Gadgets
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Combustible carbon nanotubes give off electricity, make really tiny fires (video)10 March 2010, 2:22 pm
Need a more efficient heat sink? Try a carbon nanotube. Artificial muscle? Nanotubes. Space Ladder? Self-cleaning windows? Incredibly small bowl of soup? You get the picture. What can't carbon nanotubes do? We're not sure just yet, but even power generation is not beyond their grasp. Apparently when you coat the wee straws in butane and light one end on fire it creates a thermal wave, propelling electrons along to create a current. It's not a lot of current on a single smoldering tube, but scal...
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Robosoft Kompai takes care of your elderly so you don't have to (video)10 March 2010, 2:01 pm
This one has been quite a long time in coming, but Robosoft's service drone has finally made it off the drawing board, collected a catchy name, and headed off to the big world to seek its fortune as an R&D platform. Kompai is a personal assistance bot built around speech -- it understands basic instructions and requests and offers appropriate responses with its own monotonic style. It'll serve as a note and shopping list recorder, a calendar, a music player, or a video conferencing tool for...
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Korea starts testing 'recharging road,' might make it part of its public transport system10 March 2010, 1:42 pm
Time to set aside the chains of worry that have prevented us from jumping on the electric bandwagon -- Korean researchers have figured out a way to make us forget all about charging stations and cruising ranges with their magnetically recharging road. The Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) you see here went into service yesterday and can now be found towing three bus-loads of tourists around a Seoul amusement park. It operates on a battery five times smaller than conventional EV juice packs and can ...
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Motion-Sim 4DOF racing simulator will take your retirement fund for the ride of its life (video)10 March 2010, 1:18 pm
Race simulators like rFactor or iRacing offer the kind of gaming experience only available this side of a six-point harness, particularly when combined with a wheel like Logitech's G27, but sometimes it's a little difficult to get into the game when perched on an office chair. The 4DOF racing simulator from Motion-Sim will provides the missing link with a somewhat dangerous looking combination of pistons and articulating arms. It's been around for a few months but we're just now getting a chance...
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HP MediaSmart add-in adds TiVo compatibility, enables video transfers to and fro10 March 2010, 12:59 pm
For those enjoying media bliss thanks to a little MediaSmart box humming away somewhere in the corner, life just got a even more lovely. HP has announced a partnership with TiVo that allows MediaSmart users to install a Windows Home Server add-in, enabling the two devices to talk sweet nothings to each other. From within the WHS console you'll be able to suck recorded content from the TiVo onto the MediaSmart's expansive storage array and, from there, play it on any of your compatible devices (...
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CE-Oh no he didn't!: Katzenberg says 'beautifully styled' 3D glasses won't make you look like a dweeb10 March 2010, 12:32 pm
Another day, another CEO with more lip gloss than brain matter. Jeffrey Katzenberg has been talking to USA Today on what seems to be his favorite topic these days, 3D, and telling us that the glasses ain't no big deal. After all, "many many many people" wear glasses -- that's three lots of many for those keeping count at home -- and the new and improved 3D appendages are so "beautifully styled" that he expects them to start popping up at your local optometrist right next to the sunglasses and d...
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OO HD wireless projector concept reaches for the stars, almost grabs 'em (video)10 March 2010, 12:05 pm
David Riesenberg obviously had his head in the clouds when he dreamed up the OO High Definition Wireless Projector, but it's not like we're kvetching about his imagination's ability to go far beyond the limits of most humans. For one thing, the concept 1080p projector looks (and lands) like a stunning orange UFO; for another, the specs are otherwordly. Should the device ever come to market, Reisenberg says it will pack SSD storage, WiFi and internal decoder chips into its svelte, 11-inch round ...
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Happy Hour watches open bottles, doors unto new worlds (video)10 March 2010, 11:34 am
Ready for your daily dose of ingeniousness? That word is actually real, and so is the Happy Hour Timepiece -- a watch that doubles as a bottle opener, because as the tagline reminds us, "it's 5 o'clock somewhere." It has just become available to buy from Time Tap's website, and its black leather-strapped awesomeness can be yours for $49.95. Click past the break to see video of it being demonstrated as well as a shot of the watch face itself -- it even has dual digital and analog time displays, ...
