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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Samsung’s Discrete iPhone Bashing

Samsung isn't a company known for honesty or telling the truth, which is what makes their latest promotion of the Galaxy S5 smartphone all the more intriguing.Four new promotional videos were released by Samsung this week that show off some of the Galaxy S5′s most important and intriguing features.... Read More »

Chinese Rolls Royce

Move over Rolls Royce, the Chinese 'Red Flag' is here:The affluent in China have a new, homegrown chariot to compete with the likes of Rolls Royce. The Hong Qi L5--which, literally (and troublingly) translates as "red flag"--is powered by a 400-horsepower, 6.0-liter V12, which is paired with a six-speed... Read More »

Greatest Supercars Of All Time

Yahoo's list of 49 cars, starting with the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish down to #1 the 2005 Bugatti Veyron (for $1-million).Supercars are the cars that set the standards. Cars built as technological statements by their makers and often with the claim of being the best in the world. They're the cars... Read More »
Friday, April 25, 2014

Closer Encounters Of The New Kind

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is closer than ever to a new product category.You want to take the time to get it right. Our objective has never been to be first. It’s to be the best. To do things really well, it takes time. You can see a lot of products that have been brought to market where... Read More »

$75,000 Camaro Z/28 Sold Out*

If you have $75,000 to spend on a Chevy and you don't want a Corvette, the Camaro Z/28 was your last chance. All 500 have been sold. There's always next year when 2,500 might be built*.No automatic transmission, no air conditioner, no radio, but 500-horsepower.... Read More »

The 50 Greatest Actors Alive

And you thought the news today was boring? No one would claim ownership of the list at Yahoo! Movies but it's an interesting list.Spoiler Alert! The bottom five:Brad Pitt Sigourney Weaver Joaquin Phoenix Paul Giamatti Forest WhitakerIn a real come on, Yahoo! Movies requires you... Read More »

Which Is Healthier? Brown Eggs Or White Eggs?

That's not a question I remember asking but apparently there's a rule of thumb that works for pasta, bread, and rice, but not eggs. K. Aleisha Fetters:As far as foods—pasta, flour, bread, you know the drill—go, brown is typically healthier than white.But open your egg carton and that nutrition... Read More »

Cooler Than Cool: Create Vector-based Raster Patterns From Bitmap Images Right On Your Mac

Thursday, April 24, 2014
Way, way back in the day, when vector-based graphics were just getting started on the Mac (can you say, 'MacDraw?') I would trace bitmapped images with vector tools to create a unique, distinct, yet highly flexible image for advertising clients. Those days of intense and highly manual labor are gone,... Read More »
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A Car Cops Love

The days of the Ford Crown Victoria cop car are gone. Here's a car that some cops are falling in love with. Kyle Stock on the new Dodge Charger; a true cop car:In the parlance of the Blues Brothers, the Charger is a cop car, and the latest iteration may corner that part of the market more easily... Read More »

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Monitor Internet, Wi-Fi, and home or office network performance from the Mac's Menubar with PeakHour, this week's sponsor. Keep ISPs honest and track Internet usage in real time. PeakHour sets up fast, works with UPnP and SNMP routers.


The Poop On Pooping

Christopher Wanjek with more than most of us know about you know what: Everyone does it. And many have developed a set of rituals and beliefs, some false, about the act of clearing one's bowels. You might think that you know your stuff about poop, but misconceptions are common. Spoiler Alert!Misconception... Read More »

Suicide Doors Are Back (maybe)

BMW's latest future concept car is a four-door powerhouse, a plug-in hybrid with suicide doors. From the 2014 Beijing Auto Show:It's a concept car.... Read More »

If Free Is Good, Small Is Beautiful, And Less Is More, Then What About This Audio Player?

Tuesday, April 22, 2014
In an era when audio apps for the Mac are free and do almost everything (Garageband, I'm looking at you) why would anyone create yet another audio player? Because 'necessity is the mother of invention.' Also, 'where there's a will there's a way.' Not to mention free is good, small is beautiful and less... Read More »
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Samsung’s Fingerprint Flop

Apple made the Touch ID fingerprint sensor work rather well (press Home button and hold; done). Samsung's copycat version just tells everyone how much more work needs to be done to make biometrics a success. John Fontana:In the Samsung case, its fingerprint scanner has a higher risk ratio than the... Read More »

10 Most Disappointing Destinations In The World

Overhyped, highly popular, and mostly disappointing, says Caroline Morse.Spoiler Alert!Liberty Island, NY Niagara Falls, NY Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland Hollywood, CA Nassau, Bahamas Gibraltar (the Rock of) Frankfurt, Germany Disney World, FL Casablanca, Morocco Las Vegas, NVDisney... Read More »

300mpg Diesel-Electric Hybrid Volkswagen

Add this to my 'I'll believe it when I see it' list. The Volkswagen diesel hybrid XL1. 300 mpg.The $60,000 XL1 is powered by an 800cc, two-cylinder turbodiesel powerplant (half a BlueMotion engine), producing 47bhp, supported by a 27bhp electric motor hat fuelled by lithium-ion batteries. The batteries... Read More »
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