Archive for December, 2009
Your chocobo Avatar pet is in the mail
Last month — utilizing the spamming power of Twitter — Microsoft and Square Enix partnered to offer Xbox Live users a free baby chocobo pet for their Avatars if they registered their Gamertags during the social media promotion. After weeks of waiting for the marketing plan to run its course, codes for the tiny companion […]
Online bookmark service Instapaper gets a facelift
Over the last year, I’ve almost entirely abandoned browser bookmarks - instead switching to Instapaper: the service that lets you save webpages for reading later, whether in the browser or via the service’s handy iPhone app.
Top Gear Cool Wall lands in iTunes app store
The Top Gear Cool Wall ranks cars in four categories, from Seriously Uncool to Sub Zero (which is really, really cool), using a highly unscientific method that no one can get an exact grip on. If you’re hooked on trying to figure out whether a car is beyond uncool, like the Fiat Panda, or Sub […]
Sony Vaio T makes a comeback, and this time it’s a CULV with major battery life
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The previously phased out 11.1-inch Sony Vaio T has shown back up over at Sony Style Japan. The good news is that this time,
Report: Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated game of 2009
Last year, TorrentFreak awarded Spore the dubious title of Most Pirated Game of 2008 — this year, the victor (by an overwhelming margin) is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. According to the torrent news site’s calculations,
Plug-in Adapter from Unitec Converts SATA to USB 3.0
A new adapter listed on online store usb.brando.com, the UNITEK USB 3.0 to SATA Adapter (Y-1034) promises to be an interesting accessory.
Intel has no plans for quad 32nm cores
According to the latest roadmap, Intel doesnt plan on releasing any 32nm quad cores in 2010. The quad-core roadmap is filled with either Nehalem or Lynnfield based 45nm quads and at this time, there are no any indications that 2010 will get a new 32nm quad.
First 32nm processor is days from introduction and this is […]
2009 data breach hall of shame
We’ll throw this in the “Whoops” category.
ComputerWorld took some time to outline some of the best (or worst?) data security breaches of 2009. While the actual events might not have been too funny to the people involved, the blunders the technology world has dealt with are pretty comical now that they’re safely resolved.
Some of the […]
REPORT: FIA President Jean Todt to push forward with green F1 technology
Says Jean Todt, newly-appointed president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), “I am convinced that we absolutely must reflect the environment with new technologies.” With that statement, it would appear that at least some of the direction of former FIA president Max Mosley will stay intact.
NHTSA launches distracted driving website. Check it at home, please
Distracted driving is becoming a very real concern in the age of texting, cell phones, touch screen navigation and fast food. So what is a government to do to stop the madness? New laws? More police enforcement? Maybe at some point, but for now the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has created a new website […]
