Emily’s Team Pick: Apple Logo Art
You know that Apple logo on the back of your mac that lights up? Look at all these cool designs you can put around it! Also happy valentine’s day and stuff, whatever.
What is Google Buzz? Will Buzz Blindside Twitter and Facebook?
Oh hey it’s Google Buzz! Where did you come from? What are you for? Do we like you? How do we turn you off? How do we make it work with you? These questions and more, answered by Technostraddle!
Sci-Fi Oscar Noms, EA Sports’ Superbowl Prediction & Mass Effect 2’s Gay Hullabaloo
The virtual Saints and the real Saints win the Superbowl! The Oscars go wild for science-fiction for some reason! And we all continue to puzzle over the future/present/past of Lost. The show, and the characters. And like, the semi-abstract conceptions of time. Also; gay gamers, the facebook makeover, dinosaurs, a new iPad in the works? and excuses to buy more video games. And more.
Batman vs. Spiderman Smackdown! Bonus Open Thread: What Are Your Fave Apps?
This week’s Technostraddle Open Thread answers some burning questions you guys had last time around. Mainly as they pertain to Batman and Superman, really. Because maybe I got a little carried away.
Riese’s Team Pick: Digital Nation on PBS
I happened to catch the second half of Digital Nation on Frontline the other night and it was fascinating, so then I caught both halves online, it remained fascinating, and I would like to suggest you do the same: Is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we’ve gained?: FRONTLINE […]
Dollhouse Dirge: Reflections on “The Whedon Effect,” Eliza Dushku’s Hot Last Stand
Dollhouse ended-it’s true- but its vast, unrealized potential burns on in the minds and hearts of Joss Whedon devotees everywhere. Dollhouse’s finale was a fitting end to another of Whedon’s semi-failed tv successes, but maybe not for all the right reasons.
Top 5 Video Games of 2010: Zelda, World of Warcraft, Bioshock 2 and More!
What is Technostraddle looking forward to in 2010? We’ve got gaming picks from new installations to well-loved favorites. Get your controllers and your Mountain Dew cocktails (ew!) ready, it’s time to geek out as we preview what’s to come for Zelda, World of Warcraft and more!
Macmillan Tells Amazon Who’s Boss, Google Gets Sneaky on the iPhone and the Asian Flush: Solved!
So many mysteries are solved this week: Where are all my friends and what is Mass Effect 2? How can I be on my computer and on the elliptical machine? Why did I get fired after Facebook-friending my HR manager? Read on!
The iPad App Revolution: A Look at the Card Up Apple’s Sleeve
iPad blues got you down? Maybe you just aren’t looking in the right place to find the device’s latent brilliance. Why the iPad’s app store is Apple’s ultimate ace in the hole.
Apple Announces the “iPad” to Our Collective Horror (and Excitement?)
Apple debuted the iPad, finally introducing its long-awaited tablet of ridiculously mythical proportions today at a press conference in San Francisco. But can we forgive its name? And does it live up to the hype?
Gamers and Lesbians Get Rickets, A Photographer Fakes It for Nat Geo and Please, Please Not the iPad
Lots of geek news this week! Video games demonized for more theoretical bullshit health problems, five journalists will report solely based on Twitter and Facebook to see what happens and yes, the Apple Tablet news of your dreams is still on its way!
Open Thread: Ask a Geek Anything, Our Q & A Shoutout to Non-Geeks!
Yes, the time has come: Time for you non-geeks, novice geeks and geek apprentices to ask us anything! It’s the no-holds-barred nerd Q & A session you’ve been waiting for! You’ve been waiting, right?
Apple Tablet to Debut Next Wednesday?! Here’s Our (Weirdo) Sneak Peek!
To celebrate the news of Apple’s announced unveiling of a certain something special (MAC TABLET YESSS), we here at Technostraddle want to bring you a special sneak peek into the future. Here’s a weirdo selection of our very own Mac Tablet concept art, which we are certain will prove to be quite accurate and representational of what is to come next week.
Google and China’s Censorship War, Spiderman 4 Canceled and June is Soon for the New iPhone
Nerd news goes crazy! Chinese censorship gets even sketchier, Sam Raimi abandons Spiderman 4 and oh hey, I can see your WoW from here!
CES 2010 Highlights: Microsoft’s Wiimote, Laptops Get Zanier and 3D Everything
CES offered some new tech for every kind of technophile! New phones, new screens, new ways to game and more! In other news, gaming is good for you (duh) and thank god we finally understand why the fruit fly has such a spiny sex organ!
Three Perspectives on Avatar (One for Each Dimension!)
Everybody has some feelings about James Cameron’s Avatar. From total 3D motion-sickness revulsion to fanboyish obsession, everyone’s got something to say. Here, three of our very own tech team members give you the scoop on the 3D box-office hit from where they’re standing.
Emily’s Team Pick: A Bunch of Mice go to a Party
A bunch of mice go to a party and do lots of drugs. You get to be the scientist and see what happens to your brain when you use different kinds of drugs. It’s sciencey and interactive and fun and you might feel like you know something after. I like it ’cause you get to […]
Google Debuts the Nexus One! Will Apple Still Sit Pretty with the iPhone?
Google announces the Nexus One phone, giving Apple a run for its money (literally) in the biggest way yet. The Nexus One looks to not only take on the iPhone, but to shake up the mobile phone industry as we know it. And it isn’t taking prisoners.
A Geeky Look Back at 2009: A List of Lists! So Meta!
Technostraddle brings you a meta-list reviewing 2009’s geek highlights!
My New Xbox 360 Totally Blows My Mind, 2009 Just Totally Blows
It took me until the end of 2009 to catch up with the gaming world first-hand. But now I have an Xbox 360 to christen the coming decade. So take that, 2009!