Tether: Wireless tethering for only $30 per year
For those of you constantly traveling and unable to access a Wi-Fi connection for your Mac or PC, but unwilling to dish out the $360 a year that some carriers will require for native tethering, you can download Tether’s application for $15 for the first year and $30 for the years following. While jail breaking is one option for avoiding the cost of tethering, other people may find that paying $30 per-year is worth avoiding the hassle of hacking…
BBC developing iTunes clone to sell television programming
According to a report from Paid Content, the BCC is working on a competitor to iTunes for UK viewers that's currently named Project Barcelona. Similar to the pricing found on iTunes, new television shows could be downloaded for £1.89 per episode which comes to approximately $2.98. While only seven percent of the BBC's current content library can be found through online sources, Project Barcelona would allow the BBC to sell access to…
Less than half of lost smartphones are returned to owners in the U.S.
Dubbed the Honey Stick Project by Symantec, the security software company published rather disturbing details about what happens to a lost smartphone after the device is found. Symantec researchers took fifty smartphones and programmed the devices with a variety of generic applications within three different categories; personal, neutral and corporate. For instance, the contacts application in the neutral category contained an entry for the…
Lamborghini Ferruccio is one ferocious raging bull
Concept cars can be cruel beast. Sometimes they speed into your life dazzling and overwhelming your automotive senses with their innovative designs and futuristic technologies. Often they’re like nothing you have ever seen before. And as they’re speeding off into the sunset you can’t help but wish they were destined for production – or at least real. Alas, the Lamborghini Ferruccio is neither. Well, that’s not exactly true. While the Ferruccio…
Wikimedia shuns Go Daddy for SOPA support, finally transfers domains away
Wikimedia is officially with Go Daddy no more. On Friday, the company completed its transfer of all domains, including Wikipedia, away from the one-time SOPA supporter as an act of protest. While the official transfer is recent, the decision traces all the way back to December, when technologists were in an uproar over SOPA and PIPA. Technology companies were pitted against one another, after choosing sides in the battle. Among the Web…
Opinion: Did Apple overpromise on the new iPad?
The “new iPad” launched this week, bringing a significant improvement in display quality and 4G connection speeds. But the way it was announced reminded me more of John Sculley’s Apple than Steve Jobs’ Apple. Steve was an expert at setting expectations that the product could beat, while Sculley tended to overset expectations and folks were increasingly disappointed. Sculley’s Apple had problems with execution as well. We saw all of that in the…
Titanic documentary promises ‘jaw-dropping’ reconstruction of sinking as new hi-res debris map is completed
With the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic approaching, researchers have announced completion of a new detailed map of the ship’s entire debris field. The research team hopes it will provide further information about the fateful night in April 1912 when the ocean liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. More than 1,500 people died in the incident — an…
Facebook friend finder leads to bigamy charge for Washington man
Bigamists the world over will be closing down their Facebook accounts this weekend after a man in Washington was discovered — through the social networking site — to allegedly have two wives. The thing is, it was one of his two wives that stumbled across the revelation. It must certainly have been a drop-everything-you’re-holding moment for the woman in question. The discovery came about after wife number one clicked on the Facebook page of a…
