally Lights Up

We love ill-fated, awesome products that make little to no sense.
In this case, we are talking about fiber-optic bed covers, of course. We couldn’t have been more thrilled to hear from OhGizmo about this delightfully useless offering from manufacturer LumiGram.


Wedding’s Off! Facebook Fiance Busted for Wearing Boob Hat

Facebook strikes again! Crouching patiently in wait for one of its members to show a lapse in judgment, Facebook attacks, getting the victim fired or arrested before sparking an ensuing media frenzy. The most recent victim, a philandering Italian lothario, lost his soon-to-be wife because of Facebook ignorance, or arrogance, according to Asylum.


PlayStation: The Console That Almost Wasn’t

Maybe it just shows what big dorks we are, but we were fascinated the whole way through Edge-Online’s ‘The Making Of: PlayStation‘ article. Some of you may be more than happy to accept that PlayStation exists and never give it any more thought. Others, however, might be interested to know some of the quirks and […]


Sony debuts connected BRAVIA Z5500 LCD HDTV line

And the hits just keep on comin’. Shortly after Sony introduced its connected BRAVIA W-Series to the world, in flies yet another trio: the Z5500 line.


Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 impressions, insights, and expectations

As you may or may not know, Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 has been officially handed out to MSDN and TechNet subscribers today, and there are plans to unleash the heavily-hyped OS to the waiting public at large come May 5th. We had a chance to sit down with reps from Microsoft to discuss the […]


Nokia throws up “pre-order soon” logo on US N97, drives the kids crazy

Thanks to the always revealing FCC, we knew good and well Nokia’s painfully expensive N97 had Carolina (and probably the other states, to be fair) on its mind,


NES gamepad mouse is the most amazing piece of industrial design in the history of humankind

Apparently as of right now, this stunning piece of high art is just a foam model mock-up, but listen to us, mouse manufacturers of the world: if you build this,


Customers Find Rocks, Bricks Instead of Nintendo DS, MacBook Pro

There seems to be a recurring theme here: person goes into store to buy expensive new electronic item, goes home, opens package and finds rocks instead. According to Tampa’s WTSP-TV, Lake Wales, Florida resident Jodi Wykle’s son got quite a birthday surprise when he ripped open the wrapping of his new Nintendo DS, only to […]


Peter Moore: EA Sports Active is a ‘platform’

EA Sports president Peter Moore spoke to VG247 about the state of the economy, offering careful statements about layoffs, sequelitis, and PC releases of sports franchises. But of everything happening at EA Sports, Moore had the most to say about the upcoming Wii exercise program, EA Sports Active.


Samsung Vice Arriving at Bell May 8th and 20th

The Samsung Vice has been rumored to be launching on Bell in the near future, but we haven’t had any dates to share. Thankfully, today we have just that, a few launch dates from our pals over at MobileSyrup.