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US Election ’08: The NES Game

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 12, 2008 (Updated: May 17, 2010)

Love classic video games and American politics? Relive all the drama of the 2008 political campaigns in 8-bits courtesy of the people at …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 11, 2008 (Updated: Nov 21, 2011)

The 3D objects in the display box may at first look like a product of smoke-and-mirrors trickery. That impression would be about half right, as a …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 11, 2008

First there was Wendy’s “Baconator,” two quarter-pound burgers topped off with six strips of bacon. Hot ‘n’ juicy …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 11, 2008 (Updated: Dec 7, 2011)

Was Blogrush a Traffic Generator or Pyramid Scheme? While the bloggersphere continues to debate it, this month the company shut down. Here’s a …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 10, 2008 (Updated: Sep 7, 2020)

Some Star Wars storyboards from the first Star Wars trilogy were leaked on the Internet before a book release. The images reveal the team's creative …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 8, 2008

The most common problem iPod and iPhone users will experience is an occasional freeze or lockup. Occasionally an iPod or iPhone may freeze or fail to …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 7, 2008 (Updated: Nov 4, 2023)

In July 2008, Australian surfer Kerby Brown rode a 41 foot monster wave in Western Australia. But he almost didn't live to tell the tale of his epic …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 6, 2008 (Updated: Dec 5, 2019)

The new Watchmen movie poster shows the ill-fated Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) falling out a high rise window.

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 6, 2008

Ok, so you have a stereo mix of your music that that needs a little EQ, a good fade out, and some volume so it’s louder on the web. Or, you have …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 5, 2008 (Updated: Sep 18, 2022)

Every election, the news networks will try to dazzle viewers with new technologies and graphics that add a little eye candy to hours of dry election …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 5, 2008 (Updated: Jan 20, 2021)

Good news for Mac Netflix users. Now we can officially utilize Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature on our Macs. The Watch Instantly …

Lauren Banks on Nov 4, 2008 (Updated: Jan 14, 2021)

Philips has a new light emitting fabric technology that's pretty cool.

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 4, 2008

Which Twitter account will belong to the next President of the United States? Will it be @johnmccain or @barackobama? Twitter’s CEO, Biz Stone, …

J. Frank Wilson on Nov 3, 2008 (Updated: Apr 11, 2017)

Say hello to the winner of Saudi Arabia's first "Most Beautiful Goat" competition. Spectators were not only treated to beautiful views of Najdi goats, …