Posted on June 20, 2008 by Bored Larry

It’s only fitting that the glorious news of water ice on Mars was broke over Twitter this evening, via the Mars Phoenix lander’s own first-person ramblings. Apparently Mars Phoenix was keeping an eye on some white patches it uncovered the other day, only to discover they’d disappeared today. According to the scientist folk over at [...]

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Bored Larry

A recently published patent application discovered by MacRumors reveals that Apple has been researching more advanced uses of the built in sensors on the iPhone to predict what the user wants to do. The patent application describes various scenarios in which a mobile phone could automatically change its configuration based on built-in sensors.
Apple describes the [...]

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Bored Larry

It’s got to hurt having lost the format war against the Blu-Ray, but com’on Toshiba! DVD Upscaling? You should try coming up with a better format instead of just trying to inyect new life to a format that is getting ready to die soon.

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Posted on June 17, 2008 by Bored Larry

Hey what do you know, the newest version of Firefox is just around the corner and I can’t wait to download it, you should too, by doing so you will also help set a new world record!!!

With features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, Firefox 3 makes it possible to work faster [...]

Posted on June 13, 2008 by TheBoredIT

First, we all had mild Asperger’s. Now, Internet addiction disorder? Give a geek a break. In the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, Jerald Block proposed that Web abuse be added to his field’s bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Block cites research from South Korea, where, he says, the [...]