Ben Krasnow, who lists himself as a Hacker Extraordinaire at video game company Valve, apparently decided to built a demonstration hybrid rocket engine in his free time. That, or Valve’s getting into the jetpack business. I’m secretly hoping for the latter (after all, aren’t they’re getting into the hardware game?), but don’t hold your breath....
Daily Archives: September 24, 2012
Steve Wozniak Would Like To Become An Australian Citizen, But It’s Got Nothing To Do With Taxes…
AP Another high-profile departure from the US? The Australian Financial Review is reporting that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak would like to become an Australian citizen. But unlike others, who have sought foreign citizenship for financial reasons, that’s not the case with Woz. Mr Wozniak told The Australian Financial Review in Sydney that he had...
SevOne: The Dismal And Hopeful State Of Data Center Performance
The data center is a mess. They consist of old physical networks, endless snarls of cables and storage boxes the size of refrigerators that stand in contrast to the comparable elegant world of the web. We love the web. The data centers … not so much. But a new study by SevOne gives a...
Well, It’s Clear The Market Doesn’t Think There’s An iPhone Demand Problem… (AAPL)
AP Lines are for sheep. The crazy ones just wait a few weeks. See Also CHART OF THE DAY: This Chart Spells Out Just How Disappointing Apple’s iPhone 5 Sales Really Are Doug Kass Has 10 Reasons Why Investors Should Worry About Apple Foxconn Factory Closed After Massive Brawl Involving 2000 Workers And 5000...
Facebook’s New Timeline Event Lets You Share You’re Registered To Vote, Links To Registration Sites
If you see your friends are registered to vote, you might register too and be more likely to actually cast your ballot. So in hopes of making us better citizens, Facebook now lets you declare you’re “registered to vote” through a new Timeline event. U.S. residents can use the personalized shortcut link in Facebook’s announcement...
The cybersecurity circus comes full circle: Lieberman calls for mandatory standards in executive order
Words cannot contain my mirth. Today in a letter, Senator Lieberman called on the President to include mandatory cybersecurity standards in his potential executive order on the issue. Before we dig too far into exactly what this means, why it is funny, and how in fact we have come full circle on this issue,...
Pandora now works on 600 different consumer devices
Pandora’s streaming music service now works on 600 consumer electronics devices, according to CEO Joe Kennedy, who spoke at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference held earlier this month. He pointed out that in addition to mobile — Pandora is on half of the U.S. smartphones — his company is looking at cars as its...
YouTube for iPad: Here’s a great alternative app for iOS6
It’s been a few days since Apple started to make iOS 6 available to the general public, and the absence of any kind of YouTube app has caught many iPad users by surprise. Sure, Google launched its very own YouTube app for iOS almost two weeks ago – but that app is optimized for...
Justin Timberlake Is Bringing Myspace Back To The Desktop, Where No One Will Use It [Video]
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Myspace is back. It even has a pre-launch page where you can put your email address. In case you need a desktop-focused social network for sharing cool things you like that isn’t already called Pinterest, this is the day you’ve been waiting for. You probably don’t, though. In an earnest, all-caps tweet from newly...
Food delivery site Pedidos Ya expands in Latin America to compete against Peixe Urbano
Food delivery website Pedidos Ya now operates in Peru and in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, Brazilian blog Webholic reports. Following its expansion, the Uruguayan startup is now operating in seven Latin American territories – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay. Pedidos Ya currently boasts a database of over 4,000 restaurants, including 200...