February 2010

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Top 10 Android Apps [Lifehacker Top 10] – 1556th Edition

Android’s been around for more than a year, and in that time developers have whipped up some great apps. Whether you’re a new Android owner or a pro looking for new tools, these 10 great and free apps belong in your arsenal.
Photo by lwallenstein.
We’re going to skip right over the apps that are just so [...]

Mawk goes to work – 1555th Edition

By thomasslavin

Dawn’s Endeavour – 1554th Edition

Dawn’s Endeavour On February 21st, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station (ISS) flew through the sky near dawn over Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Along with star trails, both were captured in this single time exposure. Glinting in sunlight 350 kilometers above the Earth, Endeavour slightly preceeded the ISS arcing over the horizon. [...]

WSJ Pictures of the Week – 1553th Edition

MUDSLIDE DEATH: Rescue workers removed a body from a car in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, Monday. Authorities confirm flash foods killed dozens and left hundreds homeless. (Gregorio Cunha/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

DRIVING A JALOPY: A man smiled as he drove a damaged car on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

ALLEGED GUNMAN: Police officers [...]

Sneak Peek! Ferrari 599 Hybrid – 1552th Edition

Mama mia! The Ferrari 599 Hybrid is real!
Someone very brave or very stupid (unless it was a Ferrari flak looking to build buzz) surreptitiously snapped a couple of shots of the 599 Hybrid concept on the stand just days before it was to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. They were posted [...]

Reese Withersoon? – 1551th Edition

By njohnson747

Thin In Vienna – 1550th Edition

Give me the thinness,
The Vienna smile.
You know the one,
The cheeky smile,
As you once said.
More like the smile
Of a sneaky bastard.
And don’t tell me
He meant nothing to you
You insult my intelligence.
It’s a pity he’s dead
I would have enjoyed killing him.
I haven’t whipped you?
I’ve never whipped you,
‘Appen it were me fault,
But no, gimme a smoke,
Will you? Will [...]

® iControlPad… – 1549th Edition

…iPhone game controllers in production, one features extended battery

Oh my, does this look nice. If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch and you’ve been wishing/hoping/praying for some sort of tactile controller to come along so you can use your favorite emulators as the gaming gods intended, the wait may soon be over. The [...]

Bob Maddox: Rocketing To A TV Near You? – 1548th Edition

Avid Autopia readers are by now undoubtedly familiar with the antics of Bob Maddox, the mild-mannered jet-powered daredevil from Medford, OR.
The 800,000 or so of you who watched grainy YouTube videos of his jet powered bike will be glad to learn that soon, you may be able to see Bob jumping from a plane with [...]

Murlough Bay Northern Ireland wallpaper – 1547th Edition

Murlough Bay Northern Ireland wallpaper
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By drumbo