Meet the Toyota Fun-Vii, a futuristic concept car that Toyota’s president described as “a smartphone on four-wheels.” Smartphone screens have certainly been growing, from 3.5-inches, to 4-inches, to 4.5-inches but holy crap, is this the logical conclusion? More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/i2AGC1b4qHM/toyotas-insane-concept-car-has-giant-touch+screen-doors Sara Spraker Sarah Gellman Sarah Michelle Gellar

Burrito Bison is a pretty simple game, but if you’re into gummy bears you might find it addictive. As you may have guessed from the name, you’re a bison (not a burrito, though). In the course of your day-to-day grocery shopping, you’re abducted into a bag of gummy bears, and must now fend for yourself. At the beginning of each round you launch yourself onto the marching gummy (gummi?) bears, while you’re being watched by [...]

Now that Windows 8 images have begun leaking out, it’s only a matter of time until developers start releasing mods for Windows 7 which mimic upcoming features. Over at Into Windows, they’ve spotted one such mod already. In the earliest Windows 8 images, we saw Windows Live integration on the taskbar. In the far right corner, there’s a user tile displayed. If you’d like to do the same on Windows 7, download Taskbar User Tile [...]

A leaked early version of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry Messenger 6 has been making the rounds since late February, but images of the new app are just now beginning to appear. Over at CrackBerry, the crew has shared a handful of images of BBM 6 in action. Unfortunately, you won’t get a glimpse at a chat or file transfer — only the profile screens (after the break) and what you see above. All that’s really revealed [...]

Having the right programs and hardware to keep the information on your display safe from prying eyes is never a bad idea, and new software from Oculis Labs offers a very interesting take on how to do just that. It’s called PrivateEye, and it utilizes facial recognition to automatically pixelate the contents of your display when you look away. If you step away from your system and someone else decides to sit down and poke [...]

Overview: It it 367AD, and Britannia is still occupied by the Romans … but not for long. Hibernian warriors are sailing across the sea to attack the Roman network of forts and roads. Cambria (named after the Roman name for what is now Wales) is a quick-playing board game that puts you in the role [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/11/cambria/ Teri Polo Tessie Santiago Thalía

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Apple will add Sharp to its list of LCD panel manufacturers, specifically for the next generation iPad. The information comes from people familiar with the situation. Apple is apparently looking to diversify component suppliers for its products and as… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/NWJJyAyThvM/story01.htm Tatiana Zavialova Taylor Swift Teri Hatcher

If later today you’re planning to try and shy away from your family by reading a book, I have a great suggestion for you: choose one which contains a bottle of scotch. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/tB-Odk6dSks/the-best-books-have-booze-hidden-in-them Sanaa Lathan Sara Foster Sara Spraker

It's that time of year again. The time of year where you spend all of your spare time and most of your spare money shopping for holiday gifts.  Shopping is never easy, but for that special Android nerd in your life it can be especially difficult trying to find something to occupy their minds and hands so they can tinker and try to blow things up.  That's where I can help — I'm a total [...]

This one’s for the sysadmins in the audience: Altaro, makers of our favorite “time machine for Windows” back solution, OopsBackup, have just announced a new product entering beta called Hyper-V Backup. It’s a backup solution for virtual machines running on Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization solution. If that sentence just seemed like a bunch of buzzwords crammed together, Hyper-V backup is not for you. But, if you actually use Hyper-V and are hankering for a good backup [...]