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FCC will consider 'free or very low cost wireless broadband' service10 March 2010, 11:13 am
Did you know there was a Digital Inclusion Summit going on? We already know the FCC isn't best pleased about the fact 93 million Americans are making do without access to home broadband, and this latest event was an opportunity for it to dish some more info on its forthcoming National Broadband Plan. The major obstacles to broadband adoption identified by the FCC were noted as cost, computer illiteracy, and a sheer lack of awareness about the benefits the web offers (outside of cute kitties). Th...
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Over 50 ARM-based tablets launching this year10 March 2010, 10:38 am
While the verdict is still out with regard to consumer appetites for a 3rd portable computing device, PC makers are betting the farm on consumer interest in tablets that fill the gap between small-screened smartphones and bulky (by comparison) netbooks/laptops. We've already seen an uptick in tablet devices on display at the big CES and CeBIT trade shows, now tablet and MID device vendors look ready to blow out Computex when it kicks off on June 1st in Taipei. According to Roy Chen, ARM's ODM m...
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Paper Calendar Tears Off Its Pages Automagically [Gadgets]10 March 2010, 2:20 pm
This daily calendar mixes analog, digital, nature, and poetry all in one: Every autumn day, each of its pages will fall off automatically, teared by a clever mechanism at its top. As this video shows, it works great. But why?
Because in autumn, leaf falls, that's why. And because it was commissioned as a promotional tool for clients by leaf blower manufacturer Stihl. [Direct Daily]
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Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives [Security]10 March 2010, 1:58 pm
With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. Here's how to wipe them clean.
Why Erasing Files Is Not Enough
Sure, you could erase the contents of the drive, but keep this in mind: the act of erasing a file does not remove it from a storage device.
When you erase/delete a file from your computer, it's not really gone until the areas of the d...
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iKat Augmented Reality App Works Without Real-World Prompt [Apps]10 March 2010, 1:40 pm
Apart from the name—which I personally approve of very much—Zenitum's iKat app has another cool edge to it. It's (we think) the first augmented reality phone app to work without a marker, or real-world prompt.
The app itself is pretty basic, just a cartoon-like pet running around on whatever surface you aim the phone at. Zenitum, the South Korean company behind iKat, says the app has to recognize an environment to work:
"Based on Zenitum's D-Track engine, we are working on markerles...
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Japanese Otaku Update: Now They're Indulging In "Factory Night Jungle Cruises" [Japan]10 March 2010, 1:00 pm
When planning your next Japan visit, better put aside a night for a "factory night jungle cruise" if you want to be right up there with the latest Japanese otaku craze. They literally visit factories, at night.
According to Japan Trends, which brought the fad to our attention, the "factory love" is popular among photographers—which I can understand, as lit-up factories can be quite scenic—but also families and couples too. A cruise around Panasonic's factory doesn't seem quite as rom...
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South Korea Testing "Recharging Roads" For Its Public Transport [Transport]10 March 2010, 12:41 pm
South Korea has overhauled its public transport network with recharging roads, where the vehicles use power from buried electric strips in the road. It was invented at the University of California, before South Korea adopted it for an amusement park.
The system is being tested at an amusement park in Seoul, but if all goes well, the country hopes to expand it to the whole city's bus route—helping minimize unsightly overhead power lines and obviously doing a good turn for the environment. D...
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40MP Pentax 645D Camera Will Be Japan's In May, And Ours Soon After [Cameras]10 March 2010, 12:03 pm
It's not a micro four thirds, but Pentax has lifted the lid on the 645D medium format camera, which will be available this May for close to $10,000. Why so expensive, you ask? There's that 40MP Kodak sensor for starters.
It's also got a SAFOX IX+ autofocus system with 11 sensor points, a Pentax original Real Image Engine, 14 bit A/D converter, and is the ultimate kick-around camera, with 70 seals making it dustproof, weather resistant and cold-proof. There's also a dust removal II system, just i...
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Underwear Made From Bananas Hits Australian Shops [Science]10 March 2010, 11:31 am
We often speak of material being used to conduct electricity, but what if underwear makers AussieBum—who've created underpants made from banana fiber—used carbon nanotubes as well? Think of the possibilities banana-derived electricity-conducting pants could bring you. [KoreaHerald]
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How to Look Like a Gadget Lover Without Buying Any Real Electronics [Wtf]10 March 2010, 8:35 am
12 Full Color Printed VHS Video Boxes: $9. Full Scale Plastic Washer and Dryer Set: $139. 2 Piece 20" Wide Screen LCD Style Computer Package: $49. Outfitting your entire home with prop gadgets: Probably a bad idea.
