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SFist Tech Labs: Hot Aluminum Roof

SFist Tech Labs: Hot Aluminum Roof

It also reminded us how Apple is the quintessential San Francisco company. The products are expensive. They're not quite as fast as the others, but make up for it with style.

SFist Tech Labs: Because No One Should Have to Go To LA

Arts & Entertainment

SFist Tech Labs: Because No One Should Have to Go To LA

Of course, we're still scouring the internets for any hint of game news. There's plenty of coverage all over the place, in particular GameSpot's media blitz and

SFist Tech Labs: Boobs

Arts & Entertainment

SFist Tech Labs: Boobs

The story began when the Entertainment Software Ratings Board announced a re-rating for the game, bumping it up from its original "Teen" rating to "Mature." [] The ESRB claimed

SFist Tech Labs: If You Can Dodge a Virus, You Can Dodge a Ball

SFist Tech Labs: If You Can Dodge a Virus, You Can Dodge a Ball

In his FatBits blog on Ars Technica, John Siracusa gives his take on the new ads, one with which we agree. It's a good segue from the "Switch" campaign,

SFist Tech Roundup: Super Boss-Fight Mega Edition Xtreme

Arts & Entertainment

SFist Tech Roundup: Super Boss-Fight Mega Edition Xtreme

Nintendo gave bloggers-who-think-they're-funny a present on Thursday by announcing the new name for their upcoming Revolution console (). It's going to be called "Wii."

SFist Tech Labs: The Revolution Will Be Podcasted

SFist Tech Labs: The Revolution Will Be Podcasted

The MacBook Pro has a new 17" model with a faster SuperDrive, an additional USB port, and the FireWire 800 port that's missing from the 15" version. So if

SFist Tech Roundup: Drop and Give Me $2500!

SFist Tech Roundup: Drop and Give Me $2500!

For the record, we've now got our shiny new MacBook Pro dual-booting into OS X and Windows XP, and the process worked without a hitch. Once we bought another copy

SFist Tech Roundup: Old Friends (and Old News)

SFist Tech Roundup: Old Friends (and Old News)

Of course, it wouldn't be Apple without that sense of smug self-superiority, so we're glad to see the company got some digs in on the sidebar of its

SFist Tech Roundup: In Brief

SFist Tech Roundup: In Brief

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its Vista operating system won't be released until January of next year (link from CNet news.com). Office 2007 is also delayed to come out in

SFist Tech Labs: Deconstructing a Burgeoning Internet Phenomenon

Apple Fires Employee For Having a Sense of Humor Apple once again shows how it "thinks different" by firing one of its customer service representatives for doing just that! An employee

SFist Tech Labs: Cat Piss & The Man

SFist Tech Labs: Cat Piss & The Man

The story is from the Infinite Loop blog on Ars Technica, complete with dramatic clip art. The human rights violation in question concerns a Dutch MacBook Pro owner who'd posted a

SFist Tech Roundup: Mysterious Origami

SFist Tech Roundup: Mysterious Origami

As for us, we're just confused by the marketing. Early teaser ads (which have since been removed from the internets) showed the predictable groups of young, attractive hipsters exchanging pictures and

SFist Tech Labs: Talking Trash and Breaking Promises

SFist Tech Labs: Talking Trash and Breaking Promises

Still, while we may be trash-talkers, we're not liars. A while ago, we swore that as soon as Apple released a Mac mini-based TiVo killer, we'd buy

SFist Tech Roundup: Migraine

SFist Tech Roundup: Migraine

Throbbing Pain Ars Technica is reporting on a new California bill that would ban the use of toxins in the production of cell phones and other electronic devices. If passed, they claim, the

SFist Tech Labs: Un-American Activities

SFist Tech Labs: Un-American Activities

Fitting in with the internet theme of the proceedings, Lantos invoked Godwin's Law and compared the companies' compliance with the Chinese government with IBM's compliance with Nazi Germany

SFist Tech Labs: Sometimes When We Touch

SFist Tech Labs: Sometimes When We Touch

The rumor that started circulating last week is that Apple's new for-real-no-really-it's-happening-this-time-we-swear video iPod is going to have a larger

SF IndieFest: <i>Yokai Daisenso</i>

Arts & Entertainment

SF IndieFest: <i>Yokai Daisenso</i>

We acknowledge that it's a good movie, and that the violence isn't completely gratuitous. It makes a solid point about the objectification of women and the consequences of treating

SFist Looks With Dread to the East

Arts & Entertainment

SFist Looks With Dread to the East

Replace Minas Morgul with the Moscone Center, the Witch King with Kevin Smith, and put a "d" in front of "orcs," and you've got WonderCon 2006. It&

SFist Tech Labs: One Billion Bucks in Their Pocket

The reason why we're passing it along? For one thing, they're offering a full 4-year scholarship to a "world-renowned music school" (of Apple's

SFist Tech Rant/Roundup: Finger-Pointing

SFist Tech Rant/Roundup: Finger-Pointing

Leander Kahney of Wired News got some flak for his commentary about the relative merits of Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. He says that the popular perception of Gates as evil monopolistic robber

SFist Tech Roundup: Free Tibet

SFist Tech Roundup: Free Tibet

Ars Technica covers a few other Google-related stories this week: Ken Fisher gives his review of Google Video, his disappointment with the service, and what he thinks is the company's

SFist Tech Labs: Google China and Spin Control

SFist Tech Labs: Google China and Spin Control

The issue now is Google's decision to censor search results on its Chinese site. In an interview with Reuters (vectored via CNet news.com), Sergey Brin acknowledges that the decision will

SFist Tech Labs: Say Uncle!

SFist Tech Labs: Say Uncle!

Last week, after Yahoo's share price dropped when the company's profits failed to reach analyst's expectations, Chairman Terry Semel conceded in an interview with SFGate, "Frankly,

SFist Tech Roundup: For Great Justice

The story is of interest more in terms of its precedent than for any actual privacy concerns. The data cannot be traced back to any personal information of individual users, and Google'

SFist Tech Labs: Reading Too Much Into iWeb

In our mind, HyperCard was the Macintosh. More because of the philosophy behind it than because of its utility. It was included for free with every Mac. It built a strong user community