Charlie Sheen and his “goddesses” took the stage to thunderous applause Saturday night for the first leg of his “Torpedo of Truth” tour. The 70-minute show hadn’t even ended when the first reviews were in, and they were brutal.
Stopping Japan’s radioactive leak could take months
Engineers have tried to stem a leak of highly radioactive water with a new method, a polymer-based mixture, after concrete failed to seal the crack at a Japanese nuclear power plant crippled by last month’s earthquake and tsunami.
Why You Might Want to Stick With Your ISP’s DNS Server After All [DNS]
Many of us use public DNS servers like Google Public DNS and Open DNS for faster web browsing and other benefits. But in some cases your ISP’s DNS server is much faster. Weblog Digital Inspiration illustrates why and when this might be. More »
ABI Research: Android will have 45% of the Smartphone market share by 2016
Last week it was research firm IDC stating by 2015 Google’s Android OS would capture 45.4% of the smartphone market share. Coming in a strong 2nd place is Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 OS with 20.9%. iOS and BlackBerry will be competing for 3rd and 4th place in a few years. However, competing research firm […]
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Google and partners offering free .ca domains and hosting for Canadians
Last Tuesday, Google and several partners in Canada including RBC Royal Bank, Rogers Communications, The Globe and Mail, and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) launched the ” Get Your Business Online ” initiative targeted at small businesses in Canada. This exciting new move offers small businesses in Canada a…
Android’s in-app billing makes a dent: Dungeon Defenders free on Android Market
Dungeon Defenders: First Wave cost $3 when it first came out. This week, the iOS version will cost you ninety-nine cents. But if you want to play the Unreal Engine-powered tower defense game today, you can have it for free — developer Trendy Entertainment is now leaning on Android’s new in-app billing system to pay for the whole thing. We can’t give Trendy all the credit, of course, as Glu Mobile’s Gun Bros and Tapulous’ Tap Tap Revenge 4 are doing the same thing, but to our knowledge both of them were free to play from day one. Free-to-play gaming has been a controversial proposition in the console and PC gaming space — most publishers would just like to sell a game once, and call it a day. On phone, however, where apps are expected to be cheap, it could indeed make more sense to charge users for items and upgrades than to have users “buy” the game. Either way, we penny-pinchers are pleased as punch with the idea. PR after the break.
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Microsoft testing ribbon UI in Windows 8
In the midst of the latest Windows 8 welcome screen and Microsoft starting to take action on websites that leak Windows 8 screenshots and features, a new set of screenshots have been revealed by Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott.
The latest screenshots show that Microsoft is looking to expand its ribbon…
Bill Gates Gets the Last Laugh [Humor]
In this edition of the Joy of Tech, everyone’s an innovator and an unusually snarky Bill Gates gets the final word. Start your photocopiers, indeed! [Joy of Tech] More »
SYNC’s second version off to a buggy start, Ford fixes with Ctrl-Alt-Delete
With it being ordered in 80 percent of its 2011 models, SYNC’s been a boon to Ford’s bottom line, but it’s not all peaches and cream for the Dearborn crew’s connectivity platform. Our friends at Autoblog are reporting that the second generation of the infotainment software has a nasty little habit of restarting itself when something goes wrong with one of the applications. Doesn’t sound like such a big deal, except these automatic reboots take several minutes (an eternity if you’re relying on the GPS to get you around), and the system tends to misplace your indexed music and linked phone info while fixing itself. Apparently, the only other way to deal with such glitches is to take afflicted autos to a dealer for a full-on software reinstall or reinitialization — why Ford and Microsoft went the Ctrl-Alt-Delete route instead of finding a more user-friendly solution, we’ll probably never know. The Blue Oval boys claim that Autoblog’s experience was atypical, but have nonetheless rolled out software updates to alleviate the problems. Hopefully, it’s enough to stop SYNC systems from doing the Force Close dance.
