"I can't believe you honestly think you have more money than me!"

Now this is what I call a rarity. Not only were Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates in the same room together, but they actually spent the evening wining and dining together! Maybe they weren't comparing annual incomes at the D: All Things Digital conference, but I guarantee you there was some iPhone shop-talk squeezed in at some point. Jobs is scheduled to discuss the latest Apple developments at the conference in May including the iPhone and Apple TV.

Source

Nominated for achievement in makeup, Click was the one movie in 2006 with a plot revolving around a geeky gadget. While the idea of an all-powerful, time controlling universal remote is far-fetched; it did provide some lighthearted laughs and drama. Whether you call your remote by its real name, "clicker" or "twanger," remotes play a daily part in our tech lives and it's easy to wonder what you would have done were you in Adam Sandler's shoes in the movie.

For a brief history of the remote, just read more

My friend often brings her little guy over for play dates, which is great, although I always get nervous when he climbs up on my office chair and starts pounding away at my laptop keyboard. Usually what ends up happening is his mom pulls him away and he's in tears for the rest of the afternoon. Since most of us keep our laptops and computers on for most of the day, its difficult to constantly keep a watchful eye on all the curious computer kiddies. read more

I am sure you've noticed I've been in Oscar mode, wondering what gadget-filled flicks will take home the golden statues this weekend, but what about awards for all the funny gadget moments in movies? Tech Digest is putting together a great faux Movie Gadget Oscars list that I couldn't help but share. They are asking for reader help, so if you feel compelled, you can share your picks.

1. Most Gratuitous Gadget Product Placement: Note, Casino Royale is as much a shoe-in for this award as Mirren is for the Best Actress category in the real world.
2. Most iPoddable Soundtrack: Which film had the best choons this year? Which considering Dreamgirls has three of the five Best Song nominations in the real Oscars, and the Crazy Frog bio-pic has yet to be released, should be an easy choice.
3. Achievement in HD-worthy Explosions: This is the proper award for special effects. Meaty fireballs are the reason we bought our HD tellies. Well, that and the football. If someone contrives an enormous explosion in a football movie, they win this gong by default.

read more

One of my favorite things about historical dramas is that there are often a handful of bloopers that only the discerning (or really geeky) eye can catch. Considering the other techie mistakes in the film - the lip-syncing is off during some verses of "It's All Over" and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" - I thought someone in the tech department might have been asleep at the wheel when it came to using the right microphones for the time period. My sources tell me this is not the case. Apparently, the movie featured an Electro-Voice from the '50s and early '60s and an old Neumann mic, which among others was perfectly accurate for the time.

Electro-Voice received a special citation at the end of WWII for the development of the T-45 lip microphone and even won an Academy Award in 1963 for its advances in the world of film sound. Those famous photos of Elvis Presley show him performing with one of the Electro-Voice's best models. For more photos from the film and a gadget goof, read more

Cisco and Apple today announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the “iPhone” trademark. Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products throughout the world.

Both companies acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark. For more, just read more

• Alpha Geek: Copy DVDs to your iPod - Lifehacker
• iPhone news around the clock - MyiPhone
• The very best of Nintendo DS case mods - Destructoid
• Art Levedev intros Verbarius electronic clock - Engadget
• It's that time again: The Shiny Awards - Shiny Shiny
• IM for children? Really? - Techie Diva
• Crocheted cuties for iPods and cell phones - Popgadget

---