Author: Mark Wilson

The iPad has a 9.7-inch glass screen. As for when it will slip from your hand and slam face-first into the hard, unrelenting floor or sidewalk, such is only a matter of time. Flowcharts, you see, never lie. More »

When you’re about to drop a black market kidney payment on a graphics card, you may go for flat-out speed—which makes sense. But another option might be more than enough speed and support for six displays. More »

If you ordered your iPad by March 27th with expedited shipping, you should receive your iPad by April 3rd. If you ordered your iPad by March 27th with normal shipping, you should receive your iPad by April 3rd. Wait, what?? More »

It’s easy to lose sight of how ridiculous our world has become when you’re living in it. But when you see the original TRON‘s reimagined trailer for 2010, all our motifs become shamefully obvious. More »

Through absence of light, the shadow celebrates the unseen. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, 103 of you captured what’s so entrancing about photography that looks at what we literally can’t see. More »

This video shows the Wii streaming Netflix faster and prettier than the PS3, but it’s not much faster, and the Wii can’t support HD. Compared to Netflix on the Xbox 360, both implementations look downright pitiful. [SuperPowerBros via MaxConsole] More »

The short answer? Everyone wants in Google’s experimental 1Gbps fiber optic network(s). The company received “1,100 community responses and more than 194,000 responses from individuals” after announcing their plans. And these requests span the entire US. More »

Are you an unloved member of digital society? Have you been shunned by your (peer to) peers? Then Warner Bros. has just the job for you, Judas. More »

Sorry Stephenie Meyer collection—you had it coming. The writing is too evil, even for the Dark Side. More »

There are some things that occurred this week…notable things…notable things involving jet boats, bikini mini golf, lightsabers and sex game pranks. More »

Saul Bass is known for his work in famous 60s title sequences like Psycho and North by Northwest. So what would it look like if he made the opening to Tron? Vimeo user Hexagonall gives us an idea. [Wired] More »

“It’s quite common to fill one with liquid nitrogen, let it sit on the lab bench, and when you come back three days later there will still be liquid nitrogen in it. Now imagine what it can do for beer.” More »

Lay your cards on the table, or hold them on your cellphone. Double-tap your chips to change denominations. Don’t spill anything. This student-designed Poker Surface poker game is, well, it’s almost as promising as Surface D&D. [Project Abstract via recombu] More »

Last week, news leaked that the Xbox 360 would be adding support of mass storage devices for items like profiles and saved games. Today, Microsoft confirmed the update will arrive on April 6th. More »

Found at the Oregon Culinary Institute, this chess set enlists the various styles of salt and pepper shakers to a long-standing, strategic war. Also, saying “could you pass the salt?” for “CHECKMATE” must really ice the competition. [GeekDad] More »

Blu-ray transfers are notorious for overzealous noise (film grain) reduction, and as avsforum points out, Lord of the Rings looked better on a 17Mbps MPEG-2 broadcast than it does the upcoming 23Mbps VC1 Blu-ray. More »

The Kindle thought it had paper books beat for good. Then, out of completely nowhere, This happened. More »

Many speculated that the day would never come, but the JooJoo tablet is now shipping to arrive on doorsteps by March 29th. More »

Of course you’ll have to pay for the subscription, but Lenovo is sticking Sprint 3G/4G-compatible hardware/software into every ThinkPad from here on out. Beats a dongle, I guess. [Lenovo] More »

Kobo, who you know from their relationship with Borders, has revealed their own eBook reader. And for $150, it may be the first semi-premium option for those too thrifty to buy a Kindle or Nook. More »