Author: Kyle VanHemert

So, sure, the iPad may just be an overgrown iPhone. But this teaser shot of Mixr, a fully-featured, multitouch DJ app, should give you a sense of just how awesome apps designed for an oversized iPhone can be. More »

With new Steve Jobs emails surfacing everyday, someone thought to send Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein a personal note. His chipper response is not necessarily what you’d expect from somebody who’s been watching his company fall apart before his eyes. More »

Ooh, looks like somebody’s popular. If you tried to order a Wi-Fi iPad this morning, you might have noticed that the expected ship date has been bumped a week to April 12 and in-store pick-up has been nixed as an option. Seems like the first pack o’ Pads have all been spoken for. Just how many is that? There’s no way to be sure, but some of the most recent estimates put the number somewhere near a half a million. Yow. [9to5 Mac] More »

“Alright men. Listen here and listen good. This landfill is one mean sumovabitch. And boy does it stink. Stinks bad. So we’re rolling out the heavy artillery: One-hundred stink-killin’, air-freshenin’ cannons. I love the smell of deodorant in the morning.” More »

MediaPost reports that Apple’s next next big thing, after iPads invade the world next weekend, will be iAd, a mobile advertising platform to be debuted April 7. Coffee dates and patent suits aside, this could be the true Apple-Google battleground. More »

Anyone who reads Giz with any sort of regularity knows that we don’t try to hide our affinity for toys. But for some brainiacs, toys like the Etch-a-Sketch aren’t just diversions, they’re launching pads for important scientific discoveries. More »

Designer Erik Campbell was charged with putting a modern spin on the original chorded keyboard, a one-handed input device that lets users type characters with key-press combinations, like playing chords on a piano. For inspiration, he looked to the jellyfish. More »

Hanako, a robot designed in Japan, has a mouthful of sensors that let her realistically react to the pokings and proddings of dentists in training. Let me be clear, dentists in training: no robot can loathe you like I do. More »

We know, we know, the comment system has been a little bit wonky lately. But the hardworking team of gnomes who keep our back-end running have been busy night and day, banging away with their adorable little chisels and mallets, and they report that comments should now be functioning better than ever. More »

Hot Tub Time Machine—the title itself speaks volumes. But with time travel guaranteed from the outset, the movie’s jokes aren’t just about the past, they’re about what you’re supposed to do when you get there. More »

Wired has an incredible article on Gerald Blanchard, a young criminal mastermind with a “savantlike ability to assess security flaws.” The story opens with him parachuting onto a Viennese castle to steal a $2 million diamond jewel. Yeah. More »

Back in 2007, Sony CEO Jack Tretton was dismissive of what he thought was a childish new product: the Nintendo Wii. Thankfully, a wise, old owl is here to make Tretton eat—er, lick—his words. [Penny Arcade] More »

The Washington Post is reporting that GoDaddy, the biggest domain name registrar on the planet, will soon stop registering domain names in China. Their announcement comes in the midst of Google closing their Chinese search engine, though GoDaddy says their decision is specifically a response to “new government rules that require applicants to provide extensive personal data, including photographs of themselves.” Yes, that is a bit creepy. [Washington Post] More »

If being apart from the familiar accoutrements of your preferred desktop environment leaves you anxious and disoriented, these 8-Bit Hangers should make that loathsome meatspace you reluctantly call “home” a little more tolerable. More »