Author: Jesus Diaz

The Hollywood sign is in danger: The surrounding land is up for sale, and luxury homes may invade it soon. A non-profit trust is trying to stop this, but someone has another idea: Turn it into a hotel. More »

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has made an startling revelation today: The US has long-range missiles armed with high-power-but-non-nuclear explosives ready for a global strike. The (big) problem: China and Russia won’t be able to distinguish between nuclear and non-nuclear ICBMs. More »

Bang & Olufsen has a farm of robotic ostriches in Denmark’s platitudes, between Copenhagen and Billund. They feed them metal scrap and components, which they poop out in the form of these sleek bass units, the BeoLab 11. True story. More »

There are no naked pre-cogs inside glowing jacuzzis yet, but the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice will use analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents, putting potential offenders under specific prevention and education programs. Goodbye, human rights! More »

Jonathan Ive‘s the head designer for all Apple products. He looks cool, he has a sexy British accent, he gives fanboys broners and gets fangirls wet. Look at your right. That’s him today. But who’s the guy on the left? More »

When Santa is off season, he makes and races amazing snowmobiles from scrap in the Russian steppes, while his little slaves build toys during the day and get drunk at night. And yes, Santa’s beard is fake. [English Russia] More »

Oh, Apple iPad. Will your futuristic and wondrous applications ever end? Did you have to help an innocent girl to choose new breasts, pubic hair, and even get her some virtual sex action. [Photography: Nikola Tamindzic] More »

In an alternative Earth, Hitler had a Plan B: A secret colony on the Moon, founded by troops launched from Antarctica. According to Iron Sky, that’s exactly what happened. And soon, they will be back to fight back, flying UFOs. More »

This is the Skôn, which means beautiful in Dutch. And beautiful it is, a exquisitely crafted wool hoodie lined with lights. It will make anyone look like an imbecile, unless you are a charming woman. [Mocoloco] More »

A NASA engineer saw our image of the space shuttle Discovery’s engines and thought it wasn’t good enough. She sent us these exclusive pictures looking right inside the nozzle. Surprise: It looks exactly like a shower head. Zoom in! More »

Apple and Microsoft support old computers for many years, only dropping them from a new operating system release when it’s absolutely necessary. How long will companies support your older iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows phone and tablet hardware? More »

It’s either stupidly long names like Microsoft Windows Phone Series 7 or monosyllables like Kin, the final moniker for Microsoft’s Turtle and Pure Pink phones. The Kin One or the Kin Two, according to this Verizon database. [PhoneArena via 9to5] More »

Confirming the rumors, and after dismissing the iPad as nothing more than a large phone, Google is getting ready its own tablet computer. At least, that was what Google CEO—and Steve Jobs’ own personal Judas—Eric Schmidt is saying. More »

Moribund Palm is up for sale, says Bloomberg. Who is in the short list of potential bidders? It’s not Google, but close enough: HTC. And it makes total sense, because buying Palm could save HTC’s ass in the Apple lawsuit. More »

This gets me back. It happened to me most days, when I was a kid. Sometimes I even pretended I didn’t really need the piece, thinking that it would magically appear if the Lego Gods thought I wasn’t interested anymore. More »

When Jobs announced multitasking for iPhone OS 4, everyone got giddy… until Apple said that this important feature wouldn’t work in older iThingies because of “hardware limitations”. The hardware, however, fully supports multitasking. Why not enable it, then, Apple? More »

I always wanted to know how a rocket engine looked right from below, peeking into its nozzles. So I got a high definition NASA photography of Discovery approaching the ISS, and passed it through Photoshop. Here’s the result. More »

At first I thought this was some kind of musical instrument. Then my mind shifted to an assembly line of military robots with deadly cannons. Then I looked closely and realized what those thin cylinders were. More »

At last, multitasking is coming to the iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch (3rd Gen) and iPad, allowing you to quickly switch between applications, using one while others keep doing other tasks in the background. This is how it works. More »