Tech news stories that caught our attention or imagination.
Jun 09
We talked about this on the show a couple of weeks back, now here it is. Sam Mendes (director of ‘American Beauty’) was hired to direct Apple ads and his first is now out. It is called ‘Face Time’ and it is sweet and slow moving and I still don’t quite know why Apple felt …
Jun 04
Geeks of Doom has reported that ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum 2’ will be Mark Hamill’s last appearance as The Joker. For those that don’t know, Mark ‘Luke Skywalker’ Hamill has been voicing The Joker for many years now in the DC animated world. He portrayed The Joker in ‘Batman The Animated Series’ and ‘Superman The Animated …
Jun 04
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage at the All Things Digital (D8) Conference this week and while being questioned by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher about Facebook’s privacy issues he began to sweat profusely, it was actually uncomfortable to watch. Zuckerberg’s answers were rambling and he was obviously distracted by the river of sweat …
Jun 03
As a geek, I can’t help but get a little misty eyed when I see a demonstration like this. It is the future we all dreamed of, interacting with our computers rather than just using them. John Underkoffler, Steven Spielberg’s science advisor on ‘Minority Report’, gave a demonstration of the g-speak 3D user interface at …
Jun 03
Two months, it didn’t take long, only two months. The iPad knock offs are here. They look like an iPad, they are packaged a lot like an iPad but look a little closer and you can see the differences. The video below is in Japanese, but you get the idea from the images alone. These …
Jun 02
Talk about a slap in the face for Microsoft, Google Inc. has decided to phase out the use of Windows on it’s internal computers due to security concerns. This decision comes after the Chinese hacking incident earlier this year. This doesn’t have anything to due with Google developing it’s own operating system based on Linux …
