Headache Archive

  • Video: Hands-on with the Sony Bloggie video camera

    Video: Hands-on with the Sony Bloggie video camera

    As stated in the video, please accept this hands-on of the Sony Bloggie video camera in lieu of footage of teeny-boppers, um, bopping around. I don’t need that headache, that’s for sure. The video, which is much shorter than my 15-minute epic from the other day, pretty much goes over all the main ideas of the [...]

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  • The 4 signs your HDTV isn’t properly configured

    The 4 signs your HDTV isn’t properly configured

    HDTV is probably the greatest thing to ever happen to the human race. It’s too bad then that a lot of us are ignorantly watching poorly set-up HDTVs. You owe it to yourself to ensure that you’re getting every ounce of enjoyment out of your expensive boob tube. There are a few common problems HDTV owners face [...]

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  • Mobile companies band together and rise against Apple

    Mobile companies band together and rise against Apple

    When one thinks of mobile apps, it’s tough to think of anything other than the ones for the iPhone. There’s an app for that rings through our heads as TV commercials and websites reveal to us that the iPhone is the platform of choice when businesses want to develop mobile apps. Apple now has a [...]

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  • World of Warcraft is back in China~!

    World of Warcraft is back in China~!

    Chinese gamers can once again feel the joy of buying an epic on the Auction House for 100G, then selling it for 300G to some sap. Yes, World of Warcraft is officially, 100 percent back in China. This is clearly huge news that's totally worth your time of day.

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  • Belgian teenager latest victim of exploding iPhone phenomenon

    Belgian teenager latest victim of exploding iPhone phenomenon

    A 15-year old Belgian by the name of Salvatore is the latest victim in a series of mysterious iPhone explosions that have captured the attention of France’s and the European Commissions’ consumer affair watchdogs. Details are scarce for the moment, but according to local news reports the teenager was holding his iPhone in his hand, about to make a call, when the device suddenly ‘imploded’. The incident didn’t cause any serious injuries but reportedly gave Salvatore a headache for a couple of days. He has been promised a free replacement unit by Apple but hasn’t yet received a new phone.

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  • World’s worst car wash

    World’s worst car wash

    What happens when you drop 42 metric tons of water on a little blue car from the shovel of a Liebherr R9800 Excavator? A huge detailing headache.

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  • Child Porn App Disappears from iTunes App Store

    Child Porn App Disappears from iTunes App Store

    BeautyMeter, the app which managed to sneak “child pornography” onto the iPhone, has been pulled from the iTunes App Store. The application lets users upload pictures of themselves and then other people vote on their face, body and clothes (or lack thereof). The internet was set afire yesterday when it appeared that a 15-year-old girl had [...]

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  • Child Porn Is Apple’s Latest iPhone Headache (Updated)

    Child Porn Is Apple’s Latest iPhone Headache (Updated)

    (Updates with Apple pulling the application Thursday) A photo ostensibly showing a 15-year-old nude girl has turned up in an iPhone app, highlighting Apple’s inability to safeguard its application store from prohibited content. The image appears in the free app BeautyMeter, which enables people to upload photos that are then rated by others, who assign a star-rating [...]

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  • EA has “maxed out” the Xbox 360

    EA has “maxed out” the Xbox 360

    Speaking to OXM at E3 last week, SVP of EA Games Europe Patrick Soderlund, stated that the Xbox 360 has been “maxed out.” I’m not entirely sure what he means by that, but I’d assume he’s referring to what EA can do with the console’s hardware. On the flip side, Soderlund said that EA has yet to “max out” the PS3. He’s a bit of a waffler, though.

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