5 Best Alternatives to Apple’s New Product Lineup

Shocking as this news may be, not everybody uses a Mac (*raises hand*). For those of us not drinking the Cupertino Koolaid, here are 5 solid alternatives to the new products from today’s Apple announcement. More »

Billionaire Sheik Tags His Name Upside Down in the Desert so that It’s Visible from Space

An eccentric, or perhaps just egocentric, Shiek in Abu Dhabi has carved his name into the desert of an United Arab Emirates island he owns in giant 1000 meter letters. And it just happens to be visible from space. More »

Billionaire Sheik Tags His Name Upside Down in the Desert So It’s Visible from Space

An eccentric, or perhaps just egocentric, Shiek in Abu Dhabi has carved his name into the desert of an United Arab Emirates island he owns in giant 1000 meter letters. And it just happens to be visible from space. More »

We’ll Miss You, Little Plastic MacBook

Apple stopped loving the MacBook a long time ago. It was obvious to everyone, perhaps, but the MacBook. And now Apple’s decided to stop even pretending. The plastic MacBook is gone. More »

Toshiba Thrive: Do Big Tablets Need Love Too? (No.)

A mother rushes to comfort her sobbing child. Choking through the sadness, he explains: “It’s… it’s tablets, mama. They have so few ports.” That’s when the Toshiba product manager wakes up, and sets back to finish his work on Thrive. More »

The OS X Lion Survival Guide

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 »

New MacBook Airs Get Hit With a Thunderbolt

Apple’s brought both sizes of the MacBook Air line straight up to what you’d expect from a laptop in 2011, adding a Thunderbolt port, but more importantly some sweet Sandy Bridge i5 and i7 chips—and backlit keyboards. More »

Facebook, Why Did You Screw Your Chat System?

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 »

7 Tools for Staying Frosty During Summergeddon 2011

The Midwest weather is currently slightly warmer than the surface of the sun and headed straight for New York. While cows haven’t started spontaneously combusting (YET), these seven tools will help keep you colder than Ice Cube’s acting career. More »

143 Awesome Photos of Clouds

Fluffy clouds! Wispy clouds! Sunset clouds! Xtreme clouds! The 143 photographers who entered this week’s Shooting Challenge have all your basic and custom cloud needs covered. More »