As reported on Wired. BY WIRED STAFF With Texas Chainsaw 3D ushering in a new chapter to the mega-franchise, Jordan Crucchiola and Jay Dayrit bravely ingested all six previous films — that’s a lot of splatter, even for them — and are here to weigh the new movie against the old. Does TC3D branch out, or is it just a retread of the same old clichés? Find out now in the latest Bloodline.
As reported on The Verge. By Joshua Kopstein Eyebeam’s media archive weathers the storm, but backing up is hard to do Hard drive crashes and corrupted files repeatedly instruct us on the importance of keeping media backups. But when data loss looms as the result of massive physical damage from a major natural disaster, finding better ways to digitally archive our history suddenly becomes a moral imperative. As countless tri-state area residents were left without power,…
As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS Facebook is a data company. Today’s news about its new search features proves it. So did last week’s news about the company testing what it can charge people to send Mark Zuckerberg a message. And tomorrow at Open Compute Project’s Open Compute Summit, Facebook will again show why becoming the world’s largest data broker depends on the success of its massive data-center buildout. The Open Compute Summit is Facebook’s creation, really. The company open-sourced its…
As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS Wearable connected devices are having a moment — largely anticipatory — as excitement builds about the potential for sensor-packed mobile kit that you strap to your person and use to augment/record activity from your daily life. Yesterday Google announced the first hackathons for its Project Glass smart specs to get developers thinking about building apps for a new type of mobile device, while a smorgasbord of wearable fitness tracking gizmos such…
As reported on TechCrunch. by RIP EMPSON Over the last year, Google has slowly been unveiling its plans around Project Glass, the company’s R&D program responsible for attempting to bring wearable computing to the mainstream. Complete with augmented reality and an integrated display, Google’s smart glasses have had many geeks on pins and needles, especially as “Explorer” editions of the glasses have been expected to begin showing up early this year. Today, Google sent out its…
As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg For those who haven’t yet found a reason to check out the three-month oldPlayStation Mobile store, Sony’s got a rather compelling one for ya: freebies. Starting today, one game will be available gratis every seven days as part of a “New Year giveaway,” which will last six weeks in total. To obtain the complimentary titles, you’ll need either a Vita, or a device that’s been PS-Certified — an honor currently bestowed…
As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Fusion-io has made a name for its Fusion ioDrive solid-state drives by selling them to the largest of enterprises — the sort that crave thousands of servers. Not everyone wants that level of computing muscle, though, which is why the pro-grade storage firm is now selling the Fusion ioScale to a much wider audience. Cloud service hosts and other, smaller companies just have to buy a (relatively) paltry 100 or…
As reported Engadget. By Daniel Cooper BBC News is reporting that there’s another casualty on the British high street today as video rental chain Blockbuster enters administration. The company began life in the motherland back in March 1989 and, like several of its brethren, couldn’t compete against online offerings from Amazon (amongst others). It’s the second business in 48 hours to go under after HMV did the same yesterday. BBC News is also reporting that administrators Deloitte will continue to honor gift cards and will keep the stores trading…
As reported on Businessinsider.com by Kevin Smith Kevin Smith/Business Insider Apple’s iPhone app selection. While Apple’s store is usually the first choice for developers to launch their apps, others know that Android is the platform to push hardware and software to the limit. Browsing through Android’s massive app library can be difficult as there are many apps that simply aren’t very useful. But if you look a little harder you can find apps like BetterBatteryStats, which…
As reported on Businessinsider.com by Abby Rogers AP Images Gene Rosen became emotional when describing the massacre. Conspiracy theories have flooded the Internet since Adam Lanza gunned down 20 first graders in Newtown, Conn. last month. The Sandy Hook elementary “truthers” have even begun harassing a man who was lauded as a hero after the shooting, Salon reported Tuesday. Gene Rosen found six children at the end of his driveway on Dec. 14 and sheltered them inside his home…