Saturday, 31 December 2011

Why Apple enthusiasts are wrong about Windows 8

Damn it Google, where are my magic Android lightbulbs?

Every significant Batsuit ever (infographic)

From the Tips Box: Enabling NumLock by Default, Ad-Free iOS Apps, and Stereo-Powered Party Lights

From the Tips Box:
  • Enabling NumLock by default,
  • Ad-free iOS apps,
  • Stereo-powered party lights

comScore: Apple grows mobile marketshare from 9.8% to 11.2%, but Samsung’s still top OEM

App directory: the best email client for Linux

MIT student unicycles, Segway-style (video)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/29/electric_self_balancing_unicycle/

The 10 hottest tip lists of 2011

Power outlets enable charging via USB

2011: the year intellectual property trumped civil liberties

Apple to launch completely redesigned iPhone in Fall 2012

Windows Phone Marketplace now home to 50,000 applications

Michael Graetz: energy politics is lose-lose

https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/12/column-energy-politics-lose/

2011: The Year In Tech

Anonymous 101

Biggest news stories of 2011

http://m.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/tech-2011-biggest-news-stories-of-the-year/

Credible threats to iPad in 2012

http://techland.time.com/2011/12/30/looking-forward-to-2012-credible-ipad-threats/

How renewable energy is a disruptive technology

Google's SOPA press stunt: can we truly hold them liable?

Siri swears at 10 year-old boy in Tesco

Well, not really, it looks like there is a simple explanation, involving tampering by an earlier customer.  Follow the link.

Convert a paper airplane into an electric plane

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/12/30/convert-a-paper-airplane-into-an-electric-plane/

$100,000? How much did your razor cost?

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/12/30/the-razor-that-oprah-uses-to-shave-her-legs/