Computer Hardware and Peripherals

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How To Cope With Data Loss, After Weeping Like a Newborn - By Laser-Guided Awesome, The SF Weekly Utility Blog

How to Be That Guy: Updating Your iPhone and iTouch

Macworld Coverage 2008: Randy Newman Sings, Steve Jobs Talks, Media Scrambles, and Nerdfest Rolls On

The Men of la Mantra

San Francisco's OM Records foretells the future of enhanced CDs

Richard Devine

San Francisco's OM Records foretells the future of enhanced CDs

That's Rebotini, Not Robot-ini

San Francisco's OM Records foretells the future of enhanced CDs

Synthetic Biology Debate

San Francisco's OM Records foretells the future of enhanced CDs

The Free Press

When do gifts to journalists turn into a conflict of interest? When a New York Times writer gets his computer repaired.

The Free Press

When do gifts to journalists turn into a conflict of interest? When a New York Times writer gets his computer repaired.

Remember Los Alamos!

So some computers, disk drives, keys, and uranium have been "misplaced." Don't you still think UC should run the top-secret Los Alamos nuclear lab? Take quiz, find out.

Dog Bites

Server Farms and District Six Democrats' Parties

Riff Raff

Silly Rabbit, From the Guitar Desk ..., From the Turntable Jazz Desk ...

Laptop Stolen? The Police Might Just Have Found Your Man.

If you're reading this blog post on a brand new laptop screen because your last one was jacked, read on.Five times between March 31st and April 8th, the crime went down like this: A Latin male suspect would stride into a coffee shop, grab an unsuspecting java drinker's laptop, and run out to an awai ... More >>

Bizarre Craigslist Barter of the Week: Elvis Love Triangle

Most of us wander the Earth lost and forlorn, adrift in an uncaring sea without love to buoy us. It's a strange and wondrous thing, then, when a quick perusal of the Craigslist barter section reveals three seemingly unrelated individuals with the capacity to fulfill one another's desires. Poster No. ... More >>

Cave Man

Most of us wander the Earth lost and forlorn, adrift in an uncaring sea without love to buoy us. It's a strange and wondrous thing, then, when a quick perusal of the Craigslist barter section reveals three seemingly unrelated individuals with the capacity to fulfill one another's desires. Poster No. ... More >>

5 Products Probably Not Launching at the Apple Keynote Event

New iTablet?​Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! Less than a month until the (possible) Apple Keynote! What will we wear? Who will be speaking? Again, WHAT WILL WE WEAR?Engadget and Mashable reported rumors yesterday of an early September Apple keynote event, causing mass hysteria (sort of) in the tec ... More >>

I, Tablet

New iTablet?​Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! Less than a month until the (possible) Apple Keynote! What will we wear? Who will be speaking? Again, WHAT WILL WE WEAR?Engadget and Mashable reported rumors yesterday of an early September Apple keynote event, causing mass hysteria (sort of) in the tec ... More >>

You Know What Would Be Cool? If the iPad Was Also a Hoverboard.

Yeah, we can't believe the damn thing came out before the hoverboard either.​ We're not among the privileged few that received advanced review iPad units, nor among the prepared few that put in their pre-orders. We're not even part of the contingent of brave souls like Robert Scoble, who had the ... More >>

iPillow Mom Makes iPad Cover

In what is probably the most tech savvy mom situation we've seen since @dabootysmackmom, Drew Olanoff's mom Lynda Harrison -- formerly of "Mom Lovingly Crafts iPhone Pillow for Son" -- has now created an handmade quilted iPad case for her own iPad. As her case was iPad ready for Saturday's releas ... More >>

Apple May Lift Free Speech Limits on Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist Mark Fiore

Less than a week after he won the Pulitzer prize for editorial cartoons -- making him the first recipient of journalism's Big Prize among online cartoonists -- Mark Fiore is getting a second shot at creating an iPad app from Apple, which had previously shunned his work because it lampoons public fig ... More >>

iCat: Best Cat With iPad Video Ever

While you've probably all seen "Cat Meet iPad" in all its iterations, the overwhelming appeal of cats and iPads is not a new phenomenon. Here's the original "When Cats and iPads Collide" video above, with a gratuitous link to "World's Fattest Cat" thrown in for good measure. Note to Steve Jobs: If ... More >>

iPhones and iPads revolutionize beatmaking, piano playing, and symphony conducting

