Pictured: Michael T. Astolfi (L) and Aaron Rasmussen, creators of upcoming game BlindSide.Photo courtesy Aaron Rasmussen Aaron Rasmussen was 16 years old when a chemistry teacher told him to mix red phosphorous and potassium chlorate. The two chemicals are volatile when mixed, but they don’t normally combust without some form of impact. But these chemicals were in [...]

Shazam Player visualizes song lyrics while you listen. Cool! (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET) I’m a sucker for cool visuals, which is why I’m gaga over the new Shazam Player app for iOS. It takes something fairly straightforward–song lyrics–and presents it in a visually stimulating, impossible-to-look-away way. Shazam, of course, is best known for the [...]

(Credit: Jaymar Cabebe | CNET) LAS VEGAS–Initially launched as a desktop browser experience in September of last year, ground-breaking one-click video editor Magisto has just made its way onto iPhones. With Magisto on your mobile device, it becomes easier than ever to cobble together polished videos that are ready to share on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, [...]

(Credit: CNET) There are a ton of image-editing apps that add effects to your images, but what about video? Anyone who uses an iPhone 4 or 4S knows the smartphone takes great-looking video, but your options are limited with the Apple app when it comes to adding effects. Don’t underestimate the value of adding effects, [...]

The Omnibox has been beefed up in RockMelt beta 5 with deep hooks directly into Facebook. (Credit: RockMelt) While the big browser conflagration between Chrome and, oh, just about everybody else tends to suck the oxygen from a room, the Chromium-based RockMelt continues to keep its users warm and toasty with new features focusing on [...]

(Credit: Apple, Inc.) At long last, iOS 5 is finally here, two days before the launch of the iPhone 4S. (Related: We’ve heard that a number of users have had problems installing the update this afternoon. Get the latest news on install issues in this post from CNET’s Josh Lowensohn.) Though iOS 5 is not [...]

Delicious The most anticipated software update for iDevices, namely iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has been released at around 10 AM PST, October 12th, 2011, a date as promised by Apple. iOS 5 brings over 200 new features and enhanced functionalities to the iOS mobile devices, including the Notification Center, iMessage, iCloud support and PC [...]

(Credit: CNET) Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or maybe just don’t read tech news) you probably already know that next Tuesday, October 4, is when Apple makes its next major announcement. While the company is tight-lipped as usual, we know that it will probably announce at least one new iPhone and when it [...]

(Credit: CNET) Just yesterday I wrote about a running game based on the viral video Baby Monkey (riding backwards on a pig). It’s a fairly simple running game, but it got me to thinking about what would be the best games in the escape/running/survival genre (I’m not sure there’s a standardized name for this genre). [...]

The free Dragon Go app provides a wealth of relevant results from its voice-powered searches. (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida) Back in late 2009, software developer Nuance made waves with Dragon Dictation, a killer free app that translates your voice into text. For Nuance’s next trick, Dragon Go turns your voice into a search engine. [...]