By Ron Duwell |
Instant ramen is the Japanese go-to meal for a nice quiet evening where you don’t feel much like cooking. Trust me on this, I’ve had my fair share of instant ramen nights after long days of teaching Japanese children, and it’s been a lifesaver when…
By Adriana Lee |
Actors sometimes do some crazy things to prepare for their roles on the big screen. Some so thoroughly inhabit their characters, they can’t (or won’t) shut them off even off-camera, like Daniel Day-Lewis. Others pork up or whittle way, way down, like Bridget Jones’s Diary’s…
By Brandon Russell |
Lucasfilm on Monday said it won’t release Star Wars Episodes II or III in 3D, because who watches movies in 3D? Instead, the company wants to focus on developing its much anticipated new Star War trilogy, the first episode of which is being helmed by…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Walt Disney company has confirmed that J.J. Abrams is officially the director of Star Wars Episode VII. Rumors began circulating on Thursday that J.J. Abrams – known for his recent tenure directing films such as Star Trek and Super 8 – will be taking…
By Adriana Lee |
There are two immutable truths whenever food and technology meet: There is always someone in the dining room or at your table who chooses talking/texting/checking Facebook over engaging the actual friends right in front of them. Reactions vary greatly: “Normals” tend to shake their heads…
By Adriana Lee |
Since the first glimpse of the upcoming movie, JOBS, has gone into the wild, reactions have been mixed. Some people can’t get over Ashton Kutcher playing the lead role of Steve Jobs, while others seem to enjoy the dramatization of the late tech legend’s life.…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Fifth Estate, a movie based around the story of Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks site, has gone into production. It would seem Hollywood has decided to turn to the world of technology for several of its upcoming movies as opposed to just doing comic…
By Sean P. Aune |
J.J. Abrams is about to take a trip to a galaxy far, far away as he takes up the directing duties of Star Wars Episode VII. Ever since it was announced there would be new Star Wars movies, one of the hottest questions on the…
By Sean P. Aune |
You’ll be able to see Ashton Kutcher playing Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at your local theater beginning April 19. We already had heard that JOBS: Get Inspired would open in April, but now we have an official date for the wide release of the film:…
By Adriana Lee |
Dating has always been a tricky thing. Does she like me? Does he think I’m cute? Should I ask for a phone number? Is there a real person behind this persona? Well, there’s one iPhone app that claims to streamline all of that, making new connections…
By Adriana Lee |
Do political issues belong in mobile tech ventures? That’s a tough call, but at least one company has made it: Groupon has suspended all gun-related deals and promotions. Aol Daily Finance reported that Groupon North America is taking stock of its internal standards relating to…
By Adriana Lee |
A while back, my friend and I had the bright idea to make up a fictional person and put her on a social network. For her, it was a chance to check out the site without risking her actual personal details. For me, a budding…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’ve flown anywhere over the past few years, then chances are, you’re seen or been imaged by those TSA-endorsed full body scanners. The machines have kicked up quite a storm among passengers and privacy advocates, who compare the much-too explicit x-ray systems to invasive…
By Adriana Lee |
I remember 2007, when the first iPhone came out. No one but my richest friends had one, thanks to that wallet-gouging $500 (4GB) – $600 (8GB) price point. It took a special kind of consumer to happily cough up that much dough and contend with…
By Adriana Lee |
So what has some mobile phone users in Japan unwilling to let go of an old, outdated feature phone? It’s not nostalgia, and it’s not some sort of ironic fashion statement either. If you said “adultery,” then winner, winner, chicken dinner, you’re right on the…
By Adriana Lee |
Last year, the international wires picked up the unbelievable story about a teenage Taiwanese gamer who, after playing Diablo III for 40 hours, died at an Internet cafe. He was found draped over a desk, and although he woke up briefly, he only managed to…
By Aaron Baker |
If you do as much work travel as much as we do, Wi-Fi is a necessity in flight. While one can certainly argue that the GoGo in-flight Internet speeds aren’t always the fastest, connectivity is a must in today’s world. The challenge has always been…
By Adriana Lee |
When little Adriana Lee used to do research for a term paper, she’d sling a massive bookbag onto her back, hoof it over to the local library and spend hours eyeball-deep in dusty card catalogues, microfiches, books, notes and Xerox copies. I loathe to admit…
By Adriana Lee |
Software security pioneer John McAfee, 67, has dominated computer screens around the world, and now he’ll be gracing a different screen altogether as the subject of a new Warner Bros movie. But this is no ordinary biopic. Sure, the tech exec is a recovering cocaine addict…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’ve been watching the news, then you know that there has been an unbelievable rise in influenza cases recently. Maybe that’s to be expected during flu season, but when a virus kills dozens of people, including children, and overflows emergency rooms at hospitals across…
By Maximum PC |
That CD you bought from Amazon 10 years ago now appears in your Cloud Player account. Mega online retailer Amazon is embracing the digital age in a big way. The company today announced the launch of Amazon AutoRip, a retroactive service that provides customers with free…
By Adriana Lee |
Microsoft may have decided to bow out of CES, but that doesn’t mean the company doesn’t have some eye-catching new ideas to show off — like IllumiRoom, a crazy Kinect-based tech from Microsoft Research that turns a living room into a virtual gaming experience. This…
By Adriana Lee |
There is a curious trend that has been taking hold over the last couple of years. As our lives go increasingly digital, an underlying yearning has taken root for “the tangible.” Forget virtual — physical is where it’s at, and machined objects, gears and, yes,…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s like the ultimate prank, one that’s guaranteed to turn you into the most loathed contact this side of the social webs. Turns out, nearly anyone can freeze another’s Facebook page via “Memorialization.” The feature is intended to hold Facebook profiles for deceased people, so that…
