Siri "mind control" iPhone 4S hack is fake, here's the breakdown

It’s called “Project Black Mirror” and it’s quickly become a sensation among technology enthusiasts. Why it’s so awesome is because it takes raw brain activity and translates it into commands Siri (iPhone 4s) can understand, essentially allowing you to control your iPhone with your mind. In theory, Project Black Mirror sounds incredible, and the video demonstrations are mind-blowing, but instead of riding the wave of hype, we decided to wait for the dust to settle and stand by for the voice of reason to emerge. The verdict (as it stands) is Project Black Mirror is 100% fake. We explain the buzz-kill after the break!

AOL is killing journalism very fast - TechCrunch closing up shop, Engadget still falling apart

As the owner of Okay Geek, it still baffles me today why a group of people who write about things they like (aka a blog) should ever be considered a “business”. Sure, we can have ads and make a bit of profit, and hell, maybe we can even make a living off of it! But, I mean, we all know that money (or lack there of) and greed are the poisons that eventually brings entire companies to their knees, and the process of a blog selling themselves to a large company is just a recipe for disaster.

Spike & Barley Play - Maybe better than playing an actual game

One of the most fun things to do is watch your friends play videogames. We’ve all done it, and we keep doing it because it’s so awesome to get a chance to really soak in the game in a completely different way and not have the stress of staying alive. You also get to sit back and laugh your ass off when Mr. Struts scares the crap out of your friends (more on Mr. Struts in a minute). This is why “Spike & Barley Play” is one of the best things ever created, and it’s gaining in popularity very quickly.

New Mozilla Firefox 9 interface leaves us shaking our heads

As you probably know, there are many browsers available like Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome. They all have something in common — they are designed for the everyman, the non-tech savvy consumer — they are simple, fast and lightweight with big buttons and simple layouts, but we are geeks and we need control. Mozilla Firefox was built for us with the power we need with all sorts of buttons and boxes strewn all over the screen and Addons galore. Firefox was big, bad, ugly and we loved it — but it looks like that’s about to change.

It's possible to brick a MacBook and its battery with a four-byte password

Computer viruses are scary and they have been for a long time, and I know that sounds stupid, but it’s true. As soon as we set up a computer for someone (or ourselves), the first thing we do is install anti-virus software out of sheer paranoia and fear of “viruses”. Sure, it’s scary to have malicious code prevent our machine from functioning properly, or using our computer like a zombie — but what if it stopped it from working entirely out of the blue?

Halo CE Anniversary edition compared to the original

The first time I saw Halo was while roaming around a RadioShack with my Dad. He was trying to find a replacement phone for our house and I was walking down a row of computers, dreaming about the day I could have one for my very own. Then I saw something displayed on one of the computers in the isle opposite to the one I was in, so I went to investigate. This is where my interest in games sky-rocketed. I have remembered this day for 10 years.

D-BOX Seating: The next revolution of the movie industry or the next distraction?

D-BOX promises to be the next big leap in movie theater technology, but is all this technology in the theater enhancing the movie or is it becoming a distraction from the real art of movie making? Some major film critics avoid 3D at all costs and D-BOX seating is next on their list of things to avoid. They say that anything in the theater that is not the movie itself is a distraction, and although major movie producers and theaters are pushing this technology as hard as they can to attract younger guests, they may just end up streaming the movie in their living rooms a couple months after it leaves the theater.