If you're like me and ever looked at one of those prop TVs in a store and wondered how much they go for, then the mystery is finally over. You can seek out Props By IDM, a company who sells such fake gadgets, and price check. [Props by IDM via Boing Boing]
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What Would You Stick Under A Scanning Electron Microscope? [Qotd]10 March 2010, 7:06 am
Here's some tasty-looking hard candy. And here's that same tasty-looking hard candy scanned by an SEM. Tuns out that there's a company offering to stick almost anything under an electron microscope and we can't help but wonder: What to pick?
SEM Elemental Analysis company ASPEX is offering this great service where people can submit their own samples to be viewed under a scanning electron microscope. They even post results—like these—on the site:
Now, back to the big question: What w...
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First Walking Lego Mecha Is Looking for Lego Godzilla [Lego]10 March 2010, 5:00 am
Lego biped robots are a dime a dozen, even while some look pretty sweet. This one is special: It's the first walking Lego robot. And, unlike your usual feet-dragging toy robots, it actually walks by raising its feet.
This is definitely not easy to do with Lego or any other material. Maybe this guy should start thinking about building a Big Dog. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]
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CodePlex refresh, FOSS projects more compatible with Windows10 March 2010, 2:09 pm
The CodePlex Foundation has announced the arrival of several new board members, including Jim Jagielski, the Chief Open Source Officer of SpringSource. Jagielski, who was one of the original cofounders of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), brings a lot of credibility and leadership experience to the CodePlex Foundation.
When the CodePlex Foundation was established by Microsoft last year, an interim board of directors was assembled to help get the organization off the grou...
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feature: True story: the making of the Terminator's laser-sighted .45 pistol10 March 2010, 5:30 am
One of the most striking images from The Terminator was the weapon he carried and used in his first attempt on Sarah Connor's life: the .45 Longslide, with laser sighting. Who can forget the scene in the gun shop? The gun was likewise such a striking presence on screen it was used on the film's poster. There are T-shirts dedicated to the gun.
Terminator was released in 1984, and while laser sights on weapons are common now, when the film was first shown the red laser was ab...
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HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers10 March 2010, 3:25 am
Apple COO Tim Cook's warning from early 2009 wasn't the only one that handset makers received before Apple sicced the lawyers on HTC last week. According to a research note from Oppenheimer analyst Yal Reiner, Apple began warning top executives at companies such as HTC and Motorola in January that it wasn't too happy about seeing allegedly iPhone-related IP showing up in proposed new products.
According to "industry checks," Cook's comments last January during the quarterly ...
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MRI's successes put the brain on trial10 March 2010, 1:24 am
A typical neuroscience paper (or a typical report on one) is a laundry list of structure:function relationships between brain regions and the mental tasks they perform. The amygdala deals with registering rewards, the hippocampus handles memory, and so on. These relationships have been the result of over a century of work, starting with rare cases of brain injury and building through modern medical imaging, which can detect ever-smaller lesions and associate neural activity...
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Facebook's location feature expected to launch next month9 March 2010, 11:10 pm
Facebook is allegedly planning to roll out location sharing capabilities next month, once again playing catch-up to other services that have gained popularity thanks to location data. The rumor comes courtesy of anonymous sources who have been "briefed on the project" speaking to the New York Times, who said that Facebook will announce the feature at Facebook's annual f8 conference in late April.
The company's plans for such a feature have not been entirely secret—Facebook hinted a...
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Microsoft browser ballot gives Opera, Firefox a boost9 March 2010, 10:22 pm
The Microsoft browser ballot released this month to Windows users in the EU is already doing Microsoft's rivals a favor. Two of the major competitors to Internet Explorer have seen an increase in downloads, while the other two are not willing to share data. We contacted the makers of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera; here's what they had to say.
Opera, the Norwegian browser maker that first filed a complaint with the European Union in December 2007, accusing Microsoft of violating EU a...
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The Internet of tomorrow: 100Gbps to your house by 20309 March 2010, 9:33 pm
Google's recent announcement of a 1Gbps fiber-to-the-home testbed has communities across the US salivating—but imagine what the Internet might be like if that connection to your home were even faster. Say... 100Gbps. In less than 20 years, such speeds will be possible, but only for companies who installed the right sort of fiber architecture.
The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom commissioned a lengthy report on the future of fiber (PDF) (or "fibre," in this case) from the ...
