Sony has launched their beta of the social virtual world, PS3 Home. Home seems to be a lot more serious and developed then I ever thought it would be. Some things you can do while cruising around home is interact with your PSP, play mini-games, interact with other gamers, and of course, check out the view of a whole new ...
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Protect your mouse with a fried rice omlette
We have no idea why we need anything to protect our computer mouses, we’ll just wipe them on our shirts or blow off the dust. However this is simply not enough for the obsessive, so a Japanese company has started selling mouse protectors- and they’re made out of food models. Before you leave your desk for lunch, you can wrap ...
Read More »French guy codes 235 webcam drivers for Linux and, how you say, doesn’t even get a thank you
See? There are still good people in the world. For no good reason, this French guy made codes for 235 different webcam drivers for the Linux operating system. After becoming frustrated that companies weren’t providing Linux drivers for their products, he went a little loco and decided to code all of them himself. So either this guy is a nice ...
Read More »The sexiest mouse on Earth? A mouse that looks like a TVR Tuscan
The Tuscan Street Mouse is a realistic replica of the TVR Tuscan Sports Car, reduced to the size of a wireless mouse. And yes, it actually is a wireless mouse. The replica is so complete that at first glance you might totally confuse it with a simple model car. Complete with headlights, the RF wireless mouse is ergonomically designed and ...
Read More »Call Mommy for free on Mother’s Day with Skype, even if she is only a room away
What’s the point of calling your Mommy if you live in the same house? There are two reasons, actually. Laziness It’s free and it’s Skype On May 13th, which is Mother’s Day if you don’t remember (you ungrateful prick), Skype is offering free phone calls to Moms around the globe. Will yours be one of them? — Andrew Dobrow Link
Read More »NBA takes on Second Life
Do you got game? Do you at least have Second Life? Great. Good news for you. The NBA has officially opened shop on the popular social virtual world. The NBA launched its presence in the virtual world of Second Life this morning, following an in-world press conference yesterday that featured NBA commissioner David Stern making the announcement. Built out by ...
Read More »iPod vending machines run on Windows XP…wtf?
This is a paradox we’re sure both Microsoft and Apple don’t want to find themselves in. With the better part of their advertising campaigns trying to show the differences between the two companies, the Zoom vending machines used to distribute iPods, run on the Windows XP operating system. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t ya think? Of course, it would probably be ...
Read More »Spongebob USB Drive mates with a blowfish
This, my friends, is very sadly not a real product. Although we hope that the coverage of the design gets enough press so that it DOES become an actual product. This Spongebob USB drive looks like any other old drive. That is, until it’s full of data. When the drive is full of your data, the Spongebob case expands into ...
Read More »Yuugou Case Mod fuses wood craftsmanship with technology
This Japanese-inspired Yuugou PC case mod was made with a simple message. To represent the beauty of wood frame casing, while fusing traditional craftsmanship with state-of-the-art technology. This simple concept evolved into a simple, yet beautifully elegant case mod for a classy reflection of personal style. The designer of Yuugou reflects on the production of the case, describing it as ...
Read More »Starcraft 2 confirmed? And more from Blizzard: Will it be MMO? Oh, gee-whiz we hope so!
Blizzard has tipped sources that an announcement with much more detail regarding Starcraft 2, the sequel to the highly successful original, will be released at the World Wide Invitational, next month in Seoul, South Korea. For now, Blizzard has been keeping pretty mum about anything regarding a new Starcraft, and really, who could blame them. According to a Korean site, ...
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