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Daily Tech: Japan Sells More Than 500,000 Nintendo DSi's
- Nintendo's latest handheld gaming device, the DSi, has already sold more than 500,000 units in Japan during its first month on sale. — Kotaku
- Apple's new In-Ear Headphones With Remote and Mic are finally available to order on the Apple website. — Gizmodo
- Laptop Cop has a new feature — Lojack location service!
iPhone App You Need: Trapster
Do you live in fear of speeding tickets? I no longer drive, but when I did, they were the bane of my existence. Too bad I wasn't a driver in the time of the iPhone, because Trapster is the latest app that I'm declaring brilliant.
Guy Loses Playstation 3, Cops Replace It With an Xbox 360
What if you bought a refurbished gadget, only to be suspected of theft? And, then to add insult to injury were cleared but had the gadget replaced with a rival product?
That's what happened to a man in North Carolina, Dustin Waller, who bought a refurbished Playstation 3, which had been reported stolen, unbeknownst to him.
Daily Tech: Inside Facebook's Chic New Headquarters
- Take a peek inside Facebook's new headquarters — Unplggd
- Amazon's new same-day delivery could be pretty rough on the lil guys — Channel Web
- Microsoft hopes to open its first retail store on Oct. 22 — Daily Tech
- Texting driver crashes into cop car — Switched
- Judge: cell ringtones are not concerts — Wired
- New Canon iPhone app prints wirelessly to your PIXMA — Gizmodo
- Design and concept blog Yanko Design has launched an online store! — Yanko Design
- The Google e-book store will offer files that aren't device-specific so customers will be able to use any of the e-book readers that will flood the market in 2010 — PC World
Tech Dating 101: Decoding Post-Date Texts and IMs
The men of Swingers championed a rule that fundamentally changed how fellas of the '90s plotted post-date communication. They said a man should wait three days after a date to call a woman so she would want them more. Preposterous, right?
Tech Dating 101: Can I Get Out of a Date Over Text Message?
Welcome back to this week's installment of Tech Dating 101, where geeksugar and DearSugar team up to help you out with the issues that arise when technology and dating meet. Last week we talked about whether it was cool to make big life announcements online, and before that, I gave you advice on changing your Facebook relationship status. This week, it's textual.
Mirror's Edge Time Trials: All the Fun, Without All the Fuzz
Although I complained about the controls and learning curve when I first cracked open Mirror's Edge, I quickly became a bona fide addict. I still play it when I need to escape my day, and with the addition of the new downloadable content on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, I'm sure I'll get hooked all over again.
Mirror's Edge Time Trials has you racing the clock on nine different maps, without the distraction of gunfire, the guilt of beating the crap out of city cops, and being pinched by the fuzz.
Mirror's Edge Review: Fun. . . Once You Get the Hang of It
I had been looking forward to playing Mirror's Edge since the early months of 2008, all the while hoping it was going to live up to the hype I had heard swirling around it. The good news is, this first-person action title is beautiful to look at, it's a great way to break out of a RPG rut (note to self: must stop playing Fable II), and I was able to do things I had never done before in a game. The bad news?
New G1 T-Mobile Ad: Pretty Cool or Pretty Patronizing?
Since the Google/T-Mobile presentation yesterday of the hotly-anticipated Android-running G1 smartphone, the G1 has been playing with my emotions with reports that it looks great, works great, but has some big flaws. The again, up and down reviews are no huge surprise, especially if you weathered the storm that was the iPhone 3G launch.
So here's the new commercial for the G1.
Bejeweled Bluetooth Headest: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
If California's Hands Free Law is bumming you out because the only Bluetooth headsets out there aren't blingin' enough for you, then check out this Bejeweled Motorola H3 Bluetooth Headset ($90).
Crystals courtesy of Let's Crystal It!, that's exactly what they did. No cops will pull you over because they'll be able to see that ice miles away!
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