Ads

It's okay if you don't click the ads...

Followers

30 March 2011

We've seen the first 40 minutes of Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens - and they deliver the goods [Exclusive]

We've seen the first 40 minutes of Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens - and they deliver the goods [Exclusive]

We've seen the first 40 minutes of Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens - and they deliver the goods [Exclusive]

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PDT

With Cowboys & Aliens, Iron Man director Jon Favreau attempts to mash up the Western genre with science fiction. How well does it work? We've seen the first two reels, and they conjure a robust John Wayne sensibility. More »

Interlocked is a three-dimensional brain teaser

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:15 PM PDT

interlocked
Back when I was a kid, I used to love crafting ornate puzzle boxes out of Lego. There would be just one way to open the box, by carefully shifting and rotating a bunch of pieces. Well, either that, or breaking the box in frustration.

Interlocked takes that spirit and turns it into a beautiful Flash game. It's a good thing the soundtrack is soothing, because the game itself can get pretty frustrating.

At the start of each level, you're presented with a box built out of blocks in different colors. You can click and drag the mouse to rotate the box any which way. Once you decide you want to shift a part of the box, hit SPACE to switch into "move" mode. You can then click any part of the box and drag it. Of course, you can only move a part as long as nothing is in its way. So it becomes a matter of understanding how the box is built, and what parts you need to move around so you could eventually take the box apart.

It's a tricky, difficult game, but it's a great brain teaser -- and definitely a keeper.

Interlocked is a three-dimensional brain teaser originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Pioneer's SE-NC31C-K noise-cancelling earbuds are cheap, but are they effective?

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:11 PM PDT

Active noise cancellation's the secret sauce that keeps us counting sheep even when surrounded by the cacophony of crying babies and the dull roar of jet engines -- though we often find the bulky form factor of those serenity-inducing cans unwieldy. Luckily for us, Pioneer has released its SE-NC31C-K noise-cancellation earbuds that promise to remove 90 percent of ambient noise at the flip of a switch on its AAA battery-powered in-line module -- all for around a hundred bucks, which is a far more palatable price than its sound-suppressing brethren from Sennheiser ($320) and Sony ($415). Should you run out of juice, fear not, for you can bypass the noise cancellation features to listen to your tunage as you would with a garden variety set of buds. Given its (relatively) bargain-basement price, we aren't sure how well Pioneer's latest nullifies ambient noise, but there's only one way to find out if they can give the best headset ever made a run for its money. Should you not share our skepticism, hit the source link and grab a pair for yourself.

Pioneer's SE-NC31C-K noise-cancelling earbuds are cheap, but are they effective? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink ipodnn  |  sourcePioneer  | Email this | Comments

Vimeo for iPhone [App Of The Day]

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Vimeo is home to super pretty videos so it shouldn't be a surprise that their iPhone app is, well, super pretty. But what is surprising is that not only can you browse those stellar videos but the app lets you edit videos too. More »


SugarSync Cloud Storage Gives Your iPhone 5GB of Tightly-Integrated Storage [In Brief]

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:10 PM PDT

SugarSync, a more selective (and bigger, at 5 GB) cloud storage and syncing app, has updated its iPhone and iPad apps with tighter, iOS-centric features. You can now grab files from your other computers' SugarSync storage and attach them to emails, send your stored photos into the "Camera Roll" for your phone/pad, and remotely copy, edit, or delete files on other systems. It's a free update which requires a free SugarSync account. [iTunes] More »


Q&A: Open Source Electronics Pioneer Limor Fried on the DIY Revolution

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Q&A: Open Source Electronics Pioneer Limor Fried on the DIY Revolution @ WIRED…

Limor Fried is a maker's maker. Sure, she's got prime geek credentials: She earned an electrical engineering degree from MIT, invented several delightfully nerdy things to do with Altoid tins, and reverse-engineered the legendary Roland TB-303 synthesizer. Now she runs Adafruit Industries, a New York City company that makes open source electronics kits and components for the growing tide of DIYers who are inventing the future…

This is from the print article in this month’s WIRED! We featured it here on MAKE last week *AND* here’s the video that also appears on the iPad edition.

NYC's Freedom Tower Stands Tall In New Video Game [Video]

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Almost 10 years since terrorists destroyed New York City's World Trade Center towers, the building that was supposed to proudly replace it still isn't complete. More »

The Most Colorful, Readable Radiation Dosage Chart Yet [Factoid]

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT

We've been talking a lot about radiation lately—and with good reason—but it's been difficult to keep track of just what all those numbers mean. How much is safe? How much is bad? How many bananas do I have to eat before I mutate? This chart shows us in clean, beautiful, terrifying strokes. More »


Videotron parent company tries to push iPhones off its TV network in Quebec

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:43 PM PDT

What happens when a giant media company owns both a wireless carrier and a television network? Shenanigans -- or at least that's what now seems to be going on in la belle province of Quebec, where the parent company of cable and wireless provider Videotron and television network TVA has seemingly decided to throw its weight around a bit. Apparently, some folks from Quebecor Inc. recently realized that a number of television shows produced for TVA featured iPhones somewhat prominently, which just so happens to be a phone that isn't offered by its Videotron subsidiary. Their solution? Ask the shows' producers to feature phones that are available on Videotron instead, like the Nexus One -- provided free of charge, of course. There doesn't seem to be an outright iPhone ban, however, and at least one show has apparently been given specific permission to let its characters continue using their iPhones -- although another show's producer says he "wouldn't be surprised" if such a ban was eventually put in place.

Videotron parent company tries to push iPhones off its TV network in Quebec originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Electronista  |  sourceCyberpresse  | Email this | Comments

Video Game Shopping Gets EXTREME On Xbox Live This Week [Deals]

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Now's the time to strike on select Xbox Live games and add-ons, as Microsoft is offering deals through its "Extreme Shopping" promotion. You could get a copy of After Burner Climax, Costume Quest or Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare cheap! More »
Gönderen zaman:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)