A Tupolev Tu-204 passenger plane overshot a Russian airport on Saturday, December 29, 2012. This amazing footage was shot from a highway beside Vnukovo International Airport and captures the moment debris begins to spill on to the road. Five are reported to have died during the crash.
Recently I was included in the weekend stress test for Star Wars the Old Republic. And I must say I enjoyed it thoroughly. I’ll try to capture some of my…
Sick of the errors in the new iOS 6 Maps app? Consider adding or updating OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. OSM is a crowd-sourced world map, think wikipedia for maps, that can easily be edited once you create a free account on their website. OSM is one of the data sources used for generating what you see in the iOS 6 Map app.
Super Bowl XLVII was disrupted when half of the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana was thrust into darkness. The power outage occurred only minutes after the half-time show reunion of…
Welcome to Gaming with Matt. This is a webseries I’ll be trying out as I record gaming sessions with my friends so you can share in my experiences as I play online. I have a variety of games I play and I’m fortunate enough to get into a fair amount of betas. The only problem is that quite often a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) stops me from being able to talk about them. So I’m stuck playing these games wanting to tell everyone what I’m experiencing but unable to until the NDA lifts. That doesn’t stop my enthusiasm though.
Mechwarrior Online has recently lifted their NDA and so now I’m free to post videos and discuss the game with those people who are eager to know more or are just curious about my gaming habits…
Tech sites have been abuzz with a potential launch of an Apple iWatch. I keep reading how such a device may be used, what sensors could be included in the first release, what data may be recorded, and who might have been hired to support its use.
As vague as these reports have been, one thing is clear to me. iWatch is not a watch and it’s not a phone on your wrist, it’s a sensor platform with a display. The only reason it has watch in its name is to fool you into putting it on. iPhone wasn’t a phone, you just needed an excuse to buy one.
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We can all fake a British accent. Or so most of us would think. Professor David Ley, a voice and speech specialist from the University of Alberta shows us how to speak in a standard upper middle class English dialect in a youtube video.
