December 2010

120 Stories

Apple Axes Demos From the Mac App Store

Apple Axes Demos From the Mac App Store

So the Mac App Store won't have demos. How about that. Demos, trials and 'Lite' versions are hugely popular on...

Sony Releases PS2/HDTV Combo Five Years After Anyone Gives A Crap

Sony Releases PS2/HDTV Combo Five Years After Anyone Gives A Crap

Yeah, so, uh... it may please you to know that Sony has just released an HDTV with a built-in PlayStation...

Because Regular Rubik’s Cubes Weren’t Hard Enough

Because Regular Rubik’s Cubes Weren’t Hard Enough

To the best of my knowledge, the Techi crew has let fly with a number of interesting Rubik's Cubes in...

Ben the Bodyguard Cruises Onto the Scene with One Heck of a Brilliant Website

Ben the Bodyguard Cruises Onto the Scene with One Heck of a Brilliant Website

Apparently, Ben the Bodyguard is some sort of data-security app. The truth is, after a quick Google, there's excruciatingly little...

Apple Pimps Ping With Exclusive Michael Jackson Track

Apple Pimps Ping With Exclusive Michael Jackson Track

There's something so bizarre about posthumous album releases. Like, what's the deal with 2pac? I think I read somewhere that...

One Small Step for Flash, One Decently-Sized Leap for Chrome

One Small Step for Flash, One Decently-Sized Leap for Chrome

Chrome has been making strides over the past few months to increase its footprint on Windows computers across the world....

A Vintage Look at Our Dismal Future: The Social Vacuum

A Vintage Look at Our Dismal Future: The Social Vacuum

This may be done tongue and cheek, but it's not only possible but sadly it's something that is, in one...

Smoking is Bad For Your Cellphone

Smoking is Bad For Your Cellphone

This would be so rad, if I didn't mind looking like a total chimney. Before you is the 'world's smallest'...

1760 PS3s Join Forces To Create One Helluva Big Computer

1760 PS3s Join Forces To Create One Helluva Big Computer

Hey there. This is a photographic collection of pixels whose purpose it is to show you what the 33rd-largest computer...

Apple Jumps Aboard the 3D Bandwagon with New Patent

Apple Jumps Aboard the 3D Bandwagon with New Patent

FFS, Apple. FFS. Just as I - and, perhaps, many of you - thought that this whole 3D ballyhoo was...

Kinect is Used for Another Genius Purpose

Kinect is Used for Another Genius Purpose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTJL5lUjHg If you have been following Techi, you probably have seen unusual uses for the Kinect. A gesture-controlled robot might...

Over 500,000 People Play MineCraft: Meet One of Them

Over 500,000 People Play MineCraft: Meet One of Them

Four hours. This is the amount of time I spent playing Minecraft today. But I had only intended to load...