Robot Chicken DC Comics Special Preview
Tonight, Robot Chicken will air their DC Comics Special on Adult Swim. It’s the first new episode of the season for the long-running stop-motion animated comedy show, and many fans can’t wait to see what Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Seth Green and longtime ToyFare Magazine writer and editor Matthew…
HTC, Losing Android Battle, Looks to Windows Phone 8: Report
HTC is hoping to rejuvenate its business with smartphones running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 software, Reuters reported Sept. 6. The Taiwan-based smartphone maker made its name in the United States with Android-running devices such as the Droid Evo 4G and the Droid Incredible, but the tremendous success of Samsung’s Galaxy devices have…
Farmer File: WiFi
You’re taking your iPad or smartphone with you as you walk from your desk to the office break room for a bit of Internet browsing and a bite from the vending machine. As you enter the room, your Wi-Fi signal drops. Welcome to the electronic war on Wi-Fi. That scenario…
Amazon to allow ads opt-out on Kindle Fire HD for $15 upcharge
Amazon vs. AppleAmazon doesn’t want to drive even more customers Apple’s way, so it has done an about-face on its decision to include ads on the lock screen and main home screen of its new Kindle Fire tablets and is letting buyers opt out — for a $15 upcharge. Last week,…
What happened to the Amazon smartphone?
Amazon did not announce its own Android smartphone last week, but its app-bundling deal with Verizon may mean it never needs one. While Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced two new Kindle e-readers, an updated to the popular Kindle Fire, and an entire new tablet line under the Kindle Fire HD…
BlackBerry 10 OS to Help RIM Get Back on Track
RIM is obviously a company that is going down the ground and that has been happening for a while now. It is in desperate need to come up with a premium device that will distract consumers from iPhone 5, Galaxy Note 2 and Lumia 920.Pressure on BlackBerry 10 OS RIM will be pushing…
Feds: Lovers’ spat through Facebook, text messages, led to airplane hoax
APHILADELPHIA MAN who was the victim of a cruel airplane hoax was set up by his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend because the man had posted a “compromising picture” of his ex on Facebook, according to court documents. Federal authorities arrested Kenneth Smith Jr., 26, of Philadelphia, for calling police at the The…
Adobe confirms Windows 8 users vulnerable to active Flash exploits
Computerworld – Microsoft’s Windows 8 is vulnerable to attack by exploits that hackers have been aiming at PCs for several weeks, Adobe confirmed Friday. Microsoft said it will not patch the bug in Flash Player until what it called “GA,” for “general availability.” That would be Oct. 26, when Windows 8 “We will…
NASA TV Airs Live Kickoff of 2012 Zero Robotics Competition
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA Television will broadcast live the virtual kickoff ceremony of the 2012 Zero Robotics High School Tournament beginning at 1 p.m. EDT, Saturday, Sept. 8. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Zero Robotics challenges teams of high school students to write their own algorithms to fly…
iOS 6 Release Date: Everything You Need to Know Ahead of Apple’s iPhone 5 …
Apple has finally scheduled their special event for September 12th and the most anticipated product release in history is upon us the iPhone 5! In addition to the release of the new iPhone, the iOS 6 release date will be September 12th as well. We have known about iOS 6 Before we dive…
