Bulletproof vests upgraded with GPS, impact sensors to alert team
Taking a step beyond simply protecting a human from weapon fire, a new advancement from Laipac Technology will help locate injured soldiers and police officers after being fired upon.
Skydiving camera lens explodes through roof of California home
Perhaps the paparazzi are skydiving around California to snap pictures of secret celebrity weddings? A lost camera lens slams into a Northern California home after falling thousands of feet.
Sony PlayStation Vita battery life short, memory expensive
While many North American gamers can't wait to get their hands on a PlayStation Vita, new information about battery life and cost of memory for the handheld device may discourage some potential buyers.
Nintendo re-confirms no development plans for the iOS, Android platforms
While sales of the Nintendo 3DS hardware have fallen off since the massive price cut from $249 down to $169, Nintendo is still firm on the future of game development restricted to first party hardware.
Smart thermostats are being plugged into the cloud
With the cost of cooling a home creating the largest chunk of the utility bill each month, it's easy to see why people are turning to smart thermostats to help cut costs during the poor economic climate.
Twitter starts pushing promoted tweets on all users, regardless of brand follows
Twitter's advertising model just expanded to include millions upon millions of users rather than just brand followers. Twitter didn't make any fanfare about the change to this policy.
TNT, NBC and TBS bring full-length TV episodes to iPad for free
With television networks bringing iOS applications to market, an acquisition of Hulu has likely become slightly less attractive. While ABC has provided ad-supported television episodes on the iPad since launch, three more networks joined the fun.
Google Street View car snaps photos of naked Miami woman
Reviewing images taken with Google Street vehicles has to be a huge task for a team of photo editors. Despite recent measures to blur out the image by Google, a Florida woman has been captured in her birthday suit standing outside her house.
Nexflix app finally compatible with Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices
Mobile users on the dominant versions of the Android software finally got access to the streaming version of Mad Men and a collection of aging movies. Netflix updated the mobile application this week to version 1.4.
Judge ordered employees to be rehired after inflammatory Facebook comments
As long at employees aren't utilizing work hours to make comments on Facebook, it appears that the NLRB believes that employees should be able to disparage other employees on Facebook without serious reprisal.
SkyNET has arrived to crack your Wi-Fi network from above
The growth of portable, remote controlled flying transports that hack into Wi-Fi networks seems to be explosive as of late. A group of researchers has created SkyNET and possibly doomed all mankind unless Sarah Connor shows up soon.
13 percent of Americans watch TV or movies while at work
What better place to catch the latest episode of The Office than hiding under your desk at work? A recent study shows that the popularity of online video extends into the workplace.
ViewSonic kills the Boxee-powered HDTV
Is a dramatic shift in the decreased amount of free Web-based video content making television manufacturers rethink the smart TV concept? Viewsonic is one of the first to scale back on implementing smart TV.
StumbleUpon engineers help man propose to girlfriend
Who knew that a girl could stumble onto a wedding proposal through the vast wasteland of dancing cats, endless memes and hilarious web cartoons that clog up the Internet tubes?
[Update] Netflix clarifies restrictions on sharing streaming accounts
Families that used Netflix's streaming service in multiple places in the household had a problematic Labor Day weekend. The DVD-rental company took steps to limit the amount of streaming films per account recently.