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FileMaker Pro goes to 11, admits people like spreadsheets9 March 2010, 8:06 pm
Apple subsidiary FileMaker has released version 11 of its flagship FileMaker Pro database. The updated software purports to make building and maintaining databases even easier, while acknowledging that many users are accustomed to using spreadsheets for database purposes by including pivot table-like reporting and Excel-like charting features. FileMaker Pro Server has also been updated, dropping the simultaneous client access limit for the Advanced version.
FileMaker Pro alr...
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European Parliament unites against 3 strikes, ACTA secrecy9 March 2010, 6:38 pm
The European Parliament is fed up with the secrecy surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Today, representatives from all the major parliamentary coalitions introduced a resolution demanding that the European Commission release all negotiating texts, inform Parliament about the negotiating process, and absolutely refuse to countenance any sort of "three strikes" Internet disconnection penalty for online copyright infringement.
The measure comes up for a ...
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Microsoft begins rolling out redesigned MSN homepage9 March 2010, 5:51 pm
Microsoft today began rolling out its new MSN homepage, but not everyone will be getting it at once: the update will trickle out over the next few weeks to the site's 100 million US customers. The software giant is touting the new version as "its most significant homepage redesign in over a decade." It comes with a new MSN butterfly logo (which complements the Bing logo), a larger Bing search box and tighter integration with the search engine, local information from a new feature dubbed MSN...
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28 January 2010, 1:20 am
The Apple "iPad", a new tablet computing device, is shown in this publicity photo from Apple released to Reuters January 27, 2010. Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a sleek tablet that it called the iPad, pitching the new gadget at a surprisingly......
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28 January 2010, 1:19 am
The Apple "iPad", a new tablet computing device, is shown in this publicity photo from Apple released to Reuters January 27, 2010. Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a sleek tablet that it called the iPad, pitching the new gadget at a surprisingly......
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10 January 2010, 12:44 am
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 09: Television personality Dr. Gadget, also known as Dave Dettman, tees off at the 11th Annual National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Celebrity Golf Tournament sponsored by Canon U.S.A. at the TPC Las Vegas golf course on January......
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10 January 2010, 12:44 am
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 09: Television personality Dr. Gadget, also known as Dave Dettman, clowns around with his club covers at the 11th Annual National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Celebrity Golf Tournament sponsored by Canon U.S.A. at the TPC......
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10 January 2010, 12:43 am
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 09: Television personality Dr. Gadget, also known as Dave Dettman, checks the distance on the 12th hole at the 11th Annual National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Celebrity Golf Tournament sponsored by Canon U.S.A. at the TPC......
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8 January 2010, 10:18 pm
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: CES attendees fill the halls during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through......
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8 January 2010, 10:18 pm
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Regen ReNu solar iPhone and iPod charging dock is displayed in the Regen booth during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest......
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8 January 2010, 10:18 pm
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Powertech Slim USB charger is displayed during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow,......
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8 January 2010, 10:18 pm
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Powertech Slim USB charger is displayed during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow,......
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8 January 2010, 9:04 pm
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: HTC CEO Peter Chou holds up the new HTC Smart Phone as he speaks during a keynote address by Qualcomm Chairman and CEO Paul E. Jacobs during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Hilton January 8, 2010......
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When Open Platforms Get Closed: AT&T Cripples Backflip10 March 2010, 3:00 pm
The Motorola Backflip is AT&T's foray into the open world of the Android phone. Unfortunately, it seems the carrier wasn't just content to replace Google search with Yahoo's offering, it also has disabled some of the capabilities that make an open platform like Android popular....
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Kindle for Android Finally Coming Soon?10 March 2010, 1:30 pm
Wondering where the Amazon Kindle for Android app is? You're not the only one. New promotional documents for Dell's Mini 5 Android device show a big clue that an Amazon Kindle for Android app is on the way....
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Outstanding Infographic — Rise of Netbooks9 March 2010, 8:30 pm
A picture is worth a thousand words and the awesome infographics that GigaOM runs are worth millions. The Rise of Netbooks tells a complete story without words, that of the phenomenal growth of the lowly netbook. We knew netbooks were popular and we weren't wrong....
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Wireless USB Lives — Warpia Easy Dock9 March 2010, 7:00 pm
Reports of the death of wireless USB are premature, as the Warpia Easy Dock proves. The Easy Dock allows hooking Windows notebooks or MacBooks up to a full desktop configuration, wirelessly. Peripherals, including a monitor, are wirelessly connected to a notebook via the dock....
