This American Life had an amazing story this past weekend about patent trolls. It was pegged to Intellectual Ventures, and various others who litigate rather than innovate. But the real patent trolls are being traded on the NYSE. More »
The Space Shuttle Program’s 30 years brought great success—but also terrible failures and sadness. Today, as the program ends, we wanted to remember the heroes who fell along the way, and celebrate their lives. More »
Okay, so OS X Lion isn’t perfect. But chances are that probably isn’t going to stop you from picking it up. With that in mind, here’s our guide to help you make the most of Apple’s new OS. More »
By now you’re probably one of the 500 million people who have noticed the new Facebook chat. Which means that one or more of these three words may be in your mind: Sucks. Stupid. Facebookassclowns. Here’s the lightning review: More »
You are watching aviation history. This is the first U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II ever, the first step towards a new fleet full of stealth strike fighters. It’s fully operative and combat ready. The image gallery is bee-ooh-tee-ful. More »
Today is Twitter’s fifth birthday. It’s so big now, it’s easy to forget how small it started off. We thought it would be fun to look back at the first words from some of the service’s biggest users. Enjoy. More »
Do you remember Sony? Not the guys who let your PSN account get hacked, or the ones who loved their proprietary formats more than their customers. The Sony you grew up with, who made the gear you couldn’t live without. I hope you do. Because it looks like they might just be back. More »
Spotify is not the first internet music service. There’s Pandora, Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio, Zune, iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Music, and plenty of others. Yet despite not having a product in the US, Spotify became legend. A musical unicorn. More »
When I looked at this photo my first thought was “Oh, what a cute paper model of the lunar module! It’s so nicely done!” Then I read that this was not a model, but a photo of the real thing. More »
It breaks my heart to say this, but Mac OSX Lion’s interface feels like a failure. Its stated mission was to simplify the operating system, to unify it with the clean experience of iOS. That didn’t happen. More »
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