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Buzz, Facebook and the segregation of Social Media
Buzz, Facebook and the segregation of Social Media
I have tried valiantly to make my way through some 35 posts that have been written about Google Buzz, their new attempt at jumping on the social media bandwagon. Seriously, I really tried, but at some point ... Read >
How a hamster helped develop Super Mario Galaxy

How a hamster helped develop Super Mario Galaxy

That up there is Shigeru Miyamoto (left, not right). As the creator of Donkey Kong, Mario, and Zelda, he's pretty much the Orson Welles, Martin ... Read >


BioShock 2: Review Round-up

BioShock 2: Review Round-up

Along with Bayonetta and Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2 is one of the early big-hitters of 2010, and hits stores tomorrow. Does it match up ... Read >


Different generations, different tools, same wish: Peace

Different generations, different tools, same wish: Peace

The above photograph was taken in Washington DC in October 1967 and like another famous photograph from Kent State it became an iconic message of ... Read >


Google Working On Smartphones With Voice-To-Voice Translation Services Built-In

Google Working On Smartphones With Voice-To-Voice Translation Services Built-In

Google has always offered excellent text-to-text translation services, now the company is apparently working on Smartphone software that would allow users to talk in their ... Read >


Google set to "make GMail social" with announcement tomorrow

Google set to “make GMail social” with announcement tomorrow

In the dearth of tech ambiguity following the iPad announcement last month, Google has stepped forward to provide us with a day of speculation. Since we've ... Read >


Verizon Wireless blocks 4chan?

Verizon Wireless blocks 4chan?

Although user reports about 4chan access on Verizon Wireless vary, the 4chan status blog reports that Verizon may have taken the inadvisable step of "explicitly" ... Read >


HTC and Google Show Off Nexus One "Bend Test" On Video

HTC and Google Show Off Nexus One “Bend Test” On Video

Still not convinced you need to make the jump from your iPhone 3GS to the Google Nexus One? Google and HTC (manufacturers of the device) ... Read >


Megan Fox "Devours" A Motorola During Super Bowl Commercial

Megan Fox “Devours” A Motorola During Super Bowl Commercial

No Super Bowl over the last few years has been complete without Danica Patrick strutting her hotness for GoDaddy, now I'm sitting around hoping Megan ... Read >


The First Softbelly Inquisitr MTUB Poker Night

The First Softbelly Inquisitr MTUB Poker Night

The Softbelly Bar, along with The Inquisitr are proud to sponsor and present the first Melbourne Twitter (#MTUB) Poker Night. The night has a maximum ... Read >


Guest Post On Daniel Brusilovsky: The View From Across The Pond

Guest Post On Daniel Brusilovsky: The View From Across The Pond

Guest Post Bio: Scott Campbell is a 14 year old freelance journalist and photographer. He's written for BBC News Online, The Huffington Post and various ... Read >


Why You Should Be Afraid Of Internet Censorship in Australia, Even If You Don’t Live There

Why You Should Be Afraid Of Internet Censorship in Australia, Even If You Don’t Live There

"The spectre of broadscale Internet censorship in Australia has been covered previously here on The Next Web before, but many outside Australia may wonder: why ... Read >


Smart And Eco-Friendly Turbine Light Concept, Using Cars To Power Street Lights

Smart And Eco-Friendly Turbine Light Concept, Using Cars To Power Street Lights

The Turbine Light concept will officially debut later this month at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City, but the concept was so cool ... Read >


Skinning some personality onto your MacBook

Skinning some personality onto your MacBook

Personally I hate it when people plaster the outside of their laptops with all kinds of start-up company stickers. You see them all the time ... Read >


10 absolutely jaw dropping concept car designs

10 absolutely jaw dropping concept car designs

We may never see them on the road and some even end up as one-off's hidden away in a private car museum but there is ... Read >


Twitter, streaming video tells story of massive Dupont Circle snowball fight

Twitter, streaming video tells story of massive Dupont Circle snowball fight

With hashtags like #snowpocalypse, #snOMG and #snowmaggedon, Twitter and Facebook were used to organize a massive snowball fight in D.C. today. The nation's capital, experiencing a snowfall that ... Read >


Space: The final frontier - and some awesome art [8 Pics]

Space: The final frontier – and some awesome art [8 Pics]

I am a sci-fi fan from way back and having an art background as well I love it when I come across artists that bring ... Read >


It's Time Someone Threw Daniel Brusilovsky A Bone

It’s Time Someone Threw Daniel Brusilovsky A Bone

The sordid tale of cash for comment that has embroiled up and coming teen blogger Daniel Brusilovsky and TechCrunch has the tech blogosphere engrossed this ... Read >


Are we in for a shift in the search engine biz?