While you've probably all seen "Cat Meet iPad" in all its iterations, the overwhelming appeal of cats and iPads is not a new phenomenon. Here's the original "When Cats and iPads Collide" video above, with a gratuitous link to "World's Fattest Cat" thrown in for good measure. Note to Steve Jobs: If ... More >>

USA Today Duped by iPad Steering Wheel Hoax

Stories about a website hawking steering wheel mounts for iPads that would enable drivers to do their reading en route started popping up all over the interwebs. The idea, or course, is a safety proponents nightmare, and as one might imagine, it's most likely a hoax. Jalopnik did some rudimentary re ... More >>

Apple's Latest Hot Mess: Prominent iPad Users' Personal Info Exposed

A window to your soul​Think Facebook's got privacy problems? Just wait till you get a load of the latest scandal at Apple, which has apparently allowed some very prominent users of its iPad device -- think White House prominent -- to have their personal information exposed in an AT&T security ... More >>

iPad Hackers: Obtaining Emails Not Illegal, We Will Fight If Charges Are Pressed

​ According to reports, the FBI is currently investigating the AT&T iPad leak because of the sensitive (read governmental) nature of the data revealed, and Gawker Media is now under pressure to provide information on the legality of the breach, casting Goatse Security, the hacker group that la ... More >>

The Case of the Missing iPad Cover: What to Do While Waiting for "the" Case

They're selling for twice the price on eBay.​How can you define your status as an Apple fanboy/girl/hermaphrodite without the official Apple iPad case? With its sleek simple design and unique texture...

Foxxconn Protestors Flashmob San Francisco Apple Store

A crowd of at least 100 people gathered outside the Union Square Apple store yesterday evening for what may be the first large scale American protest of Foxxconn, a Chinese factory that produces iPads and iPhones.

Pad Try: Are iPad-formatted music releases a new frontier or a distraction?

A crowd of at least 100 people gathered outside the Union Square Apple store yesterday evening for what may be the first large scale American protest of Foxxconn, a Chinese factory that produces iPads and iPhones.

In Print: Francis & the Lights' iPad Album, Sammy Hagar is a Joke, All Shook Down Fest

Francis Farewell Starlite​Does the album matter anymore? Does anyone care? Do you know what a CD is? Okay, kidding on the last point (kinda), but clearly the music industry is looking for some new, marketable format to sell to music lovers. After all, CD sales ain't what they used to be, and it do ... More >>

iPad Owners Sue Apple In Class Action Suit

Steve Jobs -- and vampires -- need not worry about taking the iPad out in the sun...​If Steve Jobs has been slamming his head into the wall over the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" debacle, here comes another legal slap from unsatisfied customers: A trio of iPad owners are suing Apple in a class action law ... More >>

iHelp for Autism

For autistic children, the new iPad is an effective, portable device for teaching communication and social skills. It’s also way cool.

SF Weekly Letters

For autistic children, the new iPad is an effective, portable device for teaching communication and social skills. It’s also way cool.

Video: Is the iPad an Amazing Musical Instrument, or a Tool of 'Orchestral Destruction'?

There are many amazing uses for an iPad. Among the device's potentially revolutionary applications, as I wrote back in April, are those related to making music. As several musicians told me, having a 9.7-inch multi-touch screen attached to a fast computer with an audio output opens up a crazy univer ... More >>

What's the iPad for? Music Apps Prove Surprisingly Popular

Nielsen.comMusic apps are among the most popular of all paid apps for the iPad​Music-related apps are the third-most popular paid apps for the iPad, and come second on a list of frequently used apps for both iPad and iPhone, according to a new study from Nielsen research.This is somewhat surprisin ... More >>

mSpot Lets You Stream Your iTunes Library on Your iPhone

via VentureBeat​There are smartphone apps which give you access to millions of streaming songs. But sometimes they don't have those rare recordings that you spent months tracking down. And there are smartphone apps that kinda, sorta let you connect to your home-based server or hard drive. But the ... More >>

