27 Jul 10
The Chevy Volt Is Now Officially On Sale For $41K MSRP Minus Up To A $7,500 Tax Credit →

The Chevy Volt: $41,000. GM finally went live with the second to last piece of the Chevy Volt puzzle and select dealers are ready to take orders with delivery expected “later this year.” After…
27 Jul 10
Amazon Now Taps Into Facebook For Social Product Recommendations →

It appears that Amazon has rolled out a new social feature integrating Facebook into your recommendations. If you go your recommendations, Using Facebook Connect, Amazon will now serve you…
27 Jul 10
Microsoft Releases Power Counter for Green Consumers →

Always on the cutting edge of “stuff that goes onto your power meter in the basement and you forget about” technology, Microsoft and Blue Line Innovations have teamed up to release the Hohm…
27 Jul 10
Facebook Instant Account Destruction, at Last [Facebook] →

Facebook Instant Account Destruction, at LastIf you were convinced by the top 10 reasons you should quit Facebook (and then some more), here are some good news for you and every privacy defender in the planet: Facebook is testing …
27 Jul 10
Lookout’s App Genome Project Identifies iPhone And Android App Security Threats →

Lookout, a company that offers security data backup services for smartphones, is announcing the results of its App Genome Project, a continued effort to map and study mobile applications to…
27 Jul 10
Stieg Larsson is the first author to reach one million books sold on the Amazon Kindle store →

The only Larsson I’ve ever heard of is Henrik Larsson, so clearly I’m out of the loop with regards to this Stieg Larsson fellow. The Swedish author has become the first author to sell…
27 Jul 10
Joseph Gordon Levitt and His Hair Rule the New 'Hesher' Clip →


If not for Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt would have been the best part of Inception. JGL’s portrayal of the clean-cut and no-nonsense Arthur has finally shown mainstream audiences…
27 Jul 10
Cricket and Kyocera launch first Android phone next month →

Cricket Wireless just put up the pre-sale page for their first Android phone, the Kyocera Zio, and our sources tell us the device will go on sale August 15 with a special $55 unlimited rate…
27 Jul 10
Apple on the defensive: Jailbreaking your iPhone may be legal but it’ll still void your warranty →


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No idea how this will fly in court, but here we go. Apple says that jailbreaking your iPhone, while now as legal as can be, will still void your warranty. Besides, said…
27 Jul 10
Verizon’s High-End Android Phones to Receive FroYo August 6th? →

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FroYo rumors still swirl about as most (translation: all phones besides the Nexus One) Android handsets have yet to be upgraded to the latest version. As it’s been suggested before, Verizon…
27 Jul 10
The Return of Nigel Lythgoe: All Change at 'American Idol'? →

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Nigel Lythgoe, May 2010Two years after he quit, Nigel Lythgoe may be set to return to ‘American Idol,’ and word is that he’s ready to clean house.

According to ‘The Hollywood…
27 Jul 10
Apple Magic Trackpad official, shipping now for $69 →

It’s not like Apple could very well keep it a secret anymore, so today we’re being treated to the official unveiling of the Magic Trackpad. This wireless touch input receptacle —…
27 Jul 10
Turn an Older iPhone Into a Prepaid Voice and Data Unit [Reuse] →

Turn an Older iPhone Into a Prepaid Voice and Data UnitAdd one more item to the list of creative uses of an old iPhone: set it up as a contract-free, pay-as-you-go voice and data unit. AT&T doesn’t officially support it, but converting your…
27 Jul 10
Interpad Tablet Features 10-inch Screen, Android 2.2, and Tegra 2 Chip →


At this point it seems like there are more rumors about Android tablets than phones. However, with dozens in the pipeline, none of them appear to be on the level of that…
26 Jul 10
5 Ways to Preserve Zucchini →

One of the plants that I make sure to include in my garden every year is zucchini, mostly because as long as you stick the seeds in the ground and wave a hose past it every couple…