Falsified Apple Documents Lead Back To Steve Jobs
According to London’s Financial Times:
“Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer, was handed 7.5m stock options in 2001 without the required authorization from the company’s board of directors, according to people familiar with the matter.”
“Records that purported to show a full board meeting had taken place to approve Mr Jobs’ remuneration, as required by Apple’s [...]
Halo 3 Beta Invite With Crackdown Purchase
A scan from an ad in Gamepro magazine suggests that if you purchase specially marked boxes of Crackdown when it is released on the XBox 360 on February 20th, you will get a free invitation to the Halo 3 Muliplayer Beta.
This could potentially sweeten the deal for an already highly anticipated game, but as [...]
AllOfMP3 Delivers A Big “Kiss My Ass” To RIAA On $1.65 Trillion Lawsuit
The battle brewing between the RIAA, Russia, and the U.S. is getting more interesting by the minute. Here is the latest volley from AllofMP3.com on the $1.65 trillion lawsuit filed against them last week:
“AllofMP3 understands that several U.S. record label companies filed a lawsuit against Media Services in New York,” an unnamed “senior company official” [...]
The MagMag-Hole: World’s First Interactive Real-Time Sex System
Hard hitting tech news - that’s what Nerd Approved is all about. So, without further ado, I give you the MagMag-Hole Real-Time Sex System.
“The Virtual Sex Machine is the world’s first interactive real time sex system that gives you the virtual reality experience of having a sexual liaison not only with an adult video star, [...]
Live Video: NYC Traffic Cams
The NYC department of transportation has developed the Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) to help commuters get the jump on traffic in the city.
In order to do this, the DOT has set up 10 cameras that provide live streaming video from key traffic points located around the city along with an additional 35 cameras [...]
Verizon To Allow Ads On Mobile Phones
Starting next year, Verizon Wireless will allow banner advertisements to be placed on websites visited by users via their mobile phones.
“We know we can make significant dollars in mobile Web advertising in 2007,” said John Harrobin, vice president of marketing and digital media for Verizon Wireless. “That said, we likely will not–we want to [...]
Sun’s Looking Glass 3D Desktop Project
Sun has an OS-neutral, Java based 3D interface extension for your OS, available for free. It works as an overlay to your current OS and allows you to rotate windows in 3D space on the desktop.
Beside offering 3D, rotatable views of open windows, you can organize the windows on their side for a bookshelf type [...]
Virtual Dinner Guests
Accenture is developing a system of video cameras, microphones and displays to allow people to eat virtual meals with family members long distance. They envision sensing when someone is sitting down to eat and sending a signal to a family member in another city inviting them to join them through video and audio technology. They [...]
New “Removable” Tattoo Ink
If you ever wake up in the morning after a night of binge drinking looking like the dude pictured here, you need to do two things right away: go to the nearest AA meeting and sign up for some tattoo removal. Fortunately, science has made the part about getting rid of the tats a lot [...]
Analyst: Wii / PS3 Shortages Could Last For Months
American Technology Research analyst Paul-Jon McNealy has said that the Wii and PS3 will likely be in short supply until the March and June quarters respectively.
If history is any indicator, last year I wrote a similar article about the XBox 360 which claimed that shortages could last “well into spring.” In the end, the [...]