Are we in for a shift in the search engine biz?

In the technology and Internet world things can change before even the first ripples begin to spread through the Web. For almost as long as ... Read >


Twitpic incites controversy over NBC's "Black History Month menu"

Twitpic incites controversy over NBC’s “Black History Month menu”

The image above allegedly depicts a quick change to a menu posted in the cafeteria at NBC studios in New York after outrage rapidly ignited on ... Read >


TechCrunch and its lost Teachable Moment

TechCrunch and its lost Teachable Moment

It was a famous speech in Philadelphia during his run for office that President Obama got us to first think about Teachable Moments. The idea being ... Read >


Anonymous Targets Australian Gov. Over Censorship In Operation Titstorm
Anonymous Targets Australian Gov. Over Censorship In Operation Titstorm
Anonymous has targeted the Australian Government today in a co-ordinated protest raid against Australia's ban on small breasts and proposed introduction of Internet censorship. The raid started at 8am AEDT (1pm US PST) and involves denial of service ... Read >
So wrong: Aussie game pirate told to pay Nintendo $1.5 million
So wrong: Aussie game pirate told to pay Nintendo $1.5 million
An Aussie gamer who illegally uploaded a copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii has been ordered to pay maker Nintendo AU$1.5 million ($1.3 million) in what many are calling a landmark decision for game companies. James ... Read >
McClatchy Will Not Implement Pay Walls, Happy With Google Links
McClatchy Will Not Implement Pay Walls, Happy With Google Links
The strategy led by News Corp. to remove free news content from the web is now under threat with news that one of the United States' largest newspaper groups will be keeping their links in Google, and ... Read >
Google Gmail Buzz: The Google Wave + FriendFeed Killer
Google Gmail Buzz: The Google Wave + FriendFeed Killer
The web is buzzing today (pardon the pun) over the latest launch from Google, Gmail Buzz, a sort of social sharing come status updates service. The early reaction has been mixed, and rightly so. Gmail Buzz (or ... Read >
Google "Parisian Love" commercial redux
Google “Parisian Love” commercial redux
The Google commercial that ran during the Superbowl, "Parisian Love," has spawned a parody that seems to be a bit more in line with the way these things really happen. Read >
Google aims to cut down noise with Buzz
Google aims to cut down noise with Buzz
As was announced yesterday, Google introduced a new product today for GMailers to cut down on social media "noise." “The stream of messages has become a torrent,” said Bradley Horowitz, a vice president of product development at Google. ... Read >
Sims 3 hitting consoles, handhelds this Christmas
Sims 3 hitting consoles, handhelds this Christmas
Some utterly unsurprising news for you now: The Sims 3 will be released on game consoles and handhelds around Christmas 2010. Because EA likes money. The PC version launched last June, shipping a ridiculous 3.7 million units in ... Read >
Report: Global popularity of PlayStation 3 increasing fast
Report: Global popularity of PlayStation 3 increasing fast
Market research firm Research and Markets has a shiny new report out on growth trends of gaming hardware (amongst other video consumer devices), and has concluded that the PlayStation 3, after a shaky first year or two, ... Read >
Google's 300 year plan
Google’s 300 year plan
One of Google's prime directives since day one has been to index all the world's knowledge - meaning your's and mine as well. There was also that silly little irritating motto about doing no evil but that ... Read >
Canon Rebel T2i DSLR Gets Official, Includes Pricing
Canon Rebel T2i DSLR Gets Official, Includes Pricing
The Canon Rebel T2i DSLR was officially announced by Canon today and with that announcement came a bunch of specs for the high end DSLR and both body only and lens bundled pricing. The T2i includes an 18.7MP ... Read >