Forget TechCrunch, Venturebeat, New York Times .. heck, forget HuffPo or slash dot for that matter.   When you can get your app talked about on XKCD, well you now you have hit the bigtime.  And it sounds pretty cool if the new version can do this.  I think I have and older version of swiftkey… Read More


Sigh.  First the passwords from linkedIn, then eharmoney and today we find out passwords from last.fm may have been stolen.  Odds are pretty good that there are a few more sites out there that have had it list of passwords compromised and we do not know yet.. So guess whats its a good time to… Read More


This is a cool post I just read on Reddit (OP link). Check out the links, they mostly go back to the original authors. If you like something, go back and give them an upvote. Here is a compilation of the top 80 70 real life cheat codes written by reddit community. The original submission… Read More


This is interesting news.  There has been talk of an Assasin creed 3 coming out for Vita, but like everyone else, I expected a port, and a poor one.  I’m wrong.  And ever so. This ‘seems’ like a new port.  Not only do we get a new female assassin named Aveline, we are going to… Read More


Although I yet to have kids of my own, I would want to give them a fun introduction into science.  The iPad seems like the perfect medium to deliver and thus to no surprise; a number of little scientist apps have come out.  However, this is the first one that looks like it going to… Read More


This is a cool project I came across from MIT’s Media Lab. T(ether) is an experimental app that combines gestural interfaces, computer vision, and collaboration into an experience straight our of a sci-fi movie. Creators Matthew Blackshaw, Dávid Lakatos, Hiroshi Ishii, and Ken Perlin call T(ether) “a tool for spatial expression” that “acts as a… Read More


We have been waiting, and as promised, iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak is out called  Absinthe 2.0.  Its already up to 2.0.2, so check the site before updating. {update: be sure to use Absinth 2.0.2 Absinthe v2.0.2 (Win) Absinthe v2.0.2 (Mac) Absinthe v2.0.2 (Linux) } Today’s release supports all iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches except for… Read More


I know, horrible title, but I just could not resist.  As you have been seeing all over the news, Google’s latest doodle is a working simplified Moog synthesizer.  WORKING synthesizer.  For those of us that are old enough, and were in bands, will remember playing with these at one point in time.  My mirage digital… Read More


I have been using Windows 8 for awhile now on my home computer. The first thing I noticed about windows 8 is how fast and clean everything feels.  It does not have the lipstick on a pig feel that was Windows Vista. After reading Brooke Crothers post on cnet, it reminded me as to why… Read More


I just got a personal demo of Leap Motion’s new hands free controller. Leap Motion (formally Ocuspec), is a San Francisco based motion-control software company that is changing how people interact with their computers by using motion sensors and 3D technology for a full-body experience. To date, the company has raised over $14.55 million from… Read More


The specific use case is limited.  You can created an realtime interactive topo by moving sand around within a sandbox. However, if you extend this technology, this is where it gets interesting.  Say for example, you place two beams next to each other, then ‘fuse’ those beams in AR.  You can now do stress tests… Read More