When ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ was released theatrically, it was pegged as the “feel-good film of the year” by many who reviewed it, but most probably didn’t realize the how true that assessment actually was. Original financed by Warner Independent Pictures, the film was headed straight to video if it wasn’t for a swift move by Fox Continue reading →

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Facebook will soon have its third chief financial officer in less than two years, the company announced today via a leak to the Wall Street Journal. Gideon Yu, the man who came back from Dubai empty handed, is out. The hunt for his successor is starting now. Facebook says this is about getting a CFO Continue reading →

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We’ve confirmed that hi5, the third largest social network in the world, is laying off employees today. hi5’s VP of Marketing, Mike Trigg, wouldn’t say how many employees were being let go but we’ve received multiple independent tips that the social network laid off 50% of its staff. Previous to this round of layoffs, hi5 Continue reading →

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In news that seems to indicate that Blackberry’s App World is indeed launching tomorrow, we’ve learned that Networks In Motion (NIM) will be releasing a GPS application for the BlackBerry on Wednesday, which would make it the first (or at least, tied for first) GPS app available on the new storefront. NIM has built a Continue reading →

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Internet social media company Facebook is replacing its chief financial officer and seeking a replacement with “public company experience.” This is an RSS feed. Read the original article here

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LIFE, the defunct US magazine, came back to life on Tuesday as a website featuring photographs from its legendary and prize-winning collection. This is an RSS feed. Read the original article here

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If you’re a bored journalist, it’s easy to create a sensationalistic story about “piracy.” Just find some pre-internet industry that’s dealing with the shift to online content, get a few quotes about how awful “pirates” are, and then find a company to blame for all of it. That seems to be what the Times of Continue reading →

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According to several readers and our very own Lifehacker Gmail account, Google has finally started a wide rollout of themes in Gmail for Google Apps—meaning all of the very cool Gmail new themes are now an option for Google Apps users. Read the original article here

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The Conficker worm has infected millions of Windows computers—and is set to be unleashed on April 1st, 2009. Here’s what you need to know to keep yourself safe. What is the Conficker Worm? Microsoft released an update in October to resolve a critical security hole in the Windows “Server” service. Since people aren’t as diligent Continue reading →

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Corsair’s Voyager Port a semi-automated backup system, just waiting for your USB 2.0 flash drives to dock into. It’s designed as an easy way to use your current USB drives to store data, with a one-button backup that sucks your computer’s files through the disc and into your thumbstick. It’s quite useful if you have Continue reading →

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Fact: 99% of holidays were invented by Hallmark back in 1623, and since then, yearly life has been punctuated by needless festive ceremony. Well here’s the stamp They Don’t Want You To Know About. The “All-In-One Card Stamp” is, sadly, just a concept by Ji Lee. But hopefully there’s a good Samaritan out there who’s Continue reading →

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We have an absurd amount of prizes to give away at our Snowmodo event on Saturday April 4th at Northstar, so if you’re planning on attending you’ll have a very good chance of winning something. Thanks to all the companies that are participating in Snowmodo we are able to offer all this stuff, and then Continue reading →

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This week, I asked you to send me in photos of your disastrous workspaces. And man, you people are much, much more disgusting than I thought. And I assumed you were pretty disgusting. First Place — David Schaefer Second Place — Grossi Roberta Third Place — Dudesque Read the original article here

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The GAME-800 is just another one of those direct from manufacturer PMP all-in-one pocket devices. And maybe it’s just because I was a corpulent kid, but I find the design quite charming. Emulating NES/Famicom, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Super Famicom and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis titles, the GAME-800 is a crudely controlled but effective looking pocket emulator Continue reading →

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WiBrain’s M1 has seen a pretty rocky road to launch since it first arrived on the scene way back last summer, but it looks like the company is finally moving forward with it, and reportedly kicking the UMPC into production. Despite its extended stay in prototype form, however, there doesn’t appear to be too many Continue reading →

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