January 2011

98 Stories

Facebook’s Valuation Keeps Going Up. Where’s the Cap?

Facebook’s Valuation Keeps Going Up. Where’s the Cap?

Keep smiling, Mark. In a recent email from SecondMarket, the latest auction of Facebook shares hit $28.26, up 24% from...

How to Unswindle a Kindle: https://youtu.be/X48xYN13z3s?si=qxvvuyLCkTcLDAuZfrom Legally Purchased eBooks

How to Unswindle a Kindle: https://youtu.be/X48xYN13z3s?si=qxvvuyLCkTcLDAuZfrom Legally Purchased eBooks

Fair use. If you buy a device and decide later to switch to a different one, should you be forced...

An Abridged But Very Cool “History of Gaming”

An Abridged But Very Cool “History of Gaming”

When you're done with the video, most gamers will probably say, "But they missed so much." I know, but that...

Apparently, A Lot of People Are Obsessed With Facebook

Apparently, A Lot of People Are Obsessed With Facebook

It's clear that Facebook is absolutely huge and getting absolutely huger every day. It's getting so embedded into many of...

1-Minute Science: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About The Sun

1-Minute Science: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About The Sun

In today's episode of 1-minute science, we look up. The sun is the source of, well, just about everything that...

Dear Confectionary Industry: Sh! It Just Got Real.

Dear Confectionary Industry: Sh! It Just Got Real.

The concept of flavour just got turned on its ear as engineering students in Japan have developed TagCandy, a device...

How to Pop Popcorn… With Lasers!

How to Pop Popcorn… With Lasers!

In case you had no idea what you were going to do this weekend, here's a suggestion: popcorn. With lasers....

Twitter Keeps Growing, Looks for a New Home

Twitter Keeps Growing, Looks for a New Home

Twitter has been growing rapidly, tripling its staff in just the past year. That’s why the San Francisco-based microblogging service...

FireWire Keeps Plugging Away

FireWire Keeps Plugging Away

FireWire, the largely forgotten interface standard, has been alive and well. While most of us probably haven’t noticed, the 1394...

Best Buy’s Geek Squad to Help EV Owners Get Juice

Best Buy’s Geek Squad to Help EV Owners Get Juice

After teaming up with Mitsubishi and Eaton Corporation, it was clear that Best Buy wanted to be the go-to destination...

Cell Phone Shake Up: A Guide to Picking Your Mobile

Cell Phone Shake Up: A Guide to Picking Your Mobile

The announcement of the Verizon iPhone launching next month has a lot of people considering changing providers. Some are thinking...

Mercedes-Benz Puts Fuel Cell Tech to the Test

Mercedes-Benz Puts Fuel Cell Tech to the Test

Mercedes-Benz is gearing up to show off the true potential of hydrogen fuel cell technology. The German automaker’s B-Class F-Cell...