Good news! VLC is back on iOS tomorrow. It had been pulled by Apple back in 2011, but VideoLAN thinks it’s got everything worked out with copyright holders this time. Hopefully it’s here for good this time around. [TNW]
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Sprint just recently announced that it will be offering the HTC 8XT on July 19th, but it turns out it’s not the only option for those interested the phone. Upstart Ting has just announced that it is now taking pre-orders for the device, making it the first Windows Phone device available on the MVNO. Not many surprises beyond that, as you might expect — the device is available off-contract per usual (running $373), and the phone itself is the same as you’ll find on Sprint, including a 4.3-inch WVGA display, 1.4GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 CPU, 8 megapixel camera and HTC’s trademark “BoomSound.” Those looking for a different take on Windows Phone can also look for an unspecified Samsung ATIV device to be available on Ting sometime soon.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, HTC
Source: Ting
Boy, I haven’t seen a reel-to-reel tape deck in years. After 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, MiniDiscs and MP3s, we’re at least five generations past the everyday use of these things. And dekstop calculators? I haven’t used one in a very long time either. Between my smartphone and my computer, I’ve had no reason to have one. But that hasn’t stopped somebody from mashing up these two obsolete technologies into one new device.
This retro-style LCD calculator combines these old-school gadgets into one – though it only works as a calculator and won’t play your old spools of magnetic tape, no matter how hard you try. On the plus side, you don’t need to worry about getting your tape tangled up.
If you actually have some use for this thing, it sells for £8.49 (~$13USD) over at I Want One of Those.
[via The Red Ferret]
Add 5.1 surround to your living room for $104 courtesy of woot! today. This Pyle 5.1 Home Theatre system with Active Subwoofer will have your neighbors complaining without aggravating your wallet, and you can blow all your non-techy friends’ minds by explaining what the .1 in 5.1 is. [woot!]
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You know the saying “sex sells”? Well, it apparently also pays, a lot.
Some of the world’s most famous bodies faces posed in the buff and graced the cover of nudie mags such as Playboy, a few of them on even more than one occasion.
So how much does it pay to take it all off? A fair warning: All of the alleged figures below are an estimate, and should be taken with a grain of salt:
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Virginia prosecutors have dropped a sexual battery charge against an Air Force officer who led the military branch’s sexual assault response unit.
A trial had been scheduled Thursday for 41-year-old Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski. Before the trial began, Commonwealth Attorney Theo Stamos said the sexual battery charge will be dropped and substituted with a generic assault charge.
There’s a ton of info on the web. You’re never going to read it all, but you want to, so your browser has fistfuls of open tabs waiting for that rainy day when you’ll want to read a two-month-old article that’s no longer relevant to anything. But have you ever wondered what all those tabs are doing to your battery life? Wired’s Rhett Allain did, so he measured it for Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
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Mark David of California has long had an unusual item on his bucket list: “Tracking gorillas.”
This year, in honor of his 60th birthday next month, David and his family embarked on what his son, Brandon, described as an “epic adventure.” The exciting journey included a visit to London followed by five days exploring the Ugandan bushland. At the Bwindi National Park, home of the Mubare gorilla group, David saw his gorilla tracking dreams come true, ABC News reported.
After a two-hour hike that involved hacking brush with a machete to clear a trail, the David finally discovered a family of 12 gorillas in a clearing. David sat down on a rock to take in the incredible scene before him when one of the gorillas approached him slowly, getting closer and closer until he was finally barely a breath away. David and the gorilla locked eyes for a moment before the gorilla gave David a standout 60th birthday gift: a kiss on the cheek!
There’s nothing more American than the hot dog — and at 15 cents a pop, who can say no.
Wienerschnitzel is offering 15-cent hot dogs this Sunday, July 21, as a throwback to its 1960s price, LAist reports. In honor of National Hot Dog Month (that’s right!), the restaurant is offering its original Chili Dog, Mustard Dog or Kraut Dog, one 15-cent dog per person.
Irvine-based Wienerschnitzel has over 300 locations, predominantly in California and Texas, although some scattered across the country as well. The founder of the restaurant, John Galardi, passed away in recent months so the 15-cent special is also in his honor, the OC Weekly reports.
With temperatures in the 90s, D.C.-area homeless shelters are running out of space at a torrent pace, putting homeless women and children at a serious risk, according to a report by WTOP.
David Treadwell, the executive director of Central Union Mission, told WTOP that the shelter in Northwest Washington filled almost immediately after its doors opened Tuesday morning.
And the story of one mother and daughter highlights just how tough it is in this kind of weather.
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