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We first heard about this back in December, when it was just a mere glint in Samsung's eye. And here it is in its latest incarnation—looking a lot less clunky than it did eight months ago.
Symbian-Guru's all over the US N95 launch, this time bringing us a handful of up close snaps, confirming the body changes picked up from the flyer. The shutter slider has indeed been jettisoned, but now the camera is receded... Read More »
A 62-year-old Frenchman is giving his attempt on the world free-fall record one last try in the skies above Saskatchewan. Michel Fournier has spent $13.25 million trying to jump from 25 miles above the earth's surface and break the world free-fall record set by USAF test pilot Joe Kittinger in 1960. But first he has to get up there.
Apparently the Wii is closing in on Xbox 360's total sales, all despite the sales slowdown in Japan. 10.32 million for the 360 vs 10.1 million for the Wii, which launched a whole year later. Meanwhile, the PS3 it's still at 4.11M while the DS crushes everything else at 46.83M. [The Register]
And fie, a-surffing on ye internette, a pinneballe machyne of Leggoe did I espye. Set yorre eyyes pon yonder gallerye. Morre picture lykkeness will ye finde on TechEBlog. [TechEBlog]
If, like me, you have the condition known as sausage finger, then you'll know the pain of punching more than one button at a time on a remote. At 5.5x8.5x2.25 inches, and with buttons 3/4 inch square, this giant universal remote should solve that problem. It uses 4 AA batteries, and costs $39.98. [Things You Never Knew]
This isn't just any tarantula, it's a remote-controlled Mexican redknee tarantula. It's life-sized and realistic in every way, apart from the fact that it has hidden wheels, LEDs for eyes and finds it difficult to stray from hard, smooth surfaces. Check out the spider in action after the jump.
NASA handed out $250,000 in prize money this weekend to aircraft designers who competed in a competition to create personal air-vehicles. But don't be fooled by the picture and think that the event was full of flying cars, experimental planes and UFO-shaped discs—all the entrants were standard-looking planes, as you will see in the videos after the jump.
Polk Audio's latest HE audio system, the SurroundBar50, is 51 inches of speaker that gives you surround sound from just one speaker. The aluminum-covered unit contains nine mid/bass drivers with Neodymium magnets, three dome tweeters and a four-PC board crossover, and Polk's Stereo Dimensional Array (SDA) technology on the left and right front channels.
Measuring 51 x 4.5 x 5.1 inches, the SurroundBar50 comes with a bracket that you hang either above or below your TV, and will cost $1099.95 when it is released in October. [OhGizmo!]
In spite of having hardware partners, XM still develops its products in-house, which explains why every XM product has the same basic look and feel. The XpressRC, technically from Delphi, marries the color screen you've seen on the Samsung... Read More »
Posted by Seamus Byrne at 9:33 AM on August 13, 2007
There are quite a few "very small phones" out and about now, but this is one I've happened across while writing a column for Etihad's in-flight magazine. It isn't available in Australia (it's a UK / Middle Eastern phone), but it's interesting enough that I thought I'd share the info - if you're OS, you could always try nabbing one if you're in those neighbourhoods.
Full specs and more pics after the jump.
Some days you wake and you just do not want to go on. You miss the touch of plastic that audiocassettes used to fill your life with. Well, the Mix Tape USB, by Suck UK should go a little way to help. No pricing information is available yet, but we are sure it will be worth it; just think...
Not only can you revel in the retro casing, you can also whip out the USB stick from the cassettes innards and load that up with tunes for your baby-boo. How will they know what is on there? Plug and play? You are not old school enough, man—there is a track-list record sheet included! I can just smell the good old days, I tell you. Oh no, that is the smell of not washing. To be fair, the two scents are fairly similar; my bad -I should go shower.
[Suck UK via Technabob].
Posted by Seamus Byrne at 9:05 AM on August 13, 2007
Tee hee. Blow. Late last week the govt announced their biggest crackdown on net nasties since Alston's heyday - and boy did that first effort work a treat. A $189m package to cut the porn, the child sex predators, and bad language. Yes, bad language - that's going to be managed by a virtual bar of soap, swimming through the tubes washing the mouths of Australians who think it is clever to cuss others out. Game servers everywhere are on notice.
I'm all for cracking down on the predators. Castration by brick or rusty knife is suitable punishment for those animals. So $40m on that front for the fed police is all good.
But $90m for home filtering software?
Posted by Seamus Byrne at 8:43 AM on August 13, 2007
Seems we're doing pretty well on the green power front. Contrary to standard political attitudes of "no one wants to pay more for their power", it seems we're already up around the 8% mark of home users who choose to pay extra to have their power attached to renewable sources. That's double in the last six months. Efforts to date have removed the equivalent of 930,000 cars worth of emissions from the system.
