Cube Dog: Dogs Were Alway Cooler Than Tamagotchis

I’m not responsible enough to get a real dog. I can barely take care of myself and you want me to care of another living being? No way, not yet! Thankfully, Cube Dogs for iPhone are super easy to care for, it’s like Tamagotchis but in dog form. Which means, it’s better silly. More »

Man Used a Loophole in the Law to Pay 16 Bucks for a $330,000 House

Kenneth Robinson beat the system. We should all be Kenneth Robinson. Kenneth Robinson for President! Kenneth! Kenneth! Why the fuss? Because Robinson found a loophole in the law that let him pay 16 dollars to own a $330,000 house. More »

Tanning Can Cause Cancer, but Not Tanning Could Cause a Lot Worse

Vitamin D, produced when skin is exposed to light, is essential for our bodies. Unfortunately, modern lifestyles have minimized our time we spend under the sun. The Sun’s Heartbeat explains why a tan isn’t as bad as previously thought. More »

6 Tools to Fight A Shark and Win (Maybe)

If you find yourself in a Samuel L. Jackson movie and not surrounded by any mutha f***in’ snakes, good news! You’re about to be eaten by a hyper-intelligent shark. These 6 tools will at least give you a fighting chance. [Top art courtesy of Iggy via Flickr] More »

First Look at the Official New Xbox 360: It’s R2-D2

Fanboy. There’s perhaps no franchise more immediately connected with our mental conception of a fanboy than Star Wars. Then there’s Xbox. A whole ‘nother world of chest-thumping, battle cries, and utter devotion. Those two worlds just smashed into each other at lightspeed. Meet the Star Wars Xbox 360. More »

Watch 30 Years of the Space Shuttle In One Single Launch

The end. Today it’s all over. Three decades of the Space Shuttle, with its many amazing successes and two horrible failures, are gone forever. This video shows those thirty years in one single launch. More »

The Fallen Heroes of the Space Shuttle Program

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 »

Top Stories: Wednesday July 20, 2011

Apple’s Refreshes and Releases | Apple refreshed its Macbook Air and Mac Mini lines and released the latest OS X—Lion.

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Songify for iPhone: I’m Going to Win a Freaking Grammy For This One

What if I told you that you could be a singer if you just spoke into an app. Seriously, that’s all you have to do with Songify. The app autotunes your voice and stitches it against a song. YOU SOUND AWESOME. More »

7 Ways Google Labs Changed the Internet Forever

Google closed the doors on Google Labs today. The ongoing projects aren’t disappearing; they’ll be absorbed into other departments, and many have already “graduated” into full-fledged products. The spirit and mission of the initiative will live on, just in a decidedly less centralized way. More »