San Francisco Hacker Charged with Stealing E-mail Addresses from iPad Owners

iHack​San Francisco is home to some of the smartest and most tech-savvy inventors -- and hackers. Federal authorities arrested Daniel Spitler, a San Francisco resident, on suspicion of stealing and distributing the e-mail addresses of more than 120,000 iPad owners. Spitler, 26, and Andrew Auernhei ... More >>

iPad and iPhone Users Sue AT&T for Overbilling Customers

Small phone, huge bill​iPad and iPhone users might want to take a quick look at their phone bills -- they could be getting ripped off. In a class action lawsuit filed last week in San Francisco, millions of iPad and iPhone users are suing AT&T for overbilling customers and overstating web traf ... More >>

Apple Sued for Privacy Invasion -- Again

What does he know about you?​The number of iPad and iPhone users that claim Apple has passed around their private information is growing by the day.In December, two separate groups of iPad and iPhone users sued Apple, Inc., claiming the company had created apps that distributed personal informatio ... More >>

iPad Miracle: Political Mover and Shaker John Whitehurst Saved

You're about as likely to be able to do this with an iPad as you are to get it back when you leave it on BART​There are two hard and fast rules on Bay Area public transportation: Any unidentified liquid is urine, and if you leave the vehicle without your high-priced electronics, you're not getting ... More >>

Meet Appetites, an Interactive Cooking Show for the iPad

​It's been 10 months since the iPad launched, and companies are still figuring out how to tailor apps to the notepad computer. Many have simply enlarged existing, text-based iPhone apps or have treated the iPad as an electronic version of a glossy magazine. A new generation of iPad apps is finall ... More >>

So Is Anyone Else Kinda Thrilled About GarageBand for iPad?

​Among the numerous not-quite-revelations Steve Jobs breathlessly announced today about the iPad2 -- faster processor, thinner case, two cameras -- one especially caught our attention: Apple is bringing its amateur-friendly music production software GarageBand to the tablet computer. (It's also br ... More >>

Google to Launch Cloud-Based Music Service Today, Major Labels Not Included

​ The Google I/O Conference is in S.F. The confab's keynote speech is scheduled for this morning. And Google execs say today's the day that the Internet search giant is planning to unveil its long-awaited cloud-based music service -- without any licensing deals from the major labels. Music Be ... More >>

Bay Bridge Explorer App Lets You Drive on New Bridge

​The ever-changing shape of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is about shift again over Memorial Day weekend as part of a larger effort to retrofit one of the world's busiest bridges. And as you might recall, drivers don't adapt well to the  abrupt changes. Remember the confusion and crashes on th ... More >>

Google Made It Easy for Anyone to Stalk You

There are some things Google should not know​When it comes to privacy, it's usually Facebook's amorphous policies that have people riled up -- you know the ones who are always frantically checking to make sure strangers can't see those damning photos that have no business being online in the first ... More >>

Don't Worry About the Future of the Cookbook

Is this the future of cookbooks? (Cross your fingers.)​Yesterday, the New York edition of Grub Street published a great essay by Hugh Merwin on the bright future of cookbooks, even as more and more readers are switching to e-readers and bookstores are flailing. Cookbook sales are still strong, an ... More >>

Barnes & Noble Takes on Amazon in Tablet Wars

​A quick scan of this New York Times blog post is all one needs to conclude that Barnes & Noble faces a major challenge against Amazon in the tablet wars. Start with the picture, depicting B&N CEO William Lynch standing in front of a giant graphic showing that the Kindle Fire looks bet ... More >>

Man Robbed While Peeing in North Beach Alley

Those robbers really took the piss out of him​If you're a robber looking to score an easy victim -- urine luck!Police say that a San Francisco man was robbed as he urinated in an alley at about 1:55 a.m. on Friday. According to police, the man had met friends at a nearby bar, and as they were deci ... More >>