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Husband plays funny fake news prank on his wife
Pete says:
I know my wife has this “AP Mobile” news app on her phone and receives text message alerts whenever something big is happening around the world, I decided to play a little prank on her.
This morning I changed my name in her contact list to “AP Mobile” and sent her a short and sweet message and waited for her to turn her phone on. Her mouth almost came down to the floor.
Gmail Motion April Fools’ gag inevitably turned into reality using Kinect (video)
It had to happen. When Google showed off a new and revolutionary Gmail Motion control scheme yesterday, it failed to fool most people, but it didn’t fail to catch the attention of some motion control geeks with Kinect cameras on hand. Yep, the FAAST crew that’s already brought us a Kinect keyboard emulator for World of Warcraft has taken Google to task and actually cooked up the software to make Gmail Motion work. All your favorite gestures are here: opening an email as if it were an envelope, replying by throwing a thumb back and, of course, “licking the stamp” to send your response on its way. Marvelous stuff! Jump past the break to see it working, for real this time.
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HTC confirms Flyer tablet will get Honeycomb… sometime
HTC hasn’t said much on the subject of Honeycomb for its Flyer tablet since its big announcement back at Mobile World Congress, where it said it chose not to use the OS for the tablet because it didn’t have enough time to customize it with its Sense UI. It’s now finally chimed in on the matter again, however, and replied to a question on Twitter by saying that it “will be offering a Honeycomb upgrade when it’s made available.” Of course, that statement’s noticeably lacking a specific date (or even a hint of one), and it may well be wise to not hold your breath for an upgrade anytime soon given Google’s recent talk of a tighter grip on Honeycomb. Still, it looks like it’s definitely still on the table as far as HTC is concerned.
[Thanks, Lewis]
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Use Google Docs for Powerful, Collaborative School Note Taking [Note Taking]
College students are probably already familiar with Google Docs’ collaborative tools for projects, but weblog HackCollege shows us how great it can be for simple note taking during class, too. More »
IE marketshare lowers as Firefox and Chrome gain
The two biggest players in the browser market saw the outcome of their new releases today as the new market share statistics were released by Hitslink.
It saw Internet Explorers market share drop by 0.85% placing it at 55.92% overall whereas its rival Firefox saw a gain of 0.06%. Although not…
Japan nuclear crisis: Fukushima 50 'expect to die'
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mother of one of the men.
SaskTel prices upcoming HTC Incredible S
SaskTel has been pumping out new devices at a good rate. Ever since they launched their 3G network “4G” network they’ve released the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, Bold 9780, Torch 9800 and soon the HTC incredible S will making its way over to Saskatchewan. Today SaskTel has revealed their pricing for this Android: No-contract will […]
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3rd woman approached by suspect in Yorkton
A third woman has come forward in Yorkton in connection with an attempted abduction case from last month.
Skype in the Classroom tears down geographic walls, connects pupils the world over
Cisco’s doing it in the boardroom, and soon, your children may be taking notes from kiddos situated in a different continent. Skype in the Classroom is a new online platform that aims to make it easier for teachers to find other teachers who are utilizing Skype within their classes, and already there are 3,900+ taking advantage. The goal here is to enable professors to easily reach out and find like-minded individuals who are covering complementary topics, and with a quick email, the two could be cooking up joint lesson plans a dozen time zones apart. As of now, 99 countries have teachers that are signed on, and we’re guessing it’s only a matter of time before a couple more join and push that into triple digits. Next step? Logging into first period from home. Or Fiji.
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Wasps are bastards [Video]
Science has confirmed that wasps are nature’s biggest trolls, adapting to deal with aggressive ants by taunting them. More »
Lack of Honeycomb-specific apps could doom the Xoom
The Motorola Xoom is currently the most viable alternative to the iPad, at a similar price point and form factor. But is it doomed to fail because of the lack of Honeycomb-specific apps in the Android market?