http://www.ted.com Biologist Robert Full studies the amazing gecko, with its supersticky feet and tenacious climbing skill. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko’s tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

http://www.ted.com John La Grou unveils an ingenious new technology that will smarten up the electrical outlets in our homes, using microprocessors and RFID tags. The invention, Safeplug, promises to prevent deadly accidents like house fires — and to conserve energy.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

http://www.ted.com Kevin Surace suggests we rethink basic construction materials — such as the familiar wallboard — to reduce the huge carbon footprint generated by the manufacturing and construction of our buildings. He introduces EcoRock, a clean, recyclable and energy-efficient drywall created by his team at Serious Materials.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

http://www.ted.com In this short, optimistic talk from TED2009, Pete Alcorn shares a vision of the world of two centuries from now — when declining populations and growing opportunity prove Malthus was wrong.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Watch this video by jon4lakers for a great explanation of iPhone 3G S pricing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CslrzyoXtE

Now that it’s been a few days since the WWDC and the announcement of the iPhone 3G S, just about everything important is known so I decided to make a video explaining everything I could to help you guys decide whether upgrading is worth the (considerable) cost. Personally I don’t plan on getting the 3G S, as great as it would be to have some very nice specs. I’ll probably just wait until September for the iPod touch 3G, which I’m sure will have the same specs and save myself a few hundred dollars, but of course that’s just my opinion. Definitely leave in the comments what you think about the iPhone 3G S and whether you plan on upgrading, or just buying it outright if you don’t already have an iPhone.

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These are the results of a series of tests I did to determine which browser really is the fastest, and although I really wasn’t that surprised, the results still did show a lot. Of course just because a browser is fast doesn’t mean everything, but if you are strictly speaking speed, two browsers blow the competition away.

I also made a new intro and changed the format up a bit, let me know what you think guys.

Check out my first impressions on the new iPhone 3GS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t_vDXe-ui4

Download Safari 4 here: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

The WWDC finished up earlier today, and one of the many announcements (including new MacBooks, Quicktime and of course the new iPhones 3GS) was that Safari 4 would be out of beta today. I’ve only had it for a couple hours or so, and this is strictly a first impressions video. That said, at first glance Safari 4 looks like a fast, solid competitor to Chrome and Firefox and it’s worlds ahead of Safari 3. I used to use Safari 3 until Chrome came out, but with this latest release I might just convert back.

Definitely look for quite a few more videos about everything that was announced at WWDC, as there is going to be no shortage of things for me to cover.

Sorry that there are a fair few audio glitches, my computer lagged a bit during the recording. While Safari was fairly fast, it does run even better when I’m not recording so that’s something you may want to keep in mind.

The WWDC just wrapped up, and I’m mostly impressed. There was a lot of good new stuff, including Safari 4.0, an all new Quicktime, Snow Leopard and of course the iPhone 3GS. This was just a short video I did really quickly, expect more on the iPhone 3GS, as well as videos about the rest of the WWDC announcements, shortly.

App Reviewed:

Prey Invasion – $2.99 – Get it from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318267734&mt=8

This is a First Look on a highly anticipated new app, Prey Invasion. Overall I’m quite impressed with it, especially for such a reasonable price.