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  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    The People Trying To Ruin The Internet: Joe Lieberman

    At the Voice, we have been regularly following internet policy developments. We figured it would be cool -- maybe even a public service? -- to ID people who keep pushing for web-killing proposals such as SOPA and PIPA in this new, occasional feature: "The People Trying To Ruin The Internet." Enjoy! ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    IP Address Does Not Even ID a State, Judge Decides in Landmark BitTorrent Lawsuit

    Just a few weeks after a New York judge decided that an internet protocol address is not enough evidence for lawsuits against accused illegal file-sharers, a California judge has ruled that an IP address can't even pinpoint one's state. As detailed by CNET, the judge tossed out lawsuits against 15 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Michael Bloomberg Talks Trash: Will Mayor's Waste-to-Energy Plan Survive Critics?

    New York has a lot of trash! (Both the people-kind and the garbage can-kind.) Today, though, Mayor Mike is concerned with the latter: He wants to build what's called a waste-to-energy plant, a fancy way to describe an electricity-generating, trash-processing factory. His administration is accepting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Ray Kelly Warns Cops: Look Out For Those Handcuff Key Bracelets

    Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is warning cops about rope bracelets containing hidden handcuff keys, according to an internal NYPD memo obtained by the Voice. Kelly sent out photos of the product to all commands earlier this week. The key is plastic, so it won't set off metal detectors. He says pris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Take Cover from the Space Storm! Two Solar Flares Hit Earth, NASA Says

    Today's space-weather report tells of a different kind of sunny sky: Two flares, including the second biggest of the Sun's 11-year solar cycle, hit earth early this morning and could cause the biggest solar storm in five years, NASA says. Now, what the hell does this mean, exactly? Every so often, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Justin Bieber Becomes Robot Spokesman

    This item almost makes you wish for the good ol' days -- when pop stars would make headlines for booze-fueled buffoonery rather than just shamelessly shilling random shit. Alas, Justin Bieber has signed on to endorse a robot at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2011

    Steve Jobs Interview Coming to a Theater Near You

    ​Did Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography leave you hungry for more access to the Apple founder? Would you mind if that access came in the form of a 16-year-old interview transferred from a VHS tape onto a 70-foot movie screen? No? Good news! The Los Angeles Times reports that in mid-Novembe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2011

    Poop-Scooping Robot Revolutionizes the Way Robots are Humiliated

    If the machines plan on rising anytime soon, they'll have to pay their dues first. Researchers from Penn's GRASP Lab have programmed a robot to pick up dog shit. The P.O.O.P. S.C.O.O.P. (Perception of Offensive Products and Sensorized Control of Object Pickup) is a retooled PR2 personal robot and i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2011

    Windows 8: A Guide

    ​Last week, journalists and software designers were treated to a preview of Microsoft's latest operating system: Windows 8. The preview was held at Microsoft's Build conference in Anaheim, and those in attendance report a wildly different Windows. CNN calls it "radical" and CNET says it will b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Verizon Workers in the Bronx Take Picketing to Job Site in the Field (VIDEO)

    Striking Verizon employees confront workers on a pole on Alexander Avenue in the Bronx​As the Verizon strike enters its fifth day, we've come across various picket lines near Verizon buildings, here in the East Village and around the city. But what we hadn't witnessed until today was a scene w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    The Government May Soon Track Everything You Do Online

    ​While most of Washington was bickering about the debt ceiling late last week, a bill made it through committee that, if passed by Congress, could affect your life much more than anything related to the deficit default. A House panel approved the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Netflix Fee Increase: Humanity's Most Trying Moment

    ​Each week, Death by Science sends out an all-points bulletin for the latest science and technology news, tracks it down and beats a confession out of it. This week, we take a look at Netflix's monthly fee increase and the fervor surrounding it. The Internet boldly takes a stand and says, "Six ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Jason Valdez Facebooks Holding a Woman Hostage in 16-Hour Police Standoff

    ​A 36-year-old Ogden, Utah, man named Jason Valdez has taken social networking to unprecedented levels by updating his Facebook status to reflect that he had taken a woman named Veronica hostage in a motel after the cops tried to give him a warrant for a felony drug offense. He then held her f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Martha Stewart Gets a Cocktail App; San Francisco Gets an Absolut

    ​Beer-happy picnickers were not too happy at this Sunday's first annual Brewers' Pic Nyc at Governors Island about having to wait for a whole extra hour before they could start drinking. Organizers were apparently confused about New York's blue laws, which were changed in 2006, making it legal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    English Sparklers May Dazzle Royal Wedding Guests; 200-Year-Old Bubbly Could Go for $82K

    ​English sparkling wines are getting so good that they might be served at the royal wedding, as they were at Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday party. [NY Times] Meanwhile, beer happy guests at the royal wedding won't be too pleased to learn that no suds will be served at the event. [NPR] A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Guy Fieri Gets a New Yellow Convertible; Jersey Shore Cast Members Banned from The Box

    ​Guy Fieri has replaced the canary-yellow Lamborghini that was stolen last month with what calls a "bitchin' Camaro," in bright yellow. [SF Chronicle] A new iPhone app allows you to snap a picture of a dish, then converts it into a corresponding calorie count. Magic? [CNET] The new People's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    McDonald's Burgers Suck, Say You; Chefs in Love with Heart Dishes

