Original story: This is not a drill. The PlayStation Network, which was sporadically going offline and online last night, is now completely down.
Just like last time, Sony is expecting the gaming network to be back in two hours. But remember, last time they said a few days it turned into a month.
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Telstra to launch first 4G smartphone from HTC in 2012
On the heels of its 4G network roll out, Telstra has announced a brand new phone that will be able to use the very new network it launched. No, its not the iPhone. It’s a phone made by its rivals, HTC, and is coming out in the first half of next year.
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Windows 8 apps not opening? The fix might be very simple
If you’ve been playing with the Windows 8 developer preview but for some strange reason applications are not opening, then this might be the tip that saves the operating system for you. Non-opening applications have been relatively widespread so if you’re seeing the problem, know this: you’re not alone. This issue shouldn’t affect your Windows [...]
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Nine month project to build a toaster from scratch results in a book, toaster-like monstrosties
In 1958 it was famously written that no one on Earth knew how to build a pencil. Each of the jobs — the mining of the graphite, the felling of the trees, the chemistry involved in the lacquer, the forming of the rubber eraser, and so on — were so specialized that no single person [...]
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Netflix just got a lot better: How It’s Made hits streaming
Like most geeks I’m not too big on television. In my non-working hours I’m typically on my computer, gaming in some form or another, reading, or trying to get as far as possible away from a backlit display of any kind. The one show that I’ll never pass up, that I watch over and over [...]
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Five services Google+ Hangouts with Extras has replaced
Three months ago, when Google launched their new social offering, Google+, I was intrigued. When I tried Google Hangouts for the first time, I knew immediately that it had the potential to make aspects of my work much easier. As a blogger, many of my colleagues are across the globe, and typically conversations on IM, [...]
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DirectX 11 finally going mainstream, powers digital signs and slot machines
AMD has announced a new embedded GPU this week that aims to gain the chip company some new clients in the commercial entertainment sector where high performance graphics are becoming increasingly important. This GPU aims to bring DirectX 11 graphics and features to casinos, digital signage, and instrumentation panels. The Radeon E6460 embedded GPU is [...]
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Nyko Deluxe Power Grip adds battery life and ergonomics to the 3DS
Looking past any problems you might have with the Nintendo 3DS‘ game selection, the device has two major problems: ergonomics and battery life. The battery life is a well known issue: when playing 3D games the 3DS’ battery life is about half that of the DSi, clocking in around 3-4 hours. Sure, the 3DS does [...]
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VLC Media Player for Android is almost a reality
Android as a platform has always fallen a little short when it comes to media playback. The native apps that come with every Android device don’t make it easy to watch movies. The only native app that allows you to navigate movies is the Gallery app, which is great for photos, but bad for movies. [...]
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Google launches the Dead Sea Scrolls online project
The Dead Sea Scrolls are some of the most valuable religious texts known to man. Discovered between 1947 and 1956 at Khirbet Qumran, they form the oldest known versions of Biblical documents and take the form of 972 texts. Their age dates them at somewhere between 150 BCE and 70CE when they were hidden in [...]
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Take better pictures using the Astronaut’s Photography Manual
Swedish camera company Hasselblad started providing NASA with cameras back in 1962. These were the cameras that NASA used on their manned space flights, which was quite an honor for the company and created an incredible legacy not just of space-proof hardware, but of documentation. Hasselblad had to explain to the astronauts and NASA’s scientist [...]
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Spotify now requires a Facebook login for new accounts
Facebook made a lot of announcements last week during the f8 conference, one of which was new partnerships with media and entertainment services. Spotify was on the list, allowing you to link your Facebook and Spotify accounts making it easy to share what music you listened to with your friends. It’s a nice opt-in feature, [...]
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EA’s Origin terms of service updated to block lawsuits
A couple of weeks ago Sony updated the Terms of Service (ToS) for the PlayStation Network so as to block anyone suing them by making you agree to resolve probelms with a “neutral arbitrator instead of in a court by a judge or jury.” The ToS also stipulated class action lawsuits aren’t allowed as you [...]
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Facebook explains why it tracks you even when you’re logged out
Cookies have been a feature of the web for as long as I can remember. In many cases they are a useful feature to have as they remember your preferences and limit the amount of times you need to login to a service you have signed up for. But there is a dark side to [...]
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Color-changing renewable sponge material captures and stores carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a growing problem around the world as more of the greenhouse gas enters our atmosphere and slowly aids in the heating of the planet. It is a widely held belief that we need to cut the amount of carbon dioxide entering our atmosphere, with two options available to doing so: produce less [...]
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