Archive for May 29th, 2010

Woman Suing Google Over Walking Directions That Got Her Hit By a Car [Badjudgment]

I trust Google with a lot of things, but when in doubt I always fall back on good-old common sense. Lauren Rosenberg did not. She walked onto a highway because Google told her to and got hit by a car. More »










Google – search – Search Engines – Companies – Lauren Rosenberg

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New Skype 2.0 app for the iPhone allows voice calls over 3G

Plenty of other VoIP apps have managed to work in this functionality since Apple / AT&T started allowing it last year, but the official Skype app has been a notable holdout. Now, two months after Skype started doing 3G calls on Android with Verizon, there’s a 2.0 version of the app for iPhone that brings voice calls over 3G at last. Mobile iPhone calls are free until August, after which you’ll need a “mobile subscription.” We’re testing out the app as we write this and it seems to work about as well any other 3G VoIP app we’ve tried: passable, not revolutionary.

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New Skype 2.0 app for the iPhone allows voice calls over 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 May 2010 17:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How To Tell If You’re Really Dealing With A Mad Scientist [Image Cache]

There’s a crazy guy with a death ray threatening to take over the world and claiming to be a mad scientist, but is he really a mad scientist? Here’s how to find out. [Cowbirds In Love via Reddit] More »










Cache – Video Games – Games – Arts – Security

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Dell Streak’s Gorilla Glass screen: torture tested for your amusement (video)

So we’ve been hearing rumors about the Dell Streak being some kind of a rugged bad boy. Word is, the Gorilla Glass display on this 5-inch slate is good enough to withstand pretty much anything a human would care to throw its way. Them’s fighting words where we come from, so we did the only thing a responsible tech blog can do — we put them to the test. Should you be brave enough to follow us after the break, you’ll come upon our best efforts to destroy our own Streak prototype, albeit with little success. Then again, the end result might be less important than the journey there, which is not to be missed.

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Dell Streak’s Gorilla Glass screen: torture tested for your amusement (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 May 2010 15:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microscope Shots All But Confirm the Next iPhone’s 960 x 640 Resolution [Displays]

Czech site superiphone.cz reportedly got their hands on a next-gen iPhone and did what any self-respecting iPhone fanatics would: put it under a microscope. Up close and personal with those pixels, they confirmed the rumored 960 x 640, IPS dipslay. More »










IPhone – Smartphones – Handhelds – Microscope – Wallpapers and Themes

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