A couple of weeks ago, I talked about a study that was conducted by CinemaNow shows that 94 percent of people surveyed think that renting a video from a store or even getting them through the mail from a service like Netflix will be the next tech dinosaur to be extinct. Movie downloads, they cited, are better for the environment. While that very noble reason is a bonus, I began downloading movies because of the convenience.
Obviously, it's great to have it both ways, but the results of CinemaNow's survey surprised me, because most of the people that I know who download movies are doing it for the convenience. So tell me — if you're a movie downloader, what is your main reason for doing it: The friendliness to the environment, or the fact that it's so easy?
With the 2008 Olympic Games kicking off on Friday - and what a spectacle it was - it's now time to check out all the cool phone apps, fun Olympic tech news, and neat gadgets, all inspired by the Summer games! Oh yeah, and remember, even if you're away from your TV, you can catch all the gaming action online as well!
You wouldn't think that geeksugar would have much to say about AMC's runaway hit Mad Men, set in the early 1960s — but you'd be totally, utterly wrong.
The retro-era show is actually rife with geekery — vintage geekery that is. Not only is it a rare look into how the times were for health, the sexes, minorities, and business, we also get to see the infiltration of technology into the home and the workplace.
Amazing tech quotes abound, like this over-the-top sexist zinger: "The manufacturer made it so easy a woman could use it." Of course, we'd love to say that sexism in regards to technology manufacturing has gone the way of the black and white TV, but we can't, necessarily.
Besides the women-friendly typewriter, there's the old-school video cameras, the wild concept of the copy machine, the out-of-placeness of a tube television in a single woman's apartment, and one of my favorites, the crazy (and crazy important) sight of the switchboard ladies, connecting the mad ad men with their clientele.
It must be the week of the BlackBerry gel case! From last week's match up celeb with her light pink case, to Rihanna with her fuchsia case, there were certainly lots of Curve cases to go around! And now this celeb, with her aqua blue case — I guess great minds do think alike! Any idea who it is? Scroll down to take a guess.
Look out Flip Mino, there's a new pocket cam in town, Kodak's Zi6 HD, she's mini, she's mighty and she comes color coated in pink or black.
The good? She only weighs 3.8 ounces, comes with a built-in USB connector, her memory can be expanded with an SD card, and she runs off AA batteries. The great? She only costs $179.95, can record High Def video files and you can already start pre-ordering her for (fingers crossed) a Fall release date!
Did you happen to catch NBC's broadcast of the opening ceremonies from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday eve? What a sight it was! Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were installed across the entire stadium (even the roof!) and a LED screen, measuring 147 meters long and 22 meters wide was placed in the center of the stadium. And for the full futuristic effect, around 44,000 tiny LED beads, all different colors, were embedded within the LED screen as well as in the costumes of the performers. "We have combined creativity with the most complicated technologies in Olympic history to maximize the visual and sensory impact on the audience," said Yu Jianping, technical team leader for the opening.
To see just how magnificent the show was, check out my slideshow. And be sure to catch all the highlights and video footage from the games online!
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There was a time in my life where I really wanted to help that terminally ill child whose family was reaching out to me vial email forward, or grew seriously concerned about the risks of my deodorant giving me cancer. I call that time 1999, when chain email forwards were coming at me in all directions, namely from my friends, who also sent me email questionnaires about different aspects of their life, which were interesting the first 50 times I received them.
Now, my friends have realized how annoying and scam-worthy these forwards all were (though the questionnaire people moved on to MySpace bulletins). But that doesn't put me in the clear; it seems as some of my (let's say, older) relatives have finally "figured out" email, a certain email forwarding abuse has come with this newfound skill. So, I sort through them, scanning for anything new under the forward sun. Occasionally, if it's someone who won't be offended, I'll reply with the Snopes article disproving the forward they just sent. Hey, they have to learn too.
So tell me — are you still getting email forwards?
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