Daily Archives: December 31, 2011

Don’t Waste Your Money On This Terrible Remake Of The Classic Megaman X

December 31, 2011
Don’t Waste Your Money On This Terrible Remake Of The Classic Megaman X

Image: Business Insider / Matthew Lynley See Also: The U.S. Patent Office’s Tribute To Steve Jobs Is A Series Of Giant iPhones Anyone Else Having Problems With Apple’s iMessage? This $25 Computer (Yes, Computer!) Will Be Available Next Month Megaman X is a classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up game that has withstood the test of time...

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Ambitious unlimited music startup Beyond Oblivion closes down before launch

December 31, 2011

Beyond Oblivion, a New York-based startup with an innovative take on the idea of unlimited music, has closed it doors before its product had even launched, the Financial Times reports . The idea behind Beyond Oblivion’s Boinc service was that it would remove the need for users to have to pay a monthly subscription...

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Swedish brown bear cubs’ birth to be live-streamed to the world

December 31, 2011
Swedish brown bear cubs’ birth to be live-streamed to the world

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) can be found across northern Eurasia and North America. It weighs from between 300 to 780 kilograms (660 to 1,700 lb) and its largest subspecies, the Kodiak Bear, rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear family. Although the brown bear’s global spread has shrunk, it...

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Keeping Up With The Normals

December 31, 2011
Keeping Up With The Normals

The holidays for most people who read this site involve answering a cornucopia of tech support questions for their relatives. Honestly, I’ve watched friends field the most frustrating 45 minute IT department-level questions during holiday time with the family, which inevitably devolves into more of those types of conversations in between, “Pass the gravy.”...

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Developers finally bring iOS apps to Apple TV, but it’s a work in progress

December 31, 2011
Developers finally bring iOS apps to Apple TV, but it’s a work in progress

Whilst Apple TV owners have their own frustrations with the lack of certain features on their Apple TV set-top boxes, perhaps the biggest frustration was that Apple hadn’t upgraded its latest release to run a number of iOS applications. Showing the true spirit of the iOS development community, this particular feature has been delivered,...

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That was quick: Google pulls “Official” Siri for Android app

December 31, 2011
That was quick: Google pulls “Official” Siri for Android app

Just hours after it emerged that “official” Siri for Android applications had made their way onto Google’s Android Market, the search giant has not only pulled the offending app but has also removed all apps by controversial app developer “Official App”. If Android device owners perform a search for the application, a number of...

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12 stories to read this weekend

December 31, 2011
12 stories to read this weekend

So here we are — the last day of 2011 and the end of the first year of me writing my occasional newsletter, Om Says. Being on a break, I decided to not read the web and instead go analog and read a lot of books to nourish my mind. For me, it was...

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