Tag archive: Manhattan

Apple fans and commuters using Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal may be interested to know that the Cupertino company’s newest store will be opening at the station this Friday. Apple’s retail webpage for the Grand Central store went live on Monday and states that the doors will be opening for the very first time at 10am. Expect much whooping and high-fiving to ensue. Its trading hours may draw the attention of a few people – especially… Read More

Despite widespread reports earlier this week that Apple’s new Grand Central store in Manhattan would open Tuesday, it now appears it won’t even be ready in time for Black Friday. Mashable’s Samantha Murphy reported on Tuesday that construction workers at the location said there was still much work left to do, and that an early December opening was a possibility. Murphy also said that the store remains boarded up, “with the sounds of drills and… Read More

Adapted from a $300 Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter, the SkyNET drone has been constructed by a group of scientists at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The Terminator-inspired machine is equipped with an injection-enabled Wi-Fi card that has the ability to scan, attack, record and join Wi-Fi networks in the area. A second Wi-Fi card communicated with an Ad-hoc wireless network to receive drone commands. The drone contains an extremely light… Read More

Officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) must have wondered what on earth was going on when Apple presented them with “linen-lined boxes, [looking like a] wedding present.” What could possibly have been contained within? A diamond-encrusted iPad 2 perhaps? A gold-plated iPhone? Well, it turned out it was a proposal for an Apple store to be built on the balcony overlooking the main hall of Manhattan’s Grand Central station.… Read More

At the Time Warner building in Manhattan this morning, Samsung announced the winner of its Samsung “Solve for Tomorrow” contest, which is giving away more than $1 million in technology prizes to promote science and math. Finalists converged from schools all around the country for the announcement, even students from a remote village in Alaska. R&B star John Legend was on hand to host the event, which was important enough that… Read More

The Manhattan District Attorney has announced indictments against 27 people connected with a cybercrime gang dubbed “S3,” who have used compromised bank accounts to purchase Apple products from around the United States, transport them back to New York, and sell them for profit. The charges cover 57 counts in what the district attorney is classing two separate conspiracies: 48 counts in the first that ran from June 2008 through… Read More

Besides managing to embarrass ourselves on plastic skateboards while strolling through Activision’s thumping E3 booth (courtesy of DJ Shadow on a set of turntables), we also had a chance to check out a few more of the most exciting upcoming titles in person. Blur, which comes from Project Gotham Racing developers Bizarre Creations, might be best described as the offspring of one of those games mated with Mario Kart. No cartoony… Read More

A couple of weeks ago I wrote on Nvidia's 3D Vision product, indicated the 22-inch screen I was using was simply not big enough, and ranted on about Warcraft in the low levels. Well, I've since picked up a 60-inch, 3D-compliant Mitsubishi DLP TV, taken my character to 36, and what a difference size and level makes. Let's chat about World of Warcraft in 3D on a 60-inch set. 60 Inches: The Size to Play Video Games These… Read More

A number of the world's leading manufacturers of high-definition televisions have filed a patent suit against low-cost HDTV maker Vizio, claiming the company is violating some 15 patents key to supporting MPEG-2 video in its products. According to the complaint, both the individual companies—which include heavy hitters like Sony, Samsung, Mitsubishi, and Phiips—has pursued Vizio about licensing the patents, but the company… Read More

Remember Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google, claiming video sharing site YouTube consistently enabled users to post unauthorized copies of Viacom content—like clips from South Park and The Daily Show? The case has been pending for over a year, but a new round of filings is ratcheting up the tension between the companies, and may indicate hopes for an amicable settlement are dwindling. In documents… Read More

When it comes to Grand Theft Auto, Chicago’s Transit Authority just can’t seem to make anybody happy. After accepting ads for GTA IV in April and plastering them all over the transit system, news reports criticized the CTA for advertising the violent game following crimes in Chicago. Bowing to public pressure, the Authority yanked the ads, a move GTA publisher Take-Two is now bringing the CTA to court over. According to… Read More

When New York State finally passed its budget last week with a hotly contested law referred to as the “Amazon Tax,”  spectators expected trouble. Not surprisingly, a week later, Amazon is rolling out the legal cannons to fight the law, which forces it to collect sales tax in the state despite having no physical presence there. According to the New York Times, the state government managed to twist Amazon into its tax… 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

Speaking at the 92 nd Street Y cultural center in Manhattan, Sony Corporation CEO Howard Stringer described the formt war between his company's Blu-ray format and Toshiba's HD DVD as a “stalemate,” citing Paramount's decision to back HD DVD as a major reason, while at the same time downplaying the importance of one format actually winning control of the market. As reported by the Associated Press, Stringer… Read More

It’s terrible when you’re bidding on an eBay item, and the bids keep edging the price higher. One Manhattan jewelry detailer allegedly rigged the bidson his auctions, and has settled a civil fraud complaint with the New York attorney general for $400,000 because of it.   The EMH group has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine and $300,000 inrestitution, as well as not participating in online auctions for four years under the terms of… Read More