On an episode of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' back in 1992, Captain Picard (played by Patrick Stewart) is using a device that looks suspiciously like an iPad.
The annual Ig Nobel prizes were handed out last Thursday night. If you're not familiar, those are awards at Harvard that are given out to the STUPIDEST scientific achievements of the year. Here are some highlights...
The world lets Apple get away with a lot. We've let them turn us into materialistic zombies. We look the other way on their products being hand-assembled by Chinese factory workers making pennies. But THIS could push us too far.
This month is the 30th anniversary of the EMOTICON, the smiley faces, frowning faces, winking faces, and other things you make out of punctuation when you type. And they're EVERYWHERE.
One of the absolute joys of Facebook is the ability to anonymously stalk people. I mean, without being able to see how chubby everyone from your past has gotten, why would you even have a profile?
Remember back when you worried how many minutes you had left on your cell phone? Or when your biggest complaint was dropped calls or bad reception? Seems like a distant memory.
This is pretty stupid, but scientists at the University of Tokyo wanted to create a robot to demonstrate human-machine cooperation systems...whatever that means.
Believe it or not, Apple has a STRICT policy that all the laptops on display in their stores must have their screens tilted to 70 degrees. Which is actually an awkward viewing angle. There's actually a reason for that.
There are few album covers as iconic as David Bowie‘s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.’ EMI has created a fun web app where fans can upload images of themselves or their friends — or say, their pets — in place of Bowie’s face.