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”Aurora Feint iPhone App Delisted For Lousy Security Practices
Remember that Aurora Feint Puzzle/RPG game that we told you we liked? Turns out we don't like it anymore. In fact, we're actually pretty damn scared of this app, seeing as Apple de-listed them from the App Store due to privacy and security issues. To the developer's credit, they were forthright with what they did and didn't do. More »All Giz Wants: An All-In-One Set Top Box
If you've been around long enough, you'll remember All Giz Wants—our series of fanciful and unlikely wishlist items that would totally make this the Best Holidays Ever if we got them. Here's one I've been wishing for for the better part of a decade: an all-in-one set top box that does everything.
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The 100 Greatest Tech Innovations Of All-Time List Takes Balls
Whenever someone does a comprehensive countdown list like this, it goes without saying that they are really sticking their neck out. And Maximum PC is putting everything on the line with their list of the 100 greatest tech innovations of all-time. The title is a little misleading given the fact that the list is confined to PC innovations, but with a name like Maximum PC, what did you expect? Naturally, the top ten list will be a source of great controversy, so hit the following link and get your fingers limbered up for some heated commenting debates. [Maximum PC]
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Xbox Fall Update Update: Voyeuristic Friends List
Not only does the upcoming Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update bring parental timers and downloadable original Xbox games, it's going to allow you to peep in on your buddies' friends list as well. As long as your friends set their list visibility to "Everyone" or "Friends only" (and not "Blocked"), you can see who your friend friended and send a friend request to them of your own. Think of it as looking through your buddies' cellphone when he's not looking, jotting down numbers, then calling people up and asking if they'll be your friend. [Xbox via Friends of Friends]
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iPhone Wish List: Vote On It
We know you have a long wish list for the iPhone, but here's your chance to vote on it, Digg-style. There's now a site dedicated to iPhone feature requests, and it works on the same concept as community-based popularity website Digg. Vote for your favorite feature that was left out of the iPhone on the Wish List site, or register and suggest your own. Let's do our own informal poll here with the top vote-getters thus far. [iPhone Wish List]More »
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My Birthday Wishes
I'm 30 today. I woke up this morning and went for a jog up to Twin Peaks. I noticed how much harder it is to run with an extra couple of inches on my waist. Then I looked down and realized it could be the gigantic Halo 3 Zune in my hand. I got back to the apartment, thankful for the kind weather and the rare chance to exercise, and made myself a lumberjack platter of pancakes, three eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes and a cup of ketchup and maple syrup. Damn Zune, slowing me down. More »
digital cameras
Red One Digital Cinema Camera Price List Now On Line, Still Not Shipping
The makers of that Red One Digital Cinema camcorder that's supposedly able to crank out 4K resolution—that's super HD rez rivaling film—have finally rolled out a price list today, headed up by the already-announced $17,500 for the camera body. Considering that other cameras that can do similar things cost at least seven to 10 times more than that, that's groundbreaking. But that price is just for openers. More »
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SmartShopper Grocery List Assistant: Talk Listy to Me
Speech recognition continues to make strides, and here's another example, the SmartShopper Grocery List Assistant. Press its record button and simply tell it what you'd like to have on your shopping list, and it understands what you said, placing that item in alphabetically-ordered list for you. When you want to go shopping, just print out the little list and you're good to go. More »
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All Giz Wants: Mac Clones Again
Why, oh why can't there be Mac clones again? The quality of Mac hardware has been steadily declining, and if a user is devoted to OS X and no other, there's no choice for hardware but Apple. More »
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Top 5 Early Bird Luxo-Gift List
As soon as Halloween is done, it's a sprint until Christmas. Never mind all that talk about Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that launches the holiday shopping season. If you're planning to buy a luxo-sport gift for that special someone this year, you'll want to avoid that herd of sheep, and get your shopping done early. More »
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The Old In/Out: Top 50, What's Sizzlin', What's Fizzlin'
Okay folks, it's polarization time. Since we hang around, drinking beers and monkeying with gadgets all day and spontaneously erupt into typeage from time to time, it's our job to keep our fingers on the pulse of what's sizzlin' and what's fizzlin'. More »
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Top Ten Big Fat Products for Plus-Sized Dudes
Let's face it, this world is not made for big bruisers, people over 400 pounds, the plus-sized souls who are living in a world that seems to be comparatively miniature. We've been noticing products targeted at these overweight individuals, an example of how the world eventually accommodates the size of its inhabitants. So here it is, our completely nonjudgmental, non-sizest Top 10 List of Big Fat Products for those who are larger than life. More »
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Site Lists Top Digital Cameras
Now there's a place you can go to find out the top 100 most-frequently-used makes and models of digital cameras used to take pictures uploaded to photo sharing website Flickr. There's also a column that names the top camera manufacturers represented in Flickr uploads. More »Don't Piss Dad Off This Holiday, Or Kiss That 360 Buh-Bye, Kids
Some kid must have been one hell of a brat this holiday season. Seems a father got so fed up with his son that he sold the Xbox 360 he bought for $100. Yup. You could have netted a $100 Xbox 360 sans box if you lived near Kansas City—but without the original packaging. Why no cardboard box? The dad wanted to teach the kid a lesson, so he kept the box, filled it up with coal and gave it to him. You probably would do that too if your kid was kicking a $2,000 stereo system in a fit of rage. No updates yet on what the kid said or did after he unwrapped it, but we're guessing his stereo system took a turn for the worse. More »