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Google’s Nexus One Not Likely in Verizon Stores9 March 2010, 5:30 pm
Reports on the web indicate that Verizon Wireless store representatives are receiving training for the Google Nexus One phone. But Google doesn't currently sell the handset in stores. Will it be different this time around? Based on my conversation with Verizon, probably not....
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Who Owns Your Notes in e-Books?9 March 2010, 4:00 pm
A feature of e-book readers is the ability to take notes in books. Consumers who like to scribble notes in the margins of books can do so in the electronic versions. This brings to mind a question -- who owns the notes you "write" in e-books?...
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Will Amazon’s Kindle Ever Have a Decent Browser?9 March 2010, 2:20 pm
Amazon is advertising a developer role to boost the browser in its Kindle e-book device. But how much better can the browser get with its hobbled hardware? Is this even the right approach for Amazon to combat the onslaught of tablets hitting soon?...
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More HP Slate Videos — Is Adobe’s Flash the Killer App?8 March 2010, 11:00 pm
One day after the first iPad television commercial, HP outs not one, but two new videos showing off the upcoming HP Slate. The big push here is to tout something Apple's iPad can't deal with -- Adobe Flash support. Is that a big deal?...
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Of Course You Can Tether the iPad8 March 2010, 9:00 pm
It's definitely iPad Mania, with information about the new slate from Apple everywhere you turn. Steve Jobs dashed the hopes of those wanting to tether the iPad to the iPhone. That won't stop me. I will be tethering my iPad from day one. So can you....
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Forget the iPad — Who’s Gaming on Android?8 March 2010, 7:40 pm
All this time I thought that gaming on Android handsets couldn't possibly be any good. And then I downloaded the free trial of HomeRun Derby 3D -- the graphics and gameplay rival anything I've played on the iPhone prior. Are you gaming on Android?...
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HTC Legend: Frankly, it feels expensive10 March 2010, 1:57 pm
With HTC's upcoming crop of Androids, you'll be able to separate people into two distinct groups: those who spring for the brainier, better-specced Desire, and those who get bowled over by the beautiful, yet lesser-specced Legend....
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Are you ready for the toilet of the future?10 March 2010, 1:57 pm
While most bathrooms in the U.S. are business as usual, toilets in Japan and in some parts of Europe are high-tech wonders, overflowing with luxurious amenities such as heated seats, sound effects, built-in bidets and lids that raise automatically....
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SpaceX aborts rocket engine test10 March 2010, 5:37 am
Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station....
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Google opens Web store for business applications10 March 2010, 5:33 am
Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet....
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MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up10 March 2010, 3:34 am
Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly....
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Orbiting stars circle each other in minutes9 March 2010, 11:38 pm
After a decade of mystery, astronomers have now shown that a pair of white dwarf stars spin around each other in just 5.4 minutes, making them the fastest-orbiting and tightest binary star system ever found, the researchers claim....
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Robots to help repair aging water pipes9 March 2010, 11:21 pm
Robots are great for going where humans can't, and the cramped confines of municipal water pipes are the perfect example. A new initiative is working on building robots that can access and repair aging water pipes from the inside....
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New worm species found in Great Barrier Reef9 March 2010, 10:00 pm
Four newly identified worm species, including one that sports an unusual green color, have been found wriggling in the sands of the Great Barrier Reef....
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Cisco says new router 12x faster than rivals'9 March 2010, 9:39 pm
Cisco Systems Inc, introduced a new router that it says will handle Internet traffic 12 times faster than rival products, as it looks to compete with rivals such as Juniper Networks Inc....
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U.S. sits on rare supply of tech-crucial minerals9 March 2010, 8:31 pm
Untapped reserves include deposits of both "light" and "heavy" rare earths — families of minerals that help make everything from TV displays to magnets in hybrid electric motors....
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iPhone OS 3.2 SDK beta 4 released9 March 2010, 10:58 pm
Quick note to iPhone and iPad developers out there, earlier today Apple released iPhone OS 3.2 Beta 4 SDK. This is build 10M2144, and comes two weeks after beta 3 was released. It’s a 2.5GB download, which can be yours immediately....
