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Nov. 9, 1963: Dual Disasters Stun Japan

1963: Two industrial tragedies in Japan claim the lives of more than 600 people. The first accident occurred at the Miike coal mine between Omuta and Arao. Ten mining carts loaded with coal were being hauled to the surface at around 3:12 in the ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  9 Nov 2009

Nov. 5, 1955: A Flux of Genius

1955: A clock, a slippery toilet seat and a severe concussion lead to the invention of time travel. Dr. Emmet Lathrop Brown is known for being a member (unverified) of the Manhattan Project, a physics professor at Hill Valley University, and a talented ...

From DANIEL DUMAS AND JON SNYDER, Wired,  4 Nov 2009

The Price Is Wrong: 13 Overpriced iPhone Apps

These are the top 10 overpriced iPhone apps we’ve encountered. While some are fairly useful (Wolfram Alpha, we’re looking at you) others make about as much sense as a Faberge hackey sack. (A special thanks to iPhone app review site Krapps.com for a few ...

From DANIEL DUMAS AND BRIAN X. CHEN, Wired,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Motorola, Inc.

Review: The Motorola Droid

A few days ago we got Motrola’s Droid in the mail. The device is quite awesome. Beyond being offered on Verizon’s network (which consistently squelches AT&T in coverage and speed) the phone is forged from super-solid (and stylish) hardware. Plus it ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.,  Google Inc.,  AT&T Inc.,  WIRED Magazine,  T-Mobile

Video Hands On With Motorola’s Droid

But we just got Motorola’s second swing at an Android phone and, at first blush, it’s light years ahead of the Cliq. Ostensibly dubbed the Droid, the phone is offered on Verizon’s network which thumps AT&T’s borderline crap coverage. Web pages loaded ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  29 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Motorola, Inc.,  WIRED Magazine,  AT&T Inc.

Hands On With Nokia’s N900

Think of the about-to-be-released N900 as atonement for past sins committed by Nokia. The disaster that is Symbian, the anemic-ness of the Ovi store, the conspicuous lack of CDMA devices all seem, well, not so horrible after playing with this Linux ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  T-Mobile,  Skype,  Carl Zeiss

First Look: Dyson’s Blade-Free Wonder Fan Blows Our Minds

James Dyson has a fetish for making unusual products: everything from vacuums that suck (in a good way) to hand dryers that blow (also in a good way) each use a clever combo of eye-catching design along with innovate methods of compressing and ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  12 Oct 2009
Related Topics: James Dyson,  WIRED Magazine,  RPM, Inc.,  Darth Vader

Ask a Flowchart: Should I Delete My Tweet?

Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (Revised 8/28/2008) and Privacy Policy (Revised 8/28/2008). The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  6 Oct 2009

Oct. 1, 1982: Portable Music Enters the Spin Zone

1982: Sony starts selling the first CD players to the public. Change is in the air. Once upon a time cassettes were the preferred method of storing music. These mighty rectangles of plastic and magnetic tape allowed for easy recording, flaunted ample ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  30 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Sony

First Look: Twitter Phone Perfect for Social Euro Teens

INQ is a relatively new company dedicated to making inexpensive feature phones that have smartphone-like levels of integration with stuff you actually care about, like your social life. We tested the company's first phone, the Facebook-centric INQ1, ...

From DANIEL DUMAS, Wired,  30 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.,  Skype

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