The typical $40 remote-control helicopter comes with a tiny, imprecise controller. Griffin’s just-announced Helo TC turns your iPhone into the flight stick , with your choice of onscreen or accelerometer controls. Price: $49.99. The kit consists of a dual-rotor ‘copter and the Flight Deck, a case/sled that cradles your iPhone and controls the flyer via line-of-sight infrared. It also plugs …

Apple The Global Times, a news site in China, reports that two lawsuits have been filed charging that Apple is knowingly selling refurbished iPhones as new products in their stores. “Six consumers who recently bought iPhones in Apple stores at Xicheng district’s Xidan Joy City and Chaoyang district’s Sanlitun, and some other authorized dealers, found their phones have a shorter …

Gentlemen, your cell phone could be your closest enemy. According to an Italian report published in the Journal of Andrology (PDF), researchers in the United States and around the world have found that the radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) emitted by cell phones may decrease sperm count and damage sperm quality. Though still inconclusive, the research focuses on several studies on …