This time, Rolfe Winkler at the Wall Street Journal is taking potshots at Apple for not announcing anything at the D conference. Asshole.
NiN announces new album
Trent Reznor recently spilled the beans on the first new Nine Inch Nails album in five years.
Apple’s Lisa Jackson hire gets thumbs up from Greenpeace
Greenpeace has complimented Apple for hiring EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to head up environmental efforts.
Marco Arment sells The Magazine to Glenn Fleishman
Marco Arment has sold The Magazine to Glenn Fleishman,
Douchebaggery at the WSJ
The Wall Street Journal can’t help but post stupid shit about Apple.
‘Not Apple’s Fault’
John Sununu opines about Tim Cook’s appearance on Capitol Hill last week.
In which Internet cat owners make themselves look like Jim
Cat bearding.
Elderly Japanese artist creates traditional art using MS Excel
A 73-year-old Japanese artist uses Excel to produce beautiful traditional artwork.
“Can the Maker movement save Radio Shack?”
Radio Shack’s close ties with Maker Faire and Make magazine promise to bring hobbyists back in the doors, but is it enough to save the ailing electronics store?
“If You’re Obsessed With ‘Winning,’ You Don’t Understand the Mobile Market”
Harry McCracken tries to explain a bit about the mobile market for people who think this is a repeat of the PC business in the 90s.
The iMore Show 350: All new!
The iMore Show 350 happened, and Peter was there.
Apple schedules WWDC keynote for June 10th
Apple’s announced when the keynote will be for WWDC. No big surprise, it’s happening that Monday morning.
Square expands to Japan
Square, the payments startup that’s competing with major credit card companies, is now open for business in Japan.
Reading list: six stories for the SciFi newbie
Longreads: …what if you never got into sci-fi in the first place? Where would you start? Since its inception, speculative fiction has worked as social commentary, satire, and a creative answer to the question “What if?” Here are my personal … Continued
Xbox One hardware analysis and comparison to PS4
AnandTech has posted a preliminary analysis of the Xbox One’s hardware and compared it to the PS4.
U.S.A.F. switch to iPads may save $50M in fuel costs alone
The U.S.A.F. is outfitting its flight crews with iPads instead of flight manuals, which is projected to save millions in fuel costs alone.
A Facebook update in real life
Facebook.
Bloomberg still sucks
Bloomberg Apple coverage fails. Again.
10 photo editing apps that aren’t Photoshop
Ten alternatives to Photoshop; most work on the Mac.
NYPD can’t arrest topless women
New York is crazy sometimes.
‘Nintendo Wii U: Death by Apathy’
EA has decided not to make any more Wii U games, which has Matt Martin wondering if the console has any future at all.
White Dynomite
Allston rocks.
Australia’s water curtain stop signs are a great idea
Jalopnik: Sydney has been having a big problem with oversized trucks driving into tunnels that are too low. So Sydney needed a stop sign that is absolutely impossible to miss. Here it is and it’s amazing.P It’s a curtain of … Continued
The top 6 Star Trek science mistakes
Slate: …as a scientist, I can’t help but notice that every now and again, just sometimes, maybe, Trek ventures into some pretty dicey science territory. Let me be clear: I have no problem with faster-than-light travel, time travel, teleporters, the … Continued
Police break up fight between Doctor Who and Star Wars fans
Police broke up a fight at a sci-fi convention between fans of Doctor Who and Star Wars.
Say goodbye to EA’s onerous ‘Online Pass’ program
EA’s making itself slightly less obnoxious by axing its unpopular “Online Pass” program.
How Chris Hadfield made us care about astronauts again
Gizmodo: On December 21st of last year, Commander Hadfield and his team (Expedition 35) docked with the ISS after a two-day flight in aboard a Soyuz TMA-07M, and began their mission. Hadfield was the first to realize, on a large … Continued
Nvidia’s Shield game system goes from project to real product
Nvidia is making its Shield game console a reality – expect to see it in June, for $349.
T-Mobile jacks iPhone 5 down payment up $50 to $149
T-Mobile is no longer offering a $99 down deal to get you an iPhone 5 – now it’s $149.
FreeCiv game playable in Web browsers
FreeCiv, the Civilization clone, now runs in an HTML 5-compliant Web browser.