Target must be pissed. The company approaches the holidays with new gift cards that have a built-in 1.2-megapixel digital camera and what does its competitor, Best Buy, do? Best Buy tries a different route with gift cards that have speakers built in to them. While not nearly as cool as Target’s concept, Best Buy has gotten this far by offering ...
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Gmail Chat Gets Voice And Video Chat
Alright! Gmail is no longer just providing the most convenient email and chat service on the Internet, it’s now launching voice and video chat right in the browser. Now you’ll be able to speak visually to your favorite foreign exchange students with the click of a button. It’s simple to set up, too. All you’ve got to do is download ...
Read More »Japanese Version Of Fallout 3: The Bomb Never Happened
Fallout 3 is about to hit Japan’s store shelves and news has emerged claiming that the developers, Bethesda Softworks, have made changes to the game to more comfortably appeal to the Japanese market. You can probably guess from here what changes have been made, but just in case your a little rusty on your history, I’ll tell you.
Read More »Play With Your Food, It’s Artistic
Who ever said that playing with your food is bad manners clearly lacked the artistic talent the creators behind this apple possess. Even cats enjoy playing with their food right before they eat it, because playing with prey is fun. Bookofjoe has posted a slew of imaginative creations made up from everyday consumables. Click the link to see more and ...
Read More »McDonalds Gets A New Look In Japan
Before you argue that McDonalds is not tech-related, check at your waistline. Now that that’s settled, let’s talk burger. McDonalds is trying a radical new concept of selling in Japan. See, it just brought the Quarter Pounder over and in an effort to promote it better and more efficiently, two McDonalds stores were rebranded into Quarter Pounder only stores. You’ll ...
Read More »Blogger Pleads Guilty To Uploading GNR Tracks
Remember Kevin Cogill? He’s the Guns N’ Roses fan that leaked Chinese Democracy songs early and now is paying big time for it. His favorite band hates him and to top it all off he’s facing five years jail time just for promoting Guns N’ Roses’ latest album. Now Kevin has agreed to a plea bargain in the case and ...
Read More »Blackberry Storm Pricing Leaked
Over on Howard Forums, a cellphone forum I stopped going to years ago, some kind stranger was nice enough to leak a screenshot of some placeholder pages on Verizon Wireless‘ website. The Blackberry 9530 Storm is going to cost $219 with a two-year contract and a killer $519 if you decide to pay month-to-month. A one-year contract upgrade will net ...
Read More »Food Chain Friends Are Morbidly Cute
What if I told you, the overworked mother, I could teach your child about science and let them enjoy some quality playtime simultaneously? I’m sure you’d burst into tears and start thanking me but I can’t take credit for this. The Food Chain Friends are a cute series of stuffed animals that eat each other and do it quite well. ...
Read More »Allow Me To Pay You With Spider.gif
I spotted this on Tumblr last week, so I thought I’d share it with you guys. It’s the tale of a man trying to settle a debt by paying with a drawing of a spider. You’ve got to read this shit to believe it. I haven’t the slightest idea of where to begin… Link
Read More »Circuit City Files For Bankruptcy
I really don’t see much of a future for Circuit City. If it’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, replacing CEOs, closing stores and losing cash, explain to me how the company is supposed to survive. Says Bloomberg: On Sept. 29, Circuit City reported a loss of $239.2 million that was more than triple from a year earlier after sales fell ...
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