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  • Simply Say 'Siri': How Automakers Can Integrate Apple's 'Eyes Free'
    Apple's announcement that Siri is coming "Eyes Free" into cars left more questions than answers at WWDC this week. But after talking with automakers, examining how voice controls are currently embedded in vehicles and looking at Apple's own patent filing for a steering wheel-mounted remote, we have a clearer view of how Apple's personal assistant will integrate into your next ride.
    06.15.12
  • IBM Overcomes Apple Secrecy to Stream US Open
    Even IBM is fed up with Apple¿s famously secretive approach to new hardware and software. This weekend, as the world¿s best golfers are competing at the US Open in San Francisco, Big Blue is teaming with the US Golf Association to offer both mobile and web apps that let fans follow the action.
    06.15.12
  • Review: 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid Is a Pleasant Populist
    Until I passed the radar-equipped eye of the local constabulary, nobody had noticed the Toyota Camry I was driving. "Do you know how fast you were going?" the officer predictably asked. I was dumbfounded -- before I'd been pulled over, the drive had been a total blur. Outside of speed traps, the Camry beats Buster Bluth ...
    06.15.12
  • App Lets Friends Catch 'Glympse' of Mercedes A-Class Owners
    For social media¿s most ardent adherents, there¿s no such thing as oversharing. We¿re not convinced that anyone cares that you just liked Frank Bacon on Facebook, tweeted some mundane thought that twitched through your brain, Instagrammed moody snapshots of your surroundings or checked in on Four Square at a hipster watering hole where you can ...
    06.15.12
  • Xbox SmartGlass Is Next-Generation Universal Remote
    SmartGlass promises to turn any smart phone or tablet computer into a touch screen controller for the Xbox 360. This not only makes finding and selecting media easier, and complements the 360's controller, motion and voice control options, but adds a whole raft of new interactions once your movie, music or videogame has been launched. More than that though it will run on pretty much any smartphone or tablet, making use of whichever device you already have in your living room.
    06.15.12
  • Accuracy, Speed, and Comfort on iPad With Wacom Bamboo Stylus
    There are two things I still don't like about a touchscreen... one is accuracy and the other is the difficulty in drawing or writing on screen. I've used a stylus on the iPad before; I cannot remember which brand it was, but it most definitely was NOT the Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad. That's because I didn't enjoy using it as much as I have the Bamboo Stylus.
    06.15.12
  • Think the iPhone Is Cute? Check Out This Cell Phone Nesting Doll
    The nine nesting cell phones in Kyle Bean¿s Mobile Evolution are a new take on an old toy, by a young artist interpreting an evolving industry. From 1984 to about 2010, as mobile phones gradually took over the world, leaps in cellular technology allowed phones to shrink, while processing power exploded. Bean, a British artist, was interested in the phenomenon, and started collecting old phones from a local junk shop. Placing them beside each other, he drew an unusual parallel ¿ to him they looked like the old Russian nesting dolls, or Matryoshka dolls, that have been resurging in new variations.
    06.14.12
  • The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable
    This week, Apple delivered the highly anticipated MacBook Pro with Retina Display ¿ and the tech world is buzzing. I took one apart yesterday because I run iFixit, a team responsible for high-resolution teardowns of new products and DIY repair guides. We disassemble and analyze new electronic gizmos so you don¿t have to ¿ kind of like an internet version of Consumer Reports.
    06.14.12
  • Download the GeekDad Song For Free For Father's Day
      To celebrate Father's Day this weekend, you can download the GeekDad song for free! Just click the Download button on the player above. If you're viewing this post in a feed reader, just click here for the free download: The GeekDad Song This song was co-written with the magnificent GeekDad Z. from the Hipster, please! blog. If you like ...
    06.14.12
  • Kick Off: The History of The Beautiful Game
    Football is a sport with a very long and complex history, and the Kick Off app from Leading Brands teaches us all about it. Taking the form of a virtual magazine or e-book Kick Off features photographs and embedded videos covering the history of football from 2BC - 1962AD.
    06.14.12
  • MacBook Pro With Retina Display Torn Down, Virtually Unfixable
    Those who throw down more than two grand for a new MacBook Pro with Retina Display will have a hell of a time trying to fix their notebook should anything go amiss. iFixit's latest teardown reveals the newest member of the MacBook Pro line is the "least-repairable laptop" the team has ever had to tear ...
    06.13.12
  • How Apple Doomed Ping
    Ping is dead. Apple's fumbling of its Facebook relationship, steaming model and other things doomed the social music service ¿ and point toward how the company can succeed in the future.
    06.13.12
  • Hands-On With the Super Slim MacBook Pro With Retina Display
    The MacBook Pro is Apple's top-of-the-line notebook powerhouse. With a trimmer profile, super-high-resolution display, and drool-worthy internal specs, the company's latest entrant to the Pro line marks itself as a force to be reckoned with. Here are our hands-on impressions.
    06.13.12
  • Start Your Engines — Slot Car Racing Is Back!
    Invented in 1912, the small-scale, obsessive sport of slot car racing has seen its ups and downs over the last hundred years. The hobby, in which motorized model cars speed around a slotted track, enjoyed its height of popularity after World War II, then sputtered in the '70s with the introduction of Pong and other videogames. The public arcades where hobbyists could race have largely been wiped off the map, but an estimated three million slot car enthusiasts still rev their tiny engines in basements and garages.
    06.13.12
  • House of Marley: Headphones and Earbuds With Exceptional Sound
    The House of Marley makes earbuds, headphones and audio systems all inspired by Bob Marley. How do they do that? By focusing on delivering high quality products through an environmentally friendly and cause-minded company. Using reggae as the benchmark for their audio testing, they strive for a rich bass sound that won't distort or loose integrity at higher volumes. Their aim is to balance that rich bass so the highs aren't drowned out and every voice and instrument is clear and discernible.
    06.13.12
  • Demon's Score Brings Back That Old iNiS Rhythm
    LOS ANGELES -- Tucked into a corner of the Electronic Entertainment Expo show floor last week, almost invisible, was a game that represents something a small fan base has been begging for for years.
    06.12.12
  • Fathers Day Gift Guide ¿ For the Kid at Heart
    I'm lucky to have a husband who is a kid at heart because it makes shopping for him easy and fun. Most of the time, I can get his presents at my local toy store or comic book shop. It was this unique trait that inspired me to put together the ultimate Father's Day gift guide for the kid at heart. So, without further adieu, I give you the gift guide for the dad who prefers transformers over ties and Legos over soap on a rope.
    06.12.12
  • Grief for a Thief
    The TiGr drops something new on would-be bike rustlers -- it's an oddly shaped, super-strong bike lock made of titanium.
    06.12.12


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