Yesterday evening, while idly browsing the web, I stumbled upon the video of a Scottish rapper named “TheChielMeister”. Apart from being totally unintelligible to my ear (Can anyone translate what he says in the comments?), the guy made me think of Half-life 2′s Father Grigori. Check him out below! The desperate plight of a Moray [...]
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 [...]
For those of you looking for a very cheap digital camcorder, Amazon.com has the Flip Video Ultra today for only $54.99, shipping included. That’s around 63% off its normal retail value. Technical Details: Simple to use, pocket-sized camcorder with one-touch recording and digital zoom Holds 30 minutes of full VGA-quality video on 1GB of built-in [...]
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 [...]
Excuse me Wolfram Alpha, but, are you Skynet? [Via Gizmodo | Wolfram Alpha]
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] One of the oddities of the television world is the “midseason series,” so called because it airs a little out of sync with most of the primetime eye candy. Such shows are a kind of wild card because they can fill in gaps and allow more eccentric shows a [...]
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 [...]
The best thing about this old Mac ad? Clearly it has to be that guy’s beard… and his dazzling dance moves. You have to admit, these moves are really something!
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Yesterday, Microsoft tweeted, and for once, the internet listened. That’s because their tweet went something like this: “Here it is, the *official word* on Windows 7 general availability: In stores starting October 22nd! Details at http://bit.ly/ccSyd ^MS” That’s right, after much speculation and an initial launch date of January [...]
We all know what P2P and FTP are – but did you know that with P2P you can transfer a file to someone else using only your browser? Huh? I hope I didn’t lose you! For those of you interested in transferring files from one computer to another over the Internet, there is a interesting new [...]
Yesterday, Microsoft released its first Bing TV commercial, and even though the search engine is still in beta, Redmond has started advertising it anyways. We’ve embedded the video below, for your viewing pleasure. Am I only one who thinks that “Bing” is a silly name for a search engine? But then again, when Google first [...]
