mashable — On May 25, 1977, the world met a little movie called Star Wars. Dubbed Episode IV: A New Hope, the film launched us into the heart of what would become a sprawling universe — the epic brainchild of writer/director George Lucas. The groundbreaking special effects were matched only by the...
venturebeat — Google is rolling out a new section of its Transparency Report today that provides detailed information about copyright infringement removal requests. “We believe that openness is crucial for the future of the Internet. When something gets in the way of the free flow of information, we believe there should be transparency...
gizmodo — Turning an old iMac into an aquarium is easy; the monitor is already hollow and lifeless, so there's really no risk of ruining it. Mike Schropp over at TotalGeekdom has taken the flora/fauna desktop mod a step further, actually modifying his own working PC to grow wheatgrass from atop its...
engadget — So, Chrysler's electric postal van never really took off -- perhaps a few too many mailmen refused to give up those roomy Grumman LLVs -- but now Nissan is giving the electric van concept a go. Yesterday the company announced the e-NV200 compact van (previously teased as a concept), which...
gizmodo — Hotel rooms with an hourly rate—the kind where you go to cheat on your boyfriend or girlfriend or to meet for a session with your dom—are typically grungy no-tell motels of last resort. A sad fact, but a true one nonetheless. More »
engadget — We're nearly halfway through 2012, but for NVIDIA, it seems the best is yet to come. The company's GM, Mike Rayfield, announced today that 30 smartphones with Tegra 3 chips are now slated for availability this year, which is double the success that the company had with its Tegra 2...
yro.slashdot — therealobsideus writes "Dish recently announced Auto Hop, giving its customers with the Hopper DVR the ability to 'hop' past commercial break on recordings. In response, Fox has filed suit against Dish in U.S. District Court, seeking to block the technology." The L.A. Times has coverage, too. Fox claims that giving...
engadget — While Samsung's Galaxy Ace Duos has already burst onto the scene in India pulling double duty on GSM and CDMA networks, the company today announced its dual-SIM GSM-only cousin will begin shipping in June in Russia, before rolling out to Europe and other regions later. Running Android 2.3 on an...
venturebeat — Rogue Amoeba, creator of the Airfoil Speakers Touch, an app which allows you to send and receive audio from an iPhone to many devices, was removed from Apple’s app store today. The reason? They don’t know. Airfoil Speakers Touch acted similarly to Apple’s own Airplay feature in iOS 5. The feature...
arstechnica — In a statement of bravado that bordered on delusion, the president of French film and production company Gaumont announced that, "between the 15th of May and the 15th of December 2011, not a single French film was downloaded on the Web," due to France's strict anti-piracy law Hadopi. In Gaumont’s financial...
neowin — Microsoft has announced that, according to a new report from IDC, businesses that still use Windows XP on their PCs are "wasting budget dollars" and should upgrade to Windows 7. Read more...
gigaom — PayPal on Thursday unveiled 15 national retail partners that will support its in-store payment system, which is set to compete against the likes of credit cards and other emerging payment tools like Google Wallet. It also launched a new mid-market payment tool for medium-sized businesses with multiple locations. The announcements, made...
venturebeat — Facebook has launched a stand-alone camera application for the iPhone to help people share photos faster and easier on the massive social network, the company announced today. Although Facebook paid $1 billion to acquire photo-sharing service Instagram, the Facebook Camera app seems focused on bulk uploading your photos from your iPhone...
gigaom — NASA, which along with Rackspace was one of two original backers of the OpenStack project, will stop developing software for the open-source cloud platform. Karen Petraska, an executive in NASA’s CIO office, told attendees of the Uptime Symposium on Tuesday that the agency is scaling back development now that the OpenStack has...
lifehacker — We've always said that you should do what you love—so much that if you wouldn't do your job for free, you should quit. When that isn't an option, though, writer Patty Azzarello recommends a slight change in philosophy. More »
mashable — If you got married the day after your company went public and was valued at over $100 billion, wouldn’t you want the frontman of your favorite band to entertain guests at your wedding? Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of pop punk band Green Day, reportedly performed at Facebook co-founder and...
engadget — No thanks to AT&T, owners of the carrier-branded HTC One X can now unlock their phone's bootloader on the HTCdev website. The process works by altering the handset's identifier, which causes the One X to appear as a Rogers unit on HTC's servers. While the instructions should be quite simple...
lifehacker — Whether you have an iPad or an Android tablet, you've probably been tempted to doodle a bit on it, or open up an app to make sketches or take down a few freehand notes with your finger or a stylus. Maybe you just love to draw, and you found the...
mashable — Instagram’s jaw-dropping $1 billion price tag became a lot more understandable on Thursday with the release of Facebook Camera for iOS. The app — which was in development before the social network made its offer to buy Instagram about six weeks ago — gives us a glimpse at how Facebook was...
news.yahoo — Yahoo's new Axis browser has a problem. It was released last night as both an app for iOS and as an add-on for desktop browsers, but Yahoo may not have dotted all the "i's" before launch in the latter case.
mashable — Do you want to network with some of the thought leaders in your industry? Then set your eyes on the collection of more than 70 events on Mashable’s new Events Board. Our events board goes beyond your standard business conferences and exhibitions — we showcase the most thoughtful, informative and...
gizmodo — Every day, the 7 billion people on earth all do something different. For this week's Shooting Challenge, I want you to capture that idea for one day. You'll photograph Memorial Day. More »
hardware.slashdot — 1sockchuck writes "Cloud provider Rackspace is looking to the emerging open source hardware ecosystem to transform its data centers. The cloud provider spends $200 million a year on servers and storage, and sees the Open Compute Project as the key to reducing its costs on hardware design and operations. Rackspace...
techcrunch — Launched in 2009, Yahoo’s Connected TV was one of the first platforms to introduce an open app development kit (ADK) for Internet-capable TVs. Now it’s making those apps even more powerful, by allowing developers to build apps that integrate TV and mobile capabilities. At a meeting with developers Thursday evening, the...
gizmodo — Apple just removed Airfoil Speakers Touch 3 from the iOS app store, despite claims from developer Rogue Amoeba that the app complies with all of Apple's rules and developer agreements. What gives, Apple? More »