3D movies are here to stay, for at least another year. So why are you still picking up crappy disposable specs every time you hit the multiplex? Oakley’s 3D Gascan shades promise better optics—and permanence. More »
The Internet isn’t only on your screen. Or behind your couch. Or in Google’s data centers. It’s also underwater, where fiber-optic cables stretch across oceans and loop around continents. More »
Last night, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to the internet to explain why his company transformed its DVD business into (the unfortunately named) Qwikster. But here’s why he really did it, what happens next, and why it matters. More »
Well this is one way to go. Netflix has split its DVD delivery and streaming services into two separate sites. Netflix proper will continue to handle the streaming, and the DVDs will be handled by a new site called Qwikster. More »
The HEXAGON satellite spied on America’s Cold War foes for over a decade, taking extremely detailed (film!) photographs from space. It was 60 feet long—bigger than a bus. And the public never, ever saw it. We did. More »
In this week’s app roundup: music, discovered; 9/11, remembered with photographs; the Invisible Universe, seen; languages, translated; boarding passes, re-imagined; NBC, TNT, TBS, iPadded; turntable.FM, iPhoned; browsers, dolphined; and much, much more. More »
Pandas. Zoos want them, other bears want to be them (maybe?). But are they really worth all the trouble? Let’s fight about it: More »
The Galaxy S II we’ve fawned over has finally arrived on Sprint as the Epic Touch 4G with a bigger, 4.52-inch screen. Long story short: It’s the best Android phone you can buy. More »
Captain’s log, star date 9550.4: 10 Star Wars games appear to be available as a bundle on Steam for $50 (which is half off its normal $100 price), likely because anyone sane realizes that a Vulcan-free game isn’t worth a penny more than that (sidenote: Jedis were always a cheap ripoff of Vulcans in my opinion). I mean, maybe if the game had Phasers and transporters it would be…more…amazing. As it stands now however, $50 is the only price at which people should indulge in the inferior Star Wars universe. -AC
• 55″ Sony Bravia KDL-55HX820 3D Edge LED TV with Narnia 3D Kit and 2 Pairs 3D Glasses for $1797 with free shipping (normally $2259 {Savings of $462 / 20% off})
That guy having a beer with the President is Dakota Meyer. He works in construction now, but on September 8, 2009, he was a corporal in the US Marines. That day he saved 36 guys under heavy Taliban fire. More »
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