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Tuesday: May 18, 2010

Popular Today:
Next installment of Pirates of the Caribbean to be filmed exclusively in 3D.
Next installment of Pirates of the Caribbean to be filmed exclusively in 3D.

Yes, the next you see Jack Sparrow on the big screen you'll be able see him in multiple dimensions. Filming in 3D offers up obvious some advantages over adding useless effects in post - though you may up seeing a bevy of Avatar-like effects (not necessarily a bad thing). POTC4 will be swash-buckling into theaters May 2011. 

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Movies @ 11:45 AM | Tags (9) | 3d | caribbean | comingsoon | filming | jacksparrow | johnnydepp | movies | pirates | strangertides |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 18 Clicks


Wednesday: May 12, 2010

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Verizon would like you to know they are working on a tablet device with Google.
Verizon would like you to know they are working on a tablet device with Google.

Few will be surprised at the notion that Google and Verizon are heading down this path: The New York Times reported last month that Google was working on a slate-style Android tablet along the lines of Apple's iPad.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Google @ 10:00 AM | Tags (7) | verizon | google | table | carrier | android | partnership | cnet |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 15 Clicks


Monday: May 10, 2010

Popular Today:
Android manages to outsell the iPhone in smartphone sales for the first time.
Android manages to outsell the iPhone in smartphone sales for the first time.

Verizon (30%), T-Mobile (17%) and Sprint (15%) make up the bulk of the rest of the market. The numbers may also reflect the late lifecycle of the iPhone 3GS compared to the newer android devices. Apple is also widely expected to revise the iPhone in the next month.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interesting @ 10:42 AM | Tags (11) | android | iphone | google | apple | smartphone | sales | carriers | verizon | attt | sprint | macrumors |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 6 Clicks


Tuesday: March 30, 2010

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Rumors swirling that there may be an iPhone for Verizon on the horizon.
Rumors swirling that there may be an iPhone for Verizon on the horizon.

The Taiwan firm, Pegatron, will begin shipping the phones from next year, said the source close to Pegatron, who declined to be named as the plans were not yet public. The source could not confirm if the products would be for Verizon's network.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Apple @ 5:42 AM | Tags (8) | apple | att | carrier | cdma | iphone | rumors | verizon | yahoo |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 12 Clicks


Large hadron collider smashes protons successfully after some minor power issues.
Large hadron collider smashes protons successfully after some minor power issues.

This is thought to have a profound role in the structure of the Universe, and would enable scientists to explain why matter has mass - something which, at a fundamental level, they have difficulty doing at present.

 

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Science @ 5:17 AM | Tags (9) | bbc | collider | hadron | issues | large | lhc | power | scary | smashing |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 9 Clicks


Wednesday: March 24, 2010

Popular Today:
Unique ways in which to hide an elephant through the sneaky eye of Photoshop.
Unique ways in which to hide an elephant through the sneaky eye of Photoshop.

Remember that Loony Tunes episode where everyone sees a pink elephant walking around in some form or another? This is kind of like that - well, except the elephant isn't pink.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Photoshop @ 5:39 AM | Tags (8) | elephant | sneaky | photoshop | manipulation | hiding | worth1000 | cartoons | fun |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 25 Clicks


Friday: March 19, 2010

Popular Today:
Netflix decides to do away with that friends feature that nobody used.
Netflix decides to do away with that friends feature that nobody used.

Maybe this would have worked better had they tried to incorporate into - I don't know, a popular social network perhaps? Seems like the right place where friends would want to exchange information about the types of movies they happen to be renting at the time. Maybe that's just me.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Dumb @ 6:12 AM | Tags (7) | discarded | dumb | features | friends | netflix | networking | social |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 14 Clicks


Seven things you should probably never say to your boss.
Seven things you should probably never say to your boss.

'This job is easy! Anyone could do it!' Maybe what you're trying to convey here is that you're so brilliant your work is easy. Unfortunately, it comes off sounding more like, 'This work is stupid.' Bosses don't like hearing that any work is stupid.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in FYI @ 5:54 AM | Tags (7) | boss | yahoo | job | career | things | fyi | goodtoknow |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 71 Clicks


Thursday: March 18, 2010

Popular Today:
Disgruntled employee disables hundreds of cars from the comfort of his PC.
Disgruntled employee disables hundreds of cars from the comfort of his PC.

I wouldn't call this so much of a 'hack' (or hacker according to Wired) but rather a disgruntled employee who happened to know his way around a most-likely poorl y designed online security system. If you put functionality like this online without proper security this is just an accident waiting to happen.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Security @ 8:37 AM | Tags (8) | auto | bricked | cars | disgruntled | hacker | systems | texas | wired |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 20 Clicks


Tuesday: March 9, 2010

Popular Today:
Eleven of the world's craziest roads for you to gawk at.
Eleven of the world's craziest roads for you to gawk at.

