Danger Room has an awesomely comprehensive look at all the cell phone jammers the US military used during the Iraq War. Those jammers proved incredibly important in stripping insurgents of their most powerful weapon—the IED. More »
Google Wants To Get Inside Your Head
Posted in: Google, search, Today's Chili, top Google just thumped out a host of new features today designed to make search easier, faster, more ubiquitous. But the end goal? It’s to very literally get inside your head and change the way you think. More »
30 Glimpses Into Infinity
Posted in: photography, shooting challenge, Today's Chili, top Infinity. It’s an idea too large for our consciousness, and how can you see that which cannot be contemplated? These 30 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge answer that question, giving us the faintest glimpse of the limitless. More »
HELLO DEAR, Where Does Spam Come From?
Posted in: Email, Today's Chili, top Typically our electronic exchanges flow from person to person, one real email address to another. But the sad fact is, the vast majority of messages sent don’t have anything to do with managing relationships, workloads, or weekend plans. Spaaaaaaam! More »
The iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup
Posted in: Apple, firmware, ios, Ios5, iPhone, roundup, rumor, rumors, Software, Today's Chili, top, update The iOS and iPhone 5 rumors have been coming in at a whirlwind clip lately, and it can be a Sisyphean task trying to keep up with it all. So here’s a quick roundup of everything that might have slipped under your radar. More »
Apple Is Now Selling Unlocked iPhone 4 Handsets From $650
Posted in: Apple, iPhone, iphone 4s, Today's Chili, topCan you believe that an iRumor has come true, for once—and early? Apple’s started selling unlocked iPhone 4 phones in the US, with the 16GB model (in both black and white) costing $650, and the 32GB models coming in at $750.
Top Stories: Monday, June 13, 2011
Posted in: roundup, Today's Chili, top, Total recapCleaners vs Chemicals | How do home brew cleaning concoctions stack up against name brand chemicals?
Reeder for Mac
Posted in: apps, Today's Chili, top Let’s face it: RSS is a terribly nerdy wasteland of .xml feeds and weird formatting. Reeder is the shining hope that it doesn’t have to be that way. Already our favorite RSS app on iOS, it’s finally available for Mac. More »
Panetta Is Wrong: The Next Pearl Harbor Will Not Be a Cyber Attack
Posted in: hacking, Today's Chili, top Everyone’s favorite Italian grandmother and likely next Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta made headlines last week when he cautioned that “there’s a strong likelihood that the next Pearl Harbor we confront could be a cyber attack.” That’s fear-mongering nonsense. More »
Certain things, when homemade, are better than the store-bought version. Macaroni. Mother’s Day cards. Cleaning products? We tested some famous home remedies against some familiar brands. More »