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June is almost upon us, folks. There could be a new Mac or a new iPhone and the iPhone 3.0 OS is about to drop. Exciting! Even more so is that Apple is now having developers test its push-notification service. The Associated Press news app is the first to use it and if you have an ADC account, you can ...

Touch? Touch is new school and us steampunk aficionados don’t like no stinkin’ touch! This old school iPod features the steampunking work of one Neal Bridgens. Adding wood, brass and copper to the device, he transformed Apple’s beloved music player into an ancient creation. It was created from scratch and if you have enough cash, Neal will whip one up ...

Sprint and Palm just let the cat out of the bag: Come June 6th, you’ll be able to pick up a supposedly “decent” rival to the iPhone. The Pre will cost $199.99 after contract agreements and rebates, and will be sold Radio Shack, Best Buy and Walmart. Awesome? I guess, but does anyone use Sprint? I have zero friends with ...

Ahh, a long and eventful weekend brings us to the week preceding Memorial Day weekend. Bet you can’t wait. A song worth 99 cents on iTunes iPods with cameras? When pigs fly The Sims 3 has leaked like a broken faucet Sony’s latest offering of DSLRs Kinda gross Cycling in NYC is evolving more and more Microsoft and its magical ...

PSP owners have been patient long enough! Finally, a Rock Band title is coming to the console in the form of Rock Band Unplugged. Were you hoping this would include exclusive MTV Unplugged versions of songs by your favorite 1990s bands? Hopefully not, ’cause that’s just not the case with Harmonix’s latest rocker game. But judging by the tracklist, not ...

Now that you’ve gotten your fill of Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic Fallout 3, why not take the action out of the living room and into your local park. Wander the playground with this homemade steampunk raygun. It shoots radiation shots of some sort and may or may not give you throat cancer. If you want to make your own, it’ll take awhile ...

LEGOs aren’t reserved to building cocks and sunglasses, you know. The latest series of building bricks revolved around architecture at its finest and begins with the new Frank Lloyd Wright collection. In case you forgot, Wright is that camous contemporary architect who did the Fallingwater house. Look real closely at the above image and it should start to all make ...

Here’s a game I have to speak up about. I recently downloaded the demo of UFC 2009 Undisputed on PSN. Since then, my roommates and I have not been able to put down the PS3 controllers because this game is really fun. Excellent graphics, huge knockouts and real UFC announcers make playing this title a real pleasure. I love knocking ...

The word “Testarossa” has a certain ring to it that makes any man worthy of the title smile. Long a favorite Ferrari model by collectors, this 1957 Ferrari 250 Testarossa is the pinnacle of luxury. It recently sold for $12.2 million at an auction in Italy. There’s only 22 of them in existence and fashion mogul Ralph Lauren owns two ...

There’s no rule that says your house has to use some standard font when it comes to the numbers that hang on your door to identify your address. So spurge a little and plunk down $6 a number for these pixelated, gamer numbers from Art Lebedev. Great coloring completes the look and even from afar your house will already look ...