    ​Farming internships are all the rage these days among ag-department graduates, career-changers, and even cooks looking to deepen their knowledge of ingredients. [NY Times] McDonald's bombed big time in a recent Consumer Reports survey of burger chains. Five Guys and In-N-Out Burger topped th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Full Body Scanners Can Store Unidentifiable Images Of You

    SUH-kurity​We're back with the privacy debate on full body scanners. They're coming to New York soon, and yesterday, CNET reported that a privacy advocate group in D.C. is taking the Transportation Security Administration to task (again) because full body scanners used by feds in other departments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    New Subway Sign Reads What V Train Riders Think: FML

    via Caroline McCarthy/CNET​Subway signs recently updated to reflect the June 28 removal of the V and W lines are as bold in color as the previous signs, but some are much bolder in message, like the ones at 14th Street and Sixth Avenue, which spell "FML" with subway symbols. OMG, LOL, how di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Update: MTA's "FML" Subway Sign to Change

    via Caroline McCarthy/CNET​FML, just when New Yorkers had a funny little inside joke, the MTA had to go ahead and squash it! The subway sign we wrote about earlier today -- the one that spells out FML (a commonly recoginized pop-culture acronym for "Fuck My Life") -- will be changed so that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    The Day Our Twitter Followers Went to Zero

    ​If your Twitter followers are all gone (NOOOOO!) it's because Twitter is working on fixing a bug that can force one user to follow another.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Apple's iPhone Porn Purge Deletes Thousands of Apps: Reports

    ​The rumored removal of sexy apps for iPhones seems to have come to pass. The first shot in the war on porn apps came, per CNET, when "Apple notified developer Chillifresh that its Wobble iBoobs application was being removed from the App Store." Now it is reported that thousands of other apps ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Quick Hits

    ​ Avenue D and 10th Street ca. 1937. h/t The Bowery Boys. Four men dressed as the Super Mario Brothers beat up and robbed a cabbie in Staten Island on Halloween. The Staten Island Advance has the story and some bizarre footage. A mysterious powder was found on the floor of a New Jersey Tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Memorial Day Weekend Must-Haves (Not Really)

    Planning on breaking out the BBQ this weekend? Perhaps. Gearing up for some midday suds? Definitely. Check out these fun and deliciously superfluous gadgets to spice up your holiday weekend You never can find a beer when you need one. Avoid the problem entirely by wearing your brewskies around yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2009

    Introducing the Noodle Waterslide--And All the Noodles Say "Weeeeeee!"

    Make playing with your food a family affair with this Noodle Waterslide made by Japanese toymaker, Bandai. Available in Japan for 8,400 yen (about $85), it's like a Hot Wheels track set for your food. [TokyoMango via CNET]

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Dumped via Facebook? Probably. Hooked up by stimulus bill? Maybe.

    This'll break you up: Revisiting the January 2007 Facebook parody from USC, directed by Mu Sun While you're waiting for the stimulus bill to hook you back up: • It's not you, it's my social-networking. Further confirmation in this morning's Daily News of something that thousands of you alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Early Black Friday Reports Mixed: "Rowdy," Hopeful, Lethal

    This'll break you up: Revisiting the January 2007 Facebook parody from USC, directed by Mu Sun While you're waiting for the stimulus bill to hook you back up: • It's not you, it's my social-networking. Further confirmation in this morning's Daily News of something that thousands of you alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Daily Flog: It's so bad that capitalists plan to help proles

    This'll break you up: Revisiting the January 2007 Facebook parody from USC, directed by Mu Sun While you're waiting for the stimulus bill to hook you back up: • It's not you, it's my social-networking. Further confirmation in this morning's Daily News of something that thousands of you alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Daily Flog: Powell confined to Barack's; oil prices, Red Sox, confidence in economy all fall

    This'll break you up: Revisiting the January 2007 Facebook parody from USC, directed by Mu Sun While you're waiting for the stimulus bill to hook you back up: • It's not you, it's my social-networking. Further confirmation in this morning's Daily News of something that thousands of you alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2007

    Mad Dogs: Chowhound's surprise redesign

    This'll break you up: Revisiting the January 2007 Facebook parody from USC, directed by Mu Sun While you're waiting for the stimulus bill to hook you back up: • It's not you, it's my social-networking. Further confirmation in this morning's Daily News of something that thousands of you alre ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    March 7, 2006

    Chowhound Sold to CNET Networks

    Talking with Jim Leff, founder and alpha hound

  • Screens

    March 22, 2005

    iEverything

    The new Walkman sprints ahead of the competition

  • News

    March 23, 2004

    The Heavyweight Blues

    Wanted: A cheap laptop ready to ramble. Under five pounds, please.

  • Music

    December 23, 2003

    No Trust

    Congress and movie star dance the anti-download bolero

  • News

    July 29, 2003

    Pixel This

    Congress and movie star dance the anti-download bolero

  • News

    June 10, 2003

    Et Tu, Brute?

    Congress and movie star dance the anti-download bolero

  • News

    April 15, 2003

    Card Tricks

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

  • News

    July 2, 2002

    Digital Bandits

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Sites Unseen

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

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