Unfortunately, Sony has announced that it will not bring its UMD Passport program to the U.S., which means that U.S. PS Vita owners will not be able to bring their UMD PSP games to the upcoming handheld. The UMD Passport program allows owners to register their UMD PSP games via an application obtained from the PlayStation Store, which in turn allows them to purchase and download the digital version of the game for a reduced price.

Sure, plenty of you out there got the iPhone because it’s the hippest little device around, but I’m sure there are plenty of you devotees who have been with Apple way longer, maybe even from the start. If you’re one of the latter, there’s a righteous line of retro-Mac computer iPhone cases from Schreer Delights that you can pick up if you want flaunt that you loved Apple before it was cool.

Using data from two measurement firms, Omniture and mDialog, NBC stated that 2.1 million tuned into the live stream of Super Bowl XLVI this year. Of course, NBC is counting the legal stream, and given the prevalence of illegal ones, one can only assume the total number of people who streamed the Super Bowl, regardless of legality, is much higher. In NBC’s release, they said the legal stream of Super Bowl XLVI represented the most-watched single-game sports event online ever.

Even though this footage is from the inferior Disney — the land one — it is from 1957 and looks amazing. It’s as if we hopped in a TARDIS, meant to go somewhere entirely different, then ended up in 1957 California. Today I learned footage from 1957 Disneyland is simultaneously pretty and eerie.

If you’re from this century, you know all too well what it’s like to be walking down the street — texting — and then trip on a curb, or accidentally kick a puppy, or fall down an open manhole. Okay, maybe you aren’t that familar with the actual events, but I’ll bet you’ve feared them before, but not quite enough to put away your phone. Well, the “Transparent Screen“ app for Android has your back and, catering to your lazy fear, will let you look through your device to see all obstacles in your way.

You might not want to believe me, but as it turns out, beef jerky underwear is a thing that some people want. Moreover, beef jerky underwear is a thing that some people might be willing to pay for. It’s not unheard of.  Instructable user Carleyy –apparently a member of the first group but not the second — has come up with a way for you to easily make your own pair of Brief Jerky, and as a bonus, they are entirely edible. Yeah. You know you want a pair.

It is difficult to prove that someone ripped off your game (Ars Technica)

Did Russian scientists actually breach Lake Vostok? (Discover)

$1 million diamond headphones (The Jane Dough)

U.S. cities have wonky names (BuzzFeed)

13 gorgeous bookstores from around the world (Mental Floss)

Have a tour through Japan’s electronics district (Business Insider)

Turn a balloon into a key cover (Lifehacker)

(title pic via reddit)

Only the second title to be featured on Steam Workshop, the creation area of Valve’s community, Bethesda has finally brought us Skyrim’s official modding tools, the Creation Kit. Along with giving players the ability to legitimately mod Skyrim, the kit comes with a high-resolution texture pack for the game, and oddly enough, teamed up with Valve to release a Portal 2 mod for Skyrim, the Space Sphere mod. That’s right, everyone’s favorite insane personality sphere can now follow players around the world of Skyrim. The creation kit is free, and around only 40 megabytes in size, so go grab it, and start modding your Dragonborn heart out, and visit the Creation Kit wiki for all your modding needs.

The minute vasculature that feeds a chicken embryo normally remains hidden within its yolky confines. However, biologist Anna Franz from the University of Oxford was able to reveal their complex structure by injecting a minute quantity of ink into a 72-hour old chicken embryo. This not only revealed the pathways that carry nourishment to the growing chick, but also the pumping action of its tiny heart. The sight was so spectacular that it netted Franz the 2011 Nikon Small World in Motion award, though my first thought was if the chicken survived the experience. See the amazing video, after the break.

Late last year, Google’s Chrome browser finally overtook Firefox in global usage. Now, Chrome is making new strides in its quest for dominance and coming to Android. For the moment, it’s still in beta and relatedly only available for Ice Cream Sandwich users, but even so, it looks pretty sweet. Along with speed increases and better UI, mobile Chrome intends to make good use of its desktop sibling.