Internet offing bike messengers faster than open car doors

I’ve always wanted to be a bike messenger. It seems so cool – riding around fast in the city, dropping stuff off, getting fit, making a little money, going to special bars where you sit wi

iPhone 2.1 firmware to get better GPS functionality

Turn-by-turn, anyone? Gear Live is reporting that the new 2.1 firmware will have better GPS integration and allow programs to sense the direction you’re moving and your speed which points to fut

Tweenky Brings Gmail's Good Looks To Twitter

Twitter may be experimenting with a new design, but even its new interface still leaves something to be desired. Tweenky, a new mashup that launched in private beta last week, is looking to offer Twit

Scrabble is suing Scrabulous for using too many letters…and that whole Facebook thing

Scrabulous, which has been around for a few years, rocketed in popularity when developers made an application for Facebook. And that caught the eye of Scrabble makers, Hasbro, which recently released

Piczo Launches Pseudo API

Piczo, a social network with a strong teenage following, has launched a new developer platform that allows users to quickly generate content from partner sites while helping brands increase their expo

Review: Beats by Dr. Dre

Writing anything about Monster is fraught with peril. Everyone knows the traditional lime: Monster preys on morons. They sell expensive cables to people who don’t need them and they made a mint

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Atlassian Announces JIRA Studio Hosted With Contegix

Atlassian has announced the availability of their JIRA Studio suite as a hosted Saas service. JIRA Studio is a hosted integration of popular Atlassian products starting with the JIRA issue tracker and

Silent washer/dryer, low-flow toilet, and a heat pump

Here are a few more strange and wonderful inventions from the Far East – this time from the Panasonic Center in Osaka, Japan. First up is a dead-ass silent washer/dryer combo, which I thought was pr

TheFind Launches Its iPhone App In Private Beta

TheFind, a technology-heavy shopping search engine, is introducing an iPhone application for the site that it says should launch on August 4. The application allows users to search for stores in a reg

In-game antipiracy measures for Dragon Quest V on DS

Having some trouble with your copy of Dragon Quest V? Having trouble landing a certain boat, in particular? That may be because you’re a dirty, dirty pirate and Square-Enix knows it. They progra

Does this $500 gaming chair do anything?

I’m skeptical of this chair. The website is chock full of user reviews and in-action type videos, but nowhere does it say what this chair actually does. The idea of a chair on a rocker is certainly

Video: Gary Oldman aka Lt. Jim Gordon outs "The Dark Knight" video game

http://www.g4tv.com/lv3/27261 This better not suck.

Michael Arrington on Charlie Rose: This guy knows iPhone

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-4166135682969279719:726000:1424000&hl=en Our own Michael Arrington joins Wired’s Steven Levy and the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossber

Full Text Of AOL Email: XDrive, AOL Pictures, MyMobile And Bluestring To Shut Down

Below is the full text of the email AOL EVP Kevin Conroy sent out to staff on July 14, outlining the reorganization of his product groups and announcing the “sunsetting” of XDrive, AOL Pic

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This is what would happen if a PSP and Sidekick got it on

A designer by the name of Samuel Lau has created a concept for a new Sony PSP. The idea blends together a Sidekick Slide and a PSP slim. Samuel has made a video of his creation and hopes its gets 50,0

AOL To Shutter A Slew Of Products, EVP Kevin Conroy's Future Uncertain

Update: Full text of email is here. While researching the AOL blogs budget cuts story this afternoon we stumbled on a much bigger story unfolding at AOL. The company is planning to shut down a number

Notes for nerds: meet CrunchGirl

Well, hello there. It looks like I’ll be joining you from time to time to enlighten you on the many moods and musings of fair ladies everywhere, and maybe even attract a few of them (and let&#82

Periodic table table

If you’re an aspiring scientist who happens to be looking for a coffee table, look no further. The periodic table, uh table, is exactly what it sounds like. Made by British Craftsmen in burred oak,
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