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3DS and Move

Jun 16, 2010
At the E3 expo yesterday, Nintendo premiered the 3DS, a handheld 3D gaming gizmo. Like their long standing DS line but in 3D. What's noteworthy is...

TV without cable

Jun 16, 2010
On today's show we talk about how you can watch TV without having cable or satellite service. After we were done recording, our engineer Rob Byers...

New Mac Mini shows up

Jun 15, 2010
It's the beginning of pre-orders for the iPhone 4 today but another launch happened as well with very little fanfare. The new Mac Mini, an updated...

All Foxconn operations except iPhone to leave Shenzhen

Jun 15, 2010
This according to China Daily. Those that stay behind to work on iPhones (presumably the iPhone 4 for the most part although 3GS production will...

Tech and family life

Jun 15, 2010
In today's show, we asked people about how technology is a part of their family life and whether their use of technology distracted from their...

Vuvuzela for iPhone

Jun 14, 2010
The vuvuzela, the horrible noise emitting device that ruins the World Cup and pushes regular humans to the brink of insanity, is now available in...

Chatroulette declines. But aren't we supposed to share ourselves online?

Jun 14, 2010
I probably find this story more interesting than I should but so it goes. Chatroulette, in case you don't remember the craze of a few months ago,...

For public good, not for profit.

Google introduces new feature: editorial judgment

Jun 11, 2010
This is one of those stories that might be a little more surprising than it first appears. Google is running an experiment on its Google News site,...

Search engine popularity metrics range from opaque to meaningless

Jun 11, 2010
I've been trying to make sense of a couple recent articles about the latest information on the popularity of the major search engines. It seems...

Where to watch the World Cup

Jun 11, 2010
A listener wrote in to ask where online he could watch World Cup matches. Digging around a bit, I think Lifehacker's list is a pretty complete one....