Tag archive: Brooklyn

After making the top-ten list of most wanted criminals on the Utica police department website, Ruben J. Burgos thought it would be an absolutely brilliant idea to promote his infamy on Facebook and taunt police with the phrase “Catch me if you can, I'm in Brooklyn” on his personal Facebook page. Burgos continued down this path of pure genius by also posting a video of himself walking into an unidentified NYPD station house… Read More

As much as late-night infomercial fodder such as the venerable vegetable slice-n-dicer and the towel-cum-chamois hybrid infuriatingly dubbed the ShamWow have become the subject of intense ridicule, these gadgets have at least one thing going for them – they exist. If nothing else, we can rest easy knowing that someone, somewhere was able to dream up an idea, turn that idea into a product that does what it's supposed to do, and… Read More

Released virtually without hype, it’s still managed to be one of 2008’s most-anticipated video games. Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA), the latest offering in the controversial franchise fromRockstar Games, came out at midnight, with many stores open to sell it – an indication of its popularity.   Reviewers were only allowed to playit at Rockstar’s offices – no review copies were sent out – but they didn’t… Read More

Electronic musicians, ready your fingers: Yamaha’s futuristic Tenori-On electronic instrument is coming to the United States. Yamaha will swing by Brooklyn and San Francisco later this month to introduce U.S. audiences to the Lite-Brite-like musical contraption. The product of Japanese media artist Tosio Iwai, the Tenori-On uses an interface of 256 LED lights arranged in a grid to produce music from touch. Yamaha’s YouTube… Read More

Computer software giant Microsoft today announced they’d filed eight lawsuits against companies in Arizona, California Illinois, Minnesota and New York. Each company named in these lawsuits is accused of distributing counterfeit and/or infringing Microsoft software or software components.   Microsoft, based upon tips they’d received on their anti-piracy hotline, filed some of the lawsuits after purchasing evidence against the… Read More

Sirius Radio announced today they had lined up another well known DJ to man their satellite radio airwaves in the fight to catch up to XM Radio. Legendary New York City radio personality Bruce Morrow, aka "Cousin Brucie", will start appearing on the satellite network during the July 4th weekend, followed by three regularly scheduled programs and daily features each week. His focus will be popular hit music of the '50s, '60s and… Read More

From the press release: With peak usage time for Xbox Live between 7:30 and 9 p.m., this thrill-seeking throng is showing that they prefer to play TV. As evidence of online gameplay's mass appeal and growing importance in the digital entertainment landscape, Xbox Live reached the million-member mark three times faster than other subscriber-based entertainment services such as Home Box Office Inc., America Online Inc. and TiVo Inc.… Read More