The Cynical Bastards

Cost of glasses show just how ridiculous this idea of 3D TV is

Steven Hodson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:59:59 +0000

I’ll be right up front on this – I think the idea of 3D television has got to be one of the stupidest ideas in a long tong time and trust me I see more than my far share of stupid ideas on a daily basis. What makes this so abundantly clear is that in order [...]

US to consider free wireless for “some” Americans

Steven Hodson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:22:11 +0000

According to a report today US regulators are considering a plan to dedicate spectrum for a free wireless Internet services for some American in order to increase broadband service nationwide. The FCC provided few details about how it would carry out such a plan and who would qualify, but will make a recommendation under the [...]

Vodafone HTC Magic found to be carrying virus out of the box

sean @ tech.blorge — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:54:35 +0000

It appears that just because something is factory sealed doesn’t necessarily insure that it is free of viruses. An employee at Panda Research, a maker of anti-virus software, reportedly discovered some malware on her brand new HTC Magic phone from Vodafone according to a post on the corporate blog. Apparently the employee’s antivirus software set off [...] Related posts:

Amazon and Colorado go to war over new sales tax law

sean @ tech.blorge — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:03:45 +0000

Consumers have long enjoyed the fact that they don’t need to pay sales tax on purchases they make on online stores so long as the company is based in another state than the one they live in. However, as state budgets continually spin out of control, that may all be changing in the not-so-distant [...] Related posts:

Tron Legacy Trailer

Sean P. Aune — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:01:12 +0000

The first full trailer for Tron Legacy has hit and … things have changed in the digital world.

We’ve already had a teaser trailer that gave us a taste of what to expect from the second Tron film, but this one gives us a bit of insight into the actual plot this time around. If you’ve been around the Web at all, you already knew the basics, but this footage confirms it. We still have no idea why Flynn disappeared into the digital world, but I’m not sure any of us really care … just bring on the digital world!

The only thing that worries me? White-haired guy with a cane? I believe he is the “night club owner” we’ve heard rumblings about … a night club … in the computer world … why? I mean, I know it’s supposed to be a world separate from ours, but alike in some ways, but do we really need a night club scene?

Oh well, here it is, enjoy folks. (we have to wait until December?!?)

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The Braindead Techcast Ep. 20: Moronic Monday where life is more than lumps and craters

Sean P Aune — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:54:41 +0000

Welcome to the firs installment of Moronic Mondays! As the tech world is usually pretty slow on Mondays, we decided we’d just cover a collection of stupid stories we run in to over the week. Let me tell ya folks, there sure are a lot of stupid stories out there …

Enjoy the show!

(Links by Steven for some of the stories we discuss in this episode)

Top Microsoft Exec Suggests Internet Usage Tax, Money Would Fight Cyber Crime – The Inquisitr
Farmville Valued $1 Billion Higher than Twitter – SiliconANGLE
RIAA Claims Music Pirates Hurt Haiti Fund Raising – Torrent Freak
Amazon Reacts To Colorado Internet Sales Tax Measure By Firing Its Colorado Associates – HuffPo
iPhone Sausage Stylus comes to the US – SlipperyBrick
Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love – Ars Technica
Advertising is devastating to my well-being – Brian Carper
Rogue New Jersey ‘Doctor’ Putting His Caulk in Women’s Butts – Daily Intel
Canada drops plans for politically correct anthem – Reuters

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Apple’s First iPad Commercial Says It All

Sean Aune — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:32:10 +0000

During the 82nd Annual Academy Awards last night, Apple debuted its first commercial for the upcoming iPad tablet. There is one thing you can never say about Apple, and that is that they have bad advertising.

Lets just get the actual video out of the way.

If you had any question about what this device would do, you shouldn’t have that anymore after having watched that.

This commercial said in 30-seconds what bloggers have been writing about for five weeks now … if we just had an iPad to film we could have been done with this!

Honestly, we’re still saying you should skip the first generation, but we also know that most of you won’t listen to us, and this thing will be a huge seller. We like the device, heck, we’d love to have one, but we also know the second generation will be even more impressive, so why not wait a year? it’s not like this is a device you need, it’s one you want.

Article originally published by StarterTech.com

Apple’s First iPad Commercial Says It All

There will never be a better divorce letter – EVAR!

Steven Hodson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:56:08 +0000

I just caught this over at Daily Shite and I am still ROFLMAO so I figured why not share what has to be the best divorce letter written (even if it is a hoax). Just make sure you aren’t drinking or eating anything as you read it. Thanks Sara you made my day.

Apple cracking down on ‘cookie cutter’ iPhone apps

sean @ tech.blorge — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:02:34 +0000

It seems Apple is on a real tear to clean up the iPhone App Store as of late, and now it wants to make sure that apps at least add some form of value to the user. Not too long ago, we brought you the news that over 5,000 apps got banned for being too sexually [...] Related posts:

Online shopping sees healthy growth through 2014

sean @ tech.blorge — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:29:57 +0000

It seems that online shopping is no longer going to be something people only use when it comes to the holiday shopping season if current projections are anything to go by. According to CNET, a new report from Forrester Research shows that by 2014, online sales are expected to hit $248.7 billion domestically, or approximately eight percent of [...] Related posts: