Google Goggles Sudoku Demo

A way to get a fast answer to your Sudoku puzzle. Pretty slick app. LINK: Youtube

Top 5 iPhone Apps that SUCK on the iPad with Sarah Lane!

With well over 100,000 apps for the iPhone, some of them are quite awesome. However, some of those awesome apps have fallen very short of their potential on the iPad. iPad Today's Sarah Lane guest hosts this episode to explain 5 of her favorite iPhone apps that suck on the iPad. LINK: Youtube

LimeWire Shuts Down After Losing Court Battle With The RIAA

The Gnutella-based download client LimeWire has ceased all its operations after a U.S. federal judge granted a request from the RIAA. Limewire was ordered to disable all functionalities in the current application to prevent users from sharing copyrighted material. The verdict is expected to have an unprecedented impact on the P2P file-sharing landscape.

A few months ago the RIAA asked a New York District Court to shut down the world’s most installed file-sharing application, LimeWire.

The record labels argued that the Gnutella-based download client might have caused billions of dollars in lost revenue and that it’s therefore one of the largest threats to the music industry’s revenue. Today, RIAA’s request was granted by a federal judge.

According to the injunction, Limewire “intentionally encouraged infringement” by Limewire users, it is used “overwhelmingly for infringement” and it knew about the “substantial infringement being committed” by its users.

The evidence further showed that Limewire marketed its application to Napster users and that its business model depends on mass copyright infringements.

The New York District Court demanded that Limewire shuts down its entire operation, including all searches and uploading and downloading that occurs through the client. LimeWire users who start up their client will immediately notice that it is no longer usable. LINK

My Solar System

This application will give you a lesson in how difficult it is to control the universe. Select how many planets you want and adjust their orbits and other parameters. Then set it in motion and watch your planets crash into each other or fly off into deep space. With some practice, you might get a real system going. Link -Via: J-Walk Blog, Via: Neatorama

David Pogue Parodies Britney Spears With "Apps!...I Did It Again"

Memories of mornings spent singing into a hairbrush flooded back as I listened to this Apple-themed rendition of Britney Spears' Oops...I did it again being performed by David Pogue. He could have a heck of a pop star career.

For comparison, or if you just happen to be unfamiliar with the original pop culture horror, you can have a listen to it here. [Brainstorm Tech, Via: Gizmodo, Via: Youtube]

Thought-terminating cliches

A thought-terminating cliché is a commonly used phrase, sometimes passing as folk wisdom, used to quell cognitive dissonance. Though the phrase in and of itself may be valid in certain contexts, its application as a means of dismissing dissent or justifying fallacious logic is what makes it thought-terminating.

* "Whatever."
* "We will have to agree to disagree."
* "I'm just sayin'."
* "Such is life."
* "Think about it."
* "God works in mysterious ways."
* "Love it or leave it."
* "That's a conspiracy theory."


Many more examples at Wikipedia. (Via: tywkiwdbi)

Eye Candy

Via: Neatorama
--arbyn

Tiny Geo Coder

Ever wanted to know the latitude and longitude of a certain place without having to go through crazy location-based services?

Try Tiny Geo Coder. Just enter a location like San Francisco or Spain and you'll get a latitude and longitude pair which is good to use in Google Maps applications. LINK