Enjoy this collection of wild and in most cases ridiculously dangerous modes of travel. Maybe it's because I usually have video games on the brain but after seeing these pictures I really want to go play some Mario Kart.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Scary @ 1:36 PM | Tags (11) | autos | cars | design | leisure | roads | scary | strange | travel | turns | twisty | windy |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 93 Clicks


Monday: March 8, 2010

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Researchers over at MIT have discovered a brand new way to make electricity.
Researchers over at MIT have discovered a brand new way to make electricity.

The discovery may one day lead to a myriad of new devices such as sensors the size of dust that can be dispersed in air to monitor the environment or the tech might lead to implantable devices that produce their own power.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Science @ 3:03 PM | Tags (5) | mit | electricity | science | carbon | nanotubes |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 20 Clicks


Miss some of the Oscars last night? Here is a complete list of all the nominations and winners.
Miss some of the Oscars last night? Here is a complete list of all the nominations and winners.

It was quite nice to see that Cablevision and ABC were able to set aside there differences just twenty minutes after the broadcast started. Especially after Cablevision promised a free day of On Demand programming (which didn't work) and ABC's sponsors threatened to have them mauled by tigers.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Movies @ 5:31 AM | Tags (7) | oscars | nominations | winners | movies | advertising | abc | cablevision |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 15 Clicks


Tuesday: March 2, 2010

Popular Today:
The top eleven ways in which geeks would lower health care costs.
The top eleven ways in which geeks would lower health care costs.

11. Let doctors and scientists do whatever experiments they want with genes, medicines, humans, animals. Either mutants will destroy the world or cancer will be cured.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Funny @ 6:03 AM | Tags (6) | bbspot | geeks | health | healthcare | mutants | nerdy |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 25 Clicks


Thursday: February 25, 2010

Popular Today:
A gallery of carnivorous plant-life for your carnivorous plant-loving pleasure.
A gallery of carnivorous plant-life for your carnivorous plant-loving pleasure.

I am loving some of these National Geographic slideshows (even more so with their new recent web redesign), especially when it's on odd subjects I rarely think about - case in point, carnivorous plant-life. Beware and behold these fearsome plants!

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Science @ 9:57 AM | Tags (6) | plants | natgeo | photography | photos | carnivores | bugs |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 9 Clicks


Friday: February 19, 2010

Popular Today:
Some highlights from the International Toy Fair held recently in New York.
Some highlights from the International Toy Fair held recently in New York.

No Star Wars collection is truly complete unless you have a carbonite-frozen Han Solo Lego figurine. Side note: this year celebrates the 30th anniversary of when the Empire Strikes Back was released.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Fun @ 6:05 AM | Tags (9) | carbonite | fair | fun | hansolo | highlights | international | popsci | starwars | toys |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 48 Clicks


Wednesday: February 17, 2010

Popular Today:
Microsoft decides to go with AT&T for their upcoming Windows 7 phone.
Microsoft decides to go with AT&T for their upcoming Windows 7 phone.

Interesting move considering how much AT&T is bashed for their poor and spotty coverage as it relates to all things iPhone. Although, I have to admit I've never had a real issue with AT&T in terms of service here in the NYC suburbs. Maybe I have a magical account.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interesting @ 5:33 AM | Tags (10) | 2010 | at&t | carrier | exclusive | holiday | interface | microsoft | phone | service | windows |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 6 Clicks


Friday: February 12, 2010

Popular Today:
Putting landmines in your garden probably not the smartest security measure.
Putting landmines in your garden probably not the smartest security measure.

Landmines? Seriously? Why not just build a bigger fence? It also begs the question as to what was in this garden that needed the additional explosive power of landmines as security. Maybe he figured out how to harvest a money tree.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Scary @ 5:47 AM | Tags (6) | defense | garden | intruders | landmines | scary | strange |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 13 Clicks


Monday: February 1, 2010

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AT&T decides that pouring another two billion dollars into their mobile network is worth it.
AT&T decides that pouring another two billion dollars into their mobile network is worth it.

AT&T plans to spend between $18 billion and $19 billion in 2010 upgrading its wireless and backhaul networks to handle the onslaught of new traffic. This is roughly $2 billion more than the company had invested in the previous year.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Silly @ 5:32 AM | Tags (9) | att | mobile | network | cnn | investment | cellular | 3g | edge | carriers |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 6 Clicks


Tuesday: January 26, 2010

Popular Today:
Weird Al to direct his first feature film for Cartoon Network.
Weird Al to direct his first feature film for Cartoon Network.

Not many details yet but congrats to Al on this new gig. Fun fact: two members of my immediate family can still recite the lyrics from 'Dare to be Stupid' from memory. Bonus fact: we are both over the age of thirty.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Movies @ 5:40 AM | Tags (5) | cartoonnetwork | director | feature | movies | weirdal |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 17 Clicks


Thursday: January 14, 2010

Popular Today:
A collection of Earth's most amazing meteor craters for you to gawk at.
A collection of Earth's most amazing meteor craters for you to gawk at.

