Archive for October 2010

Just a day after Apple’s reveal of their new MacBook Air, the guys over at iFixit have already done their teardown of the 11.6-inch version, splaying the guts of the 21st-century aluminum marvel for all to see.

According the iFixit crew, Apple made this model much harder to get into…

If you were planning on scaring the crap out of your friends this Halloween by dressing up as one of the many creepy characters from the Bioshock… universe, you’ll have to nix the welder mask-wielding Splicer from your list – at least this year.

Apparently, some Russian dude decided that enough was never enough, and built himself a data rig that has a whopping 70TB of storage. Yes, that 70TB. Is that finally enough for all your torrents, warez and pr0n?…

I really like my iPad and while I do take it with me at times for playing games or reading, mostly I use it around the house for watching videos and such. There are apps available that will let you use the iPad as a second screen for your Mac…

Halloween tends to bring out the best in some geeks – whether they are creating awesome costumes or carving pumpkins that make me weep at how lame my jack-o-lantern is. I ran across some cool pumpkins that have been carved to show off the hotties and notties of the Star…

I would bet that most of us have needed to work on something under the hood of the car or under a cabinet before, and needed both hands but needed a flashlight too. Typically that means you had to hold the flashlight in your mouth or call someone to help…

How much do you know about geeks? At what stage of geekiness are you? Amazingly, the work geek comes from ‘gecken’, which referred to circus performers biting heads off chickens. Wait, does that mean that Ozzy is a geek?

The word geek was eventually associated in the 1950s with people…

Like most portable devices, the iPad’s storage capacity is quite limited. You can use the Camera Connection Kit cable to augment it’s storage, but the fact that Apple’s magical device has a confounding 32GB limit for connected drives compounds this problem. That’s where Sanho’s neat HyperDrive comes in. The HyperDrive…

This is the Outlander Sport. Like most new cars, you can view pictures and videos of it online. But unlike any car, you can also “test drive” it… using a computer. Sign up for Mitsubishi’s Live Drive and you’ll be given a limited time to control an actual unit via…

After many months of speculation, the guys at D-Link and Boxee have confirmed a release date for the highly-anticipated Boxee Box.

D-Link today announced that the Boxee Box will start shipping on November 10th, 2010, accompanied by a NYC launch event to celebrate the momentous day. In addition, they expect…