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Father And Son Mod Powerwheel Awesomeness Ensues

Stifler — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:00:19 +0000

Here's a video of a father and 5 year old son modifying a Lightning McQueen Powerwheel that the kiddo got 3 years ago. Upgrades include off road tires and a 66 hp engine. Which is more horsepower than my lawnmower had when I had a yard to mow!

Most Americans Would Rather Lose Their Wedding Ring Than Their Cell Phone

Bristol — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:00:36 +0000

What is this world coming to? I just read a story that said American's would rather lose their wedding ring than their cell phone. Maybe I'm wrong here, but your wedding ring represents a once in a lifetime moment of commitment to the person you're going to spend the rest of your life with... To have and to hold, till death do you part. Since when did a cell phone rank higher than that?

Say Goodbye To Your Mouse And Keyboard. Say Hello To The Leap [Video]

Stifler — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:16:10 +0000

Great, now where will I keep all my pizza roll crumbs? Shut up and take my money!! Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer in [...]

This Crab Computer Is a Real Thing

K. Thor Jensen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:00:46 +0000

As technology advances, scientists are able to make weirder and weirder ideas into reality. Case in point: this computer made of crabs. Researchers at Kobe University took the swarming behavior of soldier crabs and used it to create a logic processing system that might be more efficient than standard computing methods. These kind of unconventional [...]

Out Of The Mouths Of Babes… (VIDEO)

Bristol — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:03:44 +0000

I remember several years ago while working in New York, we had an intern who didn’t know how to use a type writer to type a simple file folder label. Several years before that, while working in Cincinnati, I caught another intern looking at a rotary phone like a pig looking at a watch… But, [...]

Steve Jobs Through the Years [PICTURES]

Stephanie Berning — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:31:20 +0000

The man who changed the face of technology as we know it has died. Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who was battling pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant in 2009, has passed away at the age of 56. Jobs co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Together, the pair launched the [...]

Apple's iPhone 5 Announcement?

Stifler — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:53:57 +0000

Suddenly I look foolish with my iPhone 4! The day it will be unveiled? I’m glad you asked! Tuesday, Oct. 4. That’s the day Apple is currently expected to hold its next big media event, according to sources close to the situation, where the tech giant will unveil the next iteration of its popular iPhone. [...]

'The Google+ Song' Explains (and Parodies) the New Social Network [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:50:39 +0000

If you’re not on Google+ yet, you probably know it’s a social network but not much more. What are these circles everyone’s talking about? How about hangouts? And isn’t this the same thing as Google Buzz? Though this LOL-inducing Google+ song from Break (sung to the tune of Queen’s ‘Another One Bites the Dust’) might not answer all your burning questions about the new social service, it’ll definitely get stuck in your head.