Want to feel a bit more vulnerable today? Then have a gander at some of these photos. You'll start to feel a little bit more insignificant in no time knowing you stand no chance in the path of meteor destruction. Happy Thursday.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Scary @ 6:14 AM | Tags (7) | craters | earth | giant | large | scary | space | webecoist |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 48 Clicks


Friday: January 8, 2010

Popular Today:
Your cell phone may one day be powered via carbonated beverage.
Your cell phone may one day be powered via carbonated beverage.

The designer claims his sugar-based bio-battery lasts up to four times longer than a fully charged lithium battery and is much easier to recharge: just pour some more sweet fuel.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Neat @ 3:08 PM | Tags (10) | bio | battery | lithium | cell | phones | electricity | carbohydrates | enzymes | oxygen | water |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 11 Clicks


Thursday: January 7, 2010

Popular Today:
You'll soon be able to tweet from your automobile thanks to the Ford Sync system.
You'll soon be able to tweet from your automobile thanks to the Ford Sync system.

Yet another way that technology is going to make the roads safer. As if cell phones, smart phones, app phones, GPS, XM weren't enough to distract from you from you know, actually driving.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Technology @ 5:39 AM | Tags (8) | autos | capability | cars | ford | microsoft | sync | technology | twitter |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 6 Clicks


Tuesday: January 5, 2010

Popular Today:
Meet the brand new world chess champion, a nineteen year old from Norway.
Meet the brand new world chess champion, a nineteen year old from Norway.

He's already got a clever nickname, 'Mozart of Chess', and he has no interest in becoming the next Bobby Fisher (in the sense that Bobby Fisher went a little crazy and then disappeared).

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Nerdy @ 5:59 AM | Tags (9) | bobbyfisher | champion | chess | magnuscarlsen | moves | mozart | nationalpost | nickname | norway |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 21 Clicks


Monday: January 4, 2010

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Technology not quite as advanced by 2010 as some would have hoped.
Technology not quite as advanced by 2010 as some would have hoped.

Nope, turns out we're not living like The Jetsons quite yet; shockingly some people aren't too happy with that. Although we still have another fifty years to go before any real complaining should go on (The Jetsons live in the year 2062 according to Wikipedia).

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Technology @ 1:45 PM | Tags (12) | 2010 | advanced | cars | flying | hopes | jetpacks | jetsons | lifestyle | reuters | robots | servants | technology |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 19 Clicks


World's tallest building officially open for business.
World's tallest building officially open for business.

Dubai is banking on the $1.5 billion tower and a related $20 billion development to help resurrect its status as a commercial megapolis that can host the biggest and best events around, including a huge airshow.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Scary @ 1:20 PM | Tags (7) | dubai | tallest | building | popsci | scary | big | skyscraper |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 9 Clicks


Tuesday: December 29, 2009

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Twelve unusual scarf designs for you to gawk at.
Twelve unusual scarf designs for you to gawk at.

Posted mostly because of the biting cold that happened to have a direct effect on my morning New York City commute. While a typography-based scarf sounds cool in theory, in practice it probably wouldn't provide much warmth.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Design @ 8:31 AM | Tags (7) | scarves | immersion | unusual | cold | design | scarf | toxel |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 40 Clicks


Monday: December 28, 2009

Popular Today:
Ford would like to turn your automobile into a wifi hotspot on the highway.
Ford would like to turn your automobile into a wifi hotspot on the highway.

Great, so now you wardrive for wifi by actually wardriving for wifi. 'Quick, follow that blue car, they've got a good signal!' Something about this whole thing tells me that all roads will be a little less safer.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Technology @ 5:32 AM | Tags (9) | technology | ford | sync | wifi | automobile | car | hotspot | internet | mobile |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 5 Clicks


Wednesday: December 23, 2009

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The top ten Christmas carols of the 2009 holiday season just for you.
The top ten Christmas carols of the 2009 holiday season just for you.

A very entertaining collection of carols for the whole family. Be sure to use these when caroling around the neighborhood, you'll be sure to elicit some kind of reaction from families and friends. Merry holidays.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Funny @ 5:43 AM | Tags (6) | carols | christmas | funny | holiday | letterman | topten |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 29 Clicks


The top eleven signs that you've received a Christmas card from a geek.
The top eleven signs that you've received a Christmas card from a geek.

4.  It contains an in-depth explanation of why the picture of Santa delivering toys on the front represents an impossibility.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Funny @ 5:10 AM | Tags (7) | bbspot | holidays | geek | list | santa | card | signs |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 36 Clicks


Tuesday: December 22, 2009

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Barnes & Noble offers up consolation gift for those who won't receive their Nook by Christmas.
Barnes & Noble offers up consolation gift for those who won't receive their Nook by Christmas.

He guesses the company will miss shipment on about 2% to 4% of the devices, adding up to $100,000 to $200,000 worth of gift certificates. That’s store credits and not cash, so Barnes & Noble will no doubt recoup some of that investment.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Gadgets @ 5:22 AM | Tags (10) | barnes | christmas | consolation | ebooks | ereader | giftcard | holiday | hundred | noble | nook |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 6 Clicks


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