Monday, November 19, 2007
Press
Apple Spies on iPhone Users, Hackers Claim
11:30PM Jesus Diaz | Put on your tinfoil hats, because according to the findings of XianLi, one of the members of Hackint0sh, the iPhone spies on you. The evidence in the code shows that the Stocks and Weather applications send your IMEI number—the unique number that identifies your iPhone and is tied to your personal information—to Apple, along with the nature of the information you are looking at: More »
Computers
Asus R50A Has GPS and TV Tuner and 3.5G Connectivity
11:12PM Addy Dugdale | Information about Asus’s new UMPC, the R50A, is out and about. And, if you like these kind of things, the chunky handheld with a 4.8-inch, 1024 x 600 screen boasts both 3 and 3.5G connectivity. And that’s not all: More »
Robots
World’s Worst Fembot Slaps Your Face When You Touch Her Boobs
10:37PM Addy Dugdale | I can’t see Aiko, seen here last week at the Ontario Science Center, being the world’s favourite fembot — For starters, she’s a dowdy dresser. And secondly, she will slap your face if you try and get busy with her breasts without chatting her up first. She’s the creation of Le Trung, who has developed the B.R.A.I.N.S (Bio Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System) software, controlling Aiko’s speech, reading, math, vision, colors, hearing, automation and sensors. Her attitude makes a change from the last laydee android we featured on the Giz, who looked like a missing teen forced to do rude things to her kidnappers. Anyway, the poor girl needs a new wardrobe. Anyone like to help her out? [Project Aiko and YouTube via The Raw Feed] More »
Random Stuff
75-Story Skyscraper Will House Overflow for New York’s MoMA
9:24PM Addy Dugdale | Jean Nouvel unveiled his design for The Tower at 53rd West 53rd Street this weekend. As well as the now-obligatory apartments and seven-star swank-hotel, the 75-story glass-and-steel structure will have three floors dedicated to housing the overflow collection of the neighbouring MoMA. Check the gallery below to see what the skyscraper, whose construction is expected to begin some time next year, is expected to look like. More »
Computers
AMD Spider Platform Is Gaming Supercomputer or So They Say
9:18PM Jesus Diaz | AMD has just announced their Spider platform, which they claim is the best PC gaming platform out there. Spider combines AMD Phenom quad-core processors, up to four ATI Radeon HD 3800 cards and the AMD 7-Series chipset, with CrossFireX, HyperTransport 3.0, AMD OverDrive, AMD AutoXpress and Nonobtanium-Enhanced Flux Capacitors to provide massive acceleration for high definition 3D graphics. The experts, however, disagree: while strong, especially in the graphics department, the Phenoms are falling short on the frequency front compared to equivalent Intel processors. More »
Music
Swarovski-Infected Limited Edition Mplayer from iRiver
8:43PM Addy Dugdale | iRiver’s Mplayer, the Mickey Mouse-themed music player, has been given the bling treatment just in time for Christmas. Just 500 of these glittery rodent-redolent MP3- and WMA-compatible players have been made, and they come with lanyard-style earphones. There’s 1GB storage space, and you skip songs by twisting Mickey’s left ear — exactly what I do to my “special friend” when I want him to change the TV channel. Price is 16,800¥, or around $150. [Impress] More »
Phones
Touchless Nokmote Controls Nokia N95 With Motion
8:43PM Jesus Diaz | Nokmote is a Symbian S60 free program that will allow you to use motion to control the Nokia N95, similar to what you do with a Wiimote. The usual cynics will call it a “gimmick!” Some other will say “silly!” Others will shout “french!” And you will be right, but it looks to work quite well in the two games he tries at the end of the video, specially when he connects the N95 to the television for some tempestastic action. [Nokmote via MobLearn - Thanks Christopher] More »
Gadgets
Sanyo Brings out Waterproof Portable TV, a Companion for the Xacti
8:18PM Addy Dugdale | The LVT-WD40 is a waterproof portable TV that Sanyo claims is the perfect bedfellow for its waterproof Xactic camcorder. Widescreen, and with 480 x 272 resolution, it will cost 50,000¥ ($450) when it comes out in Japan on Wednesday. File this one under “chocolate teapot”, I think. [Impress] More »
Hardware
One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator Rips Without a PC
11:45AM Haroon Malik | TEAC’s One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator will rip your CDs, or DVDs, without the need for a connection to a PC. That is enough information for us to decide we like it; it is simple and it can copyright infringe in around 6 minutes flat, thanks to the 48x CD drive read speed / 16x DVD read speed. Nice—but don’t use it to copyright infringe, or you shall be hunted down like a dog and be made to pay like a millionaire pooch. More »
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