Commercial Pet Cloning a Reality

A while back a precious pitbull named Booger died and his not-so-precious owner, dipstick Bernann McKinney paid a South Korean company $50,000 to clone him. The cloning attempt was a success and now McKinney is the proud new mama of 5 Booger puppies. As if spending $50,000 on a pet isn’t bad enough (By the [...]

Preorders Being Taken for Elmo Live

We all remember the craze that was Tickle Me Elmo back in 1996. There was also TMX Elmo in 2006, which did pretty well. But now there’s a new Elmo in town- Elmo Live! I can’t even begin to describe how life-like this Elmo doll is.. watch this clip from the 2008 NY Toy Fair [...]

Must-Have Hi-Tech School Supplies

When it comes to school, these days having all the right tech gear makes things a lot easier. So here’s a little back-to-school guide to help you pick out the right gadgets for you. Computers: If you’re a Mac fan, of course, the MacBook will do great things for you. Unless you’re a video or [...]

Facebook and Myspace Fail in Japan

With one of the biggest, most high-tech youth populations in the world, you would expect Facebook and Myspace to be all the rage in Japan. But not so my friends. Turns out that Japanese millennials prefer a service called Mixi over the two US social networking power houses. What does Mixi offer that Myspace and [...]

They’re Going After the iPod.. AGAIN

Over the past few years Dell, Creative, and Sony (just to name a few) have been furiously trying to make a dent in Apple’s vast iPod empire with no luck. More successful competitors include SanDisk’s Sensa and Microsoft’s Zune, but their success is no where near that of the iPod. Just as proof, close your [...]

The War Against Beer Pong

JV Games, in collaboration with Nintendo, had planned to release a game “Beer Pong” for the Nintendo Wii this summer. The game was set to be a combination of two favorite college pastimes – beer pong and video games. A frat boy’s paradise! However, after numerous complaints from critics across the board, including Connecticut attorney [...]

Scrabulous Goes Down, Replaced by Wordscraper

Scrabulous, the popular Scrabble knock-off Facebook Application was taken down today. Oh no! I was in the middle of 16 games too! So not fair! I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s miffed about this, Scrabulous acquired over half a million daily users during its lifespan. Earlier this year Hasbro, maker of the original [...]

To Google or to Cuil?

I’m pretty sure that just last week I said “I totally googled you!” to someone I had just met from online. Now a days to google and to search the internet are one in the same. So is there room for competitors in that kind of branded environment? If we take a look at the [...]