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How to fix audio loss in Remote Desktop for Mac with 64-bit Windows9 March 2010, 9:51 pm
So, after upgrading my PC from Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit version to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit edition, I quickly determined that using Remote Desktop Connection for Mac 2.0 to connect to the PC resulted in no sound coming through the audio redirection feature. It took a bit of Googling to figure out exactly what was going on, but as it turns out, the x64 editions of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 simply don’t include the audio redirection feature for the Remote Desktop Mac c...
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ASiQ Bluetooth Access-point for In-flight Service9 March 2010, 8:56 pm
ASiQ Limited has announced the release of the world’s first bluetooth access-point for commercial airlines. According to Ron Chapman, ASiQ’s CEO, airlines will now be able to offer passengers affordable SMS, MMS, Voice-messaging and text email capabilities while in flight via their new SafeCell app. Better still, SafeCell will also eliminate GSM roaming charges since it does not require a GSM connection to deliver its services. Bluetooth access points are far more efficient...
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Google: China Hackers Stole Valuable Source Code9 March 2010, 8:43 pm
According to McAffee CTO George Kurtz the cyber-attacks that occurred in January targed a small number of employees who controlled source code management systems. These source code management systems handle the myriad changes that developers make as they write software, the breach of which can have a cascade effect across multiple levels of Google and as many as 30 other business targeted in the January attacks. Aside from being awesome and using ‘cyber-attack’ in a sentence, I a...
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Bleeding Edge TV 343: Popcorn Hour Popbox5 March 2010, 10:49 pm
We talked with Syabas Technology, makers of the Popcorn Hour line of set-top boxes, about their new Popbox at CES 2010, where they gave us a walkthrough of the 1080p streaming, Netflix-supporting, app-centric home theater device. Seriously, this thing seems to support everything under the sun, including Java, Flash, and tons of video codecs in full HD.
A big thank you to Bing for sponsoring our CES 2010 coverage!...
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Coupon Surfer Challenges Rush Limbaugh to use Internet Coupons5 March 2010, 8:28 pm
Last week Rush Limbaugh admitted that he had never clipped a coupon in his entire life. This week CouponSurfer has challenged him to use their coupon site to clip his first-ever coupon. Based upon market studies and tons of compiled data, I have come to the conclusion that Rush is going to be disappointed in couponsurfer.com’s performance in this arena; nowhere in the entire internets did I find coupons for ‘blood of 1,000 virgins’ or ‘Oxycotin.’...
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New York band Audio Fiction authors own Rock Band song5 March 2010, 8:14 pm
Alt-rockers Audio Fiction have become one of the first bands to use the Harmonix games and MTV’s newly-launched Rock Band Network Music Store for the Xbox 360 to author their own Rock Band song. The band used Harmonix tools to author their track ‘Race the Hourglass’ as their first addition to the Rock Band Network catalogue. Audio Fiction’s bassist, Darren Korb, then put it into a game-compatible file format, had it peer tested and approved in the debut launch of Rock Band Ne...
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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 Now Available at Wiredia5 March 2010, 7:38 pm
Today, the uber-expensive and not-so-much-better-than-anything-else-out-on-the-market-already Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 becomes available on the Wiredia website. At nearly $700 this thing had better come with the entire DVD set of StarBlazers and 42 ninja stars, or I am going to be seriously disappointed. According to the press release, you are going to be able to do everything that other smartphone users can do, plus the X2 is Skype-friendly. Is this a bonus? Who knows?&nb...
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WTFJeans with special iPhone, iPod touch, USB stick pockets5 March 2010, 7:00 pm
If you’re looking for something with a SCOTTEVEST flair, but made with denim, take notice of what WTFJean has going on. They make jeans with specially-fitted pockets, lined with microfiber, meant to house your iPhone or iPod touch. In addition, they even have pockets meant to hold on to USB sticks, which we guess the pockets on your regular jeans are no good for? Oh, also, while they’re available in both male and female versions, if you’re a dide, it goes you some frontal padding for prote...
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iPad launches April 3, pre-orders start March 125 March 2010, 6:17 pm
The iPad news that a lot of you’ve been waiting for is finally here, as we now have a firm launch and pre-order start date for the Apple tablet. The iPad will be shipping from Apple for online orders, and also available at retail Apple Stores and “select Authorized Retailers” on April 3rd, which technically falls short of the “late March” timeframe. As for pre-ordering to make sure you can get one on day one, that starts on March 12. You can pre-order both the Wi-Fi-only and 3G models ...
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