Author: Kyle VanHemert

The Elgato EyeTV HD DVR has one noble aim: making it as easy as possible to watch your HD cable or satellite TV content, including premium channels, on your MacBooks, iMacs, iPhones and iPads. But it’ll cost you a leash. More »










Elgato – Television – Arts – Mac – Apple

Microsoft has an incredible Star Trek sculpture in the lobby of their Studio D office, an installation that continually gives the appearance that Kirk, Spock and the rest are just on the verge of materializing. But how’s it done? More »










Star Trek – Games – Video Games – Star Trek Games – Television and Movies

15 years ago Bill Gates published The Road Ahead, a book in which he laid out his vision for the future of personal computing. The Atlantic took a look at his predictions and how they’re holding up IN THE FUTURE. More »










Bill Gates – Microsoft – Road Ahead – Atlantic – Future

As Justin Long foretold, Apple has officially concluded their “Get a Mac” campaign, ending a particularly irritating chapter of tech advertising history. The window for nostalgia here is impossibly small, so watch this comprehensive recap while you still care. More »

A user at HowardForums posted this shot of the set-up guide for a new, unidentified Motorola Droid in a Motorola Shadow pre-release thread. Is this our first look at the upcoming Motorola Droid Shadow? More »










Motorola – Droid – Smartphone – Handhelds – Motorola Shadow

With all of the high-profile privacy lapses we’ve been seeing lately, no one would blame you for wanting to keep your Google searches, well, your Google searches. Google’s new beta service does just that, protecting your queries with SSL encryption. More »










Google – search – Search Engines – Encryption – Security

Having once been an oil skimmer himself, Bill Nye knows just as much about oil spills as he does about every other scientific topic. So leave it to him to succinctly and simply explain the challenges of cleaning one up. More »










Oil spill – Environment – Energy – Petroleum in the Environment – Spill Containment and Remediation

Koi Pond, an iPhone app favorite, is now available for the iPad as Koi Pond HD. Even if you couldn’t care less about real fish, the app’s gorgeous graphics and crazy level of customization should convert any koi-skeptic. More »










IPad – iPhone – Gardens – Koi – Freshwater

The last we checked in with LittleDog, the smaller, scrappier version of BigDog and frequent resident of my worst nightmares, we took some solace in the fact that he wasn’t quite as nimble as his predecessor. Now: terrifyingly nimble! More »










Robotics – Robot – Companies – History – BigDog

The Mercedes-Benz Hexawheel concept is perfect if you need to do some serious off-roading and want to stay classy while doing so. Also, two Benzes are better than one and six wheels are better than four. That’s just math. More »










Mercedes-Benz – Makes and Models – Recreation – Autos – Automobile

Many people living in Bangladesh’s impoverished villages haven’t yet been reached by technology. But a determined band of InfoLadies—young women equipped with netbooks, phones, and medical equipment—are delivering technology’s benefits to those people, one village at a time. More »










Bangladesh – Asia – Government – History – Education

What a pleasant surprise. While Google initially suggested it’d be a few weeks before the Nexus One was graced with Android 2.2, TechCrunch’s MG Siegler went to plug in his handset last night and, lo and behold, he found an unexpected Froyo treat waiting for him. Not all Nexus One users are seeing the bump yet, but it does seem that Google’s starting to roll out the Android 2.2 update on its own phone first. Figures. More »










Google – Nexus One – Android – MG Siegler – Handhelds

Researchers trying to determine the age of deceased individuals are finding success with a new method: looking in people’s mouths. Nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s, it turns out, turned everyone’s teeth into radioactive clocks. More »










Nuclear weapon – Nuclear – Warfare and Conflict – Weapons – Proliferation

Babies do a lot of sleeping—sometimes up to 18 hours a day. And with the remaining six hours dedicated to pooping and crying, you have to wonder when these tater tots are actually learning. The answer: sleep multitasking. More »










Health – Medicine – Neurology – Medical Specialties – Conditions and Diseases

Earlier, the internet was delighted to find Google celebrating Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary with a playable doodle of the game. But in a freaky coincidence, some Firefox users are being haunted by ghostly music from the very same game. Mysterious! [BryanSchuetz] More »

This weekend’s Google doodle, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, takes the whole idea of the Google doodle to the next level. Actually, it just takes it to the first level—the logo’s a playable, 256-level Pac-Man game. More »










Google – Pac-Man – search – Search Engines – Companies

Last night, a thief walked out of the Paris Museum of Modern Art with some $127 million in paintings by Picasso, Matisse, and Braque. There were no lasers and no temperature-sensitive security systems. Hell, there wasn’t even an alarm. More »










Pablo Picasso – Henri Matisse – Paris – Museum – Amedeo Modigliani

There’s plenty to get excited about in Android 2.2 AKA Froyo, but HTC offered some not very surprising reassurance to people who bought their most recent handsets, including the Droid Incredible, the EVO, the Desire, or, soon, the myTouch Slide—you will probably get Froyo! Android Central reached out to HTC and got this response: More »