“An outrageous privacy breach” [Comic]
You have to be a semi-geek to understand the humor in this one.
Category Archives: General Tech
Samsung executive confirms the company is working on a smart watch
While we’re probably not going to get any official confirmation from Apple about their smart watch project until they actually announce it, Samsung isn’t shy about commenting on their future plans with wearable tech. ...
Funny or Die is releasing ‘iSteve’, a “very silly” Steve Jobs biopic starring Justin Long
Comedy website Funny or Die has made their very own Steve Jobs biopic, titled “iSteve.” Starring Justin Long, famous for his stint as a Mac during Apple’s “Get a Mac” ad campaign, the movie looks to b...
Researchers revive dead and extinct frog using somatic-cell nuclear transfer
We’ve seen some cool things here on dotTech, such as cloning clones, coffee with portraits, and DNA being used as a data storage mechanism. However, if I were to pick the coolest of them all, I’d have to say bring a de...
The public has chosen their winner for NYC’s Reinvent Payphones challenge
A couple of weeks ago, we showed you the 6 finalists of the NYC Reinvent Payphones challenge. The contest was hosted in the hopes that they would be able to find the next best and most innovative evolution for the aging landline p...
Apple is sued by THX for patented speaker tech in iMac, iPhone, and iPad
THX, the sound design company that was originally founded as a division for George Lucas’ Lucasfilm, has filed suit against Apple for allegedly infringing on one of their patents, specifically for “Narrow profile speak...
What teachers do when they confiscate the phone of a student [Image]
Revenge of the Teachers, coming to a classroom near you.
How to stop screen watching when playing multiplayer games [Image]
You have to be a gamer to appreciate this.
500,000 Google Reader users have moved to Feedly in two days
Feedly, a news aggregator and RSS reader app available on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Android, and iOS, anticipated the end of Google Reader and were ready for it. As soon as Google announced the end of Google Reader, Feedly made pos...
Want easy-to-remember and secure passwords? Use passphrases instead of complex passwords [Tip]
Last year we wrote a post that provided five tips on how to create strong passwords and have secure accounts. Now I’d like to take the opportunity to provide another password-related tip — the idea that you should use ...
The new use for 3D printing? Printing guns
3D printing has been in the headlines a lot recently, due to its increasing popularity and people’s general interest in being able to create whatever they want with a printer. Cody Wilson, a second year 25-year-old law stude...
30% of Americans text while driving, are either very good at multi-tasking or have a death wish
How many dotTechies text while driving? It appears that common sense regarding texting while driving is not as common as we would hope. According to a study by the American Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a lot of people text w...
Dreambox is a 3D printing vending machine, lets you print whatever you want using 3D printer
Want to do some 3D printing with spending thousands of dollars it would take to purchase a 3D printer? Then Dreambox has you covered. Dreambox is a 3D printing kiosk developed by three students at UC Berkeley. Slated to go into op...
When do most people backup their computer? [Image]
Take a guess.