Filed under: Humor , Cult of Mac , Odds and ends , Apple Happy weekend! Google may have won some hearts with its Super Bowl ad a little while back, but we all know that Apple is the king of advertising when it comes to technology, so YouTuber allenmonroeiii decided to make a little parody … Read More

Orb’s first PC speakers come with a 15W Class T amplifier, so even if you’ve got them paired up to a crummy Dell your audio output won’t be too compromised. There’s a couple of options for the speakers—choose the Mod1 which costs $299 for the two speakers and amp, or spend a bit more ($359 … Read More

We got a tip about a video from the same people who made us – and subsequently, you – aware of Biz Stone ’s 2006 video-recorded attempt to explain ‘Twttr’ when the service that became Twitter was still in diapers. This time , it’s Twitter’s other co-founder, Evan Williams , who appears in a video … Read More

Outside of factory keyboards, there’s hardly anything more boring than a set of PC speakers. They’re typically unsightly, add to the rat’s nest of wires behind your rig and force you into a life of dependency. And then there’s Bowers & Wilkins , a company that excels at pumping out products with lust-worthy designs. Somehow … Read More

For the anti-iPod crowd out there (you know who you are), Microsoft’s Zune HD has been a long time comin’ . As of September 17th, your excuses for not owning one vanished completely, and for those diehards willing to splurge on Redmond’s swankest PMP yet, we know you’ve been toying with it ever since. Still, … Read More

Considering the tablet rumors swirling lately, we find it rather funny that Archos calls the new Android-based Archos5 an “Internet Tablet,” but they’ve been doing it for so long we suppose they’re allowed to cash in on the hype a little, right? In any event, the 5-inch PMP is now on sale at Amazon for … Read More

Very rarely are we rendered speechless by a mod, but we have just seen a video that seriously blew our minds. It seems that someone called JoblessPunk DESIGNS has managed to imbue a PSP Slim with dual nubs (more on that in the video below), a second USB port for charging, a camera, custom firmware … Read More

Snap, looks like that painful feeling in our gut was just from that late-night Mickey’s sesh after all. HTC’s Peter Chou told SlashGear today that the monstrous, amazing HTC HD2 will be coming to the United States of America sometime in Q1 of 2010. That’s not too far off, but let’s be honest — it’s … Read More

Hey, remember that totally wild, awesome looking “Atomic” Zune HD we spied evidence of in the source files a week or so ago? Well, we later saw an image or two of it, but now one’s shown up in the flesh on ebay — and for a starting bid of a mere 265 bones you … Read More

Filed under: Podcasts , iPhone , iPod touch , App Review , Music A few weeks ago we covered the Bookmark app, a subsystem for playing and bookmarking audio books. I was quite impressed with it, but some comments dinged it for not playing in the background when the app is closed. It also only … Read More

Less than a month after a major Gmail outage , many users of Google’s popular webmail service are once again experiencing issues this morning. As with most Gmail outages, frustration is spreading quickly via Twitter , as some users can’t get to their email at all, while others are having issues accessing their contacts and … Read More

Ah, finally. Mintpass has been teasing us with its delightfully adorable Mintpad for nearly a year now , and after sending a few out to a smattering of media outlets, it fell into a holding pattern for the rest of the summer. Now, at long last, the touchscreen-based PMP is on sale over in the … Read More

The Pioneer CDJ-1000 CD Turntable was revolutionary when it launched because it was among the first devices to mimic vinyl turntables without the vinyl. Now, upgraded and equipped with a huge, 6.1-inch screen, the CDJ-2000 wants to up the ante. The screen is able to display song info, album art, wave data and other advanced … Read More