Monthly Archives: February 2011

Joining its Intel-powered 100W cousin at CeBIT this week is MSI’s WindPad 110W, basically an AMD Brazos-powered remix of the original with a slightly different design. You’ve got an optical pad on the upper part of the right bezel that … Continue reading →

Dieter Volkers’ Door Claxon is a beautifully clever combination of a doorknob and a doorbell. Or rather, a doorhorn. At first the Netherlands-based designer’s handle looks like little more than whimsy, but look again. First, it’s plain fun to have … Continue reading →

Though we played with ASUS’ Android-powered Eee Pad MeMO back at CES, the company spilled a couple new secrets here at CeBIT today: first, it’ll be running Honeycomb by the time it launches in June — current prototypes are running … Continue reading →

Consumer Reports claims the Verizon iPhone 4 exhibits signal loss when held in a specific way, similar to the problems seen in the AT&T iPhone 4 last year. More Verizon iPhone coverage on Wired.com: Review: Verizon iPhone Hands-On With the Verizon … Continue reading →

Apple has just announced that its recurring subscription plans will not only be available to magazine-type apps. Any content-based app, such as Hulu, Netflix or Spotify will be able to take advantage of Apple’s App Store billing system. The plot … Continue reading →

This game had me at the intro. I usually don’t care for the intros many of these games have; I often tend to skip them, even if it sometimes means not understanding the game as well as I could. But … Continue reading →

Banshee has been one of the top Linux media players for ages, and now the venerable audio and video app has officially made its way to Windows. The first alpha release of Banshee for Windows is now available for download, … Continue reading →

With nothing more than the most tantalizing of teasers, the Opera team has just announced that an early build of Opera 11.10, codenamed Barracuda, will emerge “in the near future.” As far as Barracuda’s feature set is concerned, all we … Continue reading →

Sticks is another one of those rare games where the intro is actually worth watching. It introduces you to office worker Bob, who is basically a wage slave fantasizing about a better existence. Then, on his way back home from … Continue reading →

On January 7, 2010 I was ushered into a small private dinner with Secretary Hillary Clinton at the State Department along with the inventor of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google and a few others. We were there … Continue reading →