Do you think this will make politicians see that more than a handful are eager to see environmental policy reforms? After all, not everyone can afford to choose to pay extra in this way (100% green can cost up to $400 extra per year) - others probably still don't realise you can choose this option. Where are you at? Honk if you think windfarms are sexy! *HONK*
Posted by Seamus Byrne at 8:20 AM on August 13, 2007
Kick start to the week with a whacking great bunch of best bits. More gems out there in the general mess too.
DIY telescope made with vinyl pipes and a large pot.
Made for easy transport. Clever stuff.
Cheapskate installs home A/C unit on roof of car.
I don't think he'll get much trade-in on that now.
1954 RCA TV wins Wired's best gadget of all time poll.
Runner up: 1757 navigational system.
Trevor Bayliss' Ecoplayer PMP.
He invented wind-up radio, now brings wind-up portable media - even video.
DirectX 10.1 royally screws DirectX 10 owners.
I was this close to buying an 8800GTX. Now I wait.
Google screws Google Video owners.
Case in point for why even BUYING DRMed videos can bite you in the butt.
Phase change memory: remember that name.
Flash memory could be obsolete before the end of the decade?
Family Guy is funny because the script is comic genius; it is written with surreal wit and eloquence throughout. Bouncy Ball Man (BBM), as we have dubbed him, is funny for reasons that evade us. As many ladies have told us, we have funny faces. This is the kind of humour that BBM brings to the table. It may also be because he is a grown man that dresses in some kind of pink plastic, whilst pretending to be an extra from that Sony Bravia advertisement. In fact, we want to see a remake of that advert with millions of tiny Mr.BBM's bouncing about everywhere, going all loopy and causing a pinktastic, perspicacious, pretty picture that we can all sit back and learn answers to life's great mysteries from. Hit the video to laugh your ass off. [Random Good Stuff].
Another online music download service is set to enter the ring. The difference this time? The partnership is between Universal and Kingpin, Google. The pairing off was announced earlier last week, but now more details have emerged on the business plan. The service called gBox, (not a euphemism), will be different to traditional offerings such as iTunes, as Google will play the role of advertiser and Universal will pick up the cash from the sale. The dangerous-duo are set to launch on August 21, 2007.
Sling Media's now taking applications for beta testers for SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian S60 phones—Nokia models N75, N95, and E65, specifically. The beta's US only and will run for four weeks, and you'll be expected to keep your lips sealed about confidential information (that'll happen). Oh, and obviously, "Unlimited data plan is a MUST." If you're on AT&T, that should make for a fun itemized bunker buster at the end of the month. [Beta Signup via GigaOM]
China, in an effort to curb criminal activity, is installing 20,000 cameras in Shenzen. Cameras will track the city's 12.4 million people, and are fitted with software from American firm that promises to automatically detect the faces of those breaking the law.
But there's more: 180,000 other cameras are constantly filming in Shenzen, many closed for business use only. These cameras can be tied in with the police system for literally 10 times the cameras hooked to the system.
Phase Change Memory (PCM) has been in development since the 1960s and now it is ready for the masses, coined as the new flash memory. Intel and STMicroelectronics are expected to make the new platform available this year, in small quantities. So what is the fuss? In a nutshell, PCM is bigger and badder than its flash memory sister.
We have had a keen eye on the Meizu M8 since it surfaced. Today, real images of the device have come to light. The pictures certainly do not shed any light on the feature set beyond what we know. What we can confirm is that the M8 appears to be every bit the phone sex-god, as we were led to believe by earlier computer generated depictions. Hit the jump to see pictures of the M8's bum and a comparison alongside the company's miniOne PMP. [myminiOne].
Thanks, Rick
$30,000 may sound like a lot to pay for a three-wheeler, but The Stallion by Thoroughbred Motorsports seeks to be an economic performance vehicle, combining car comfort with motorcycle acceleration.
Featuring a 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine that pushes 150HP, five-speed automatic transmission, and even A/C, The Stallion would make one hell of an unimpressive car, but it's not a car, it's a superlight vehicle that we're certain gets a crazy 0-60. The rider and passenger sit front to back, which won't allow for easy conversation, but the 45MPG highway might make up for lost chatter (besides, who likes easting bugs anyway).
The suitcase lives in a paradox - when in use it is economising space, when it is not in use it does the exact opposite. Some bright spark knew there had to be a better way and to prove it they designed the Suitcase Chair.
