Sunday, November 9, 2008
Entertainment
I’m a Gross, Sweaty Hipster, and I’m a PC
10:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | World-famous DJ/mashup artist Girl Talk (a.k.a. Greg Gillis) has gone on record: he’s a PC, and his sweatband may not be totally ironic. His “I’m a PC” short features a lot of his philosophies on music, which aren’t so interesting, and his habit of taping Saran wrap to his computer during shows, which is sort of interesting. In between are shots of his live performances, which really are a ton of fun, and fleeting glimpses of sweaty yet colorful American Apparel.
Vehicles
Cross-California Bullet Train CGI Videos: Fast and Animated
10:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | When I lived in San Francisco, there were two things people wanted to talk about: tofu corn dogs and how much Southern California sucks. Well, get ready to kiss and make up (if you’re of different genders), because the California High Speed Rail Association has posted a bunch of videos of their planned 350kph electric bullet train system. More after the jump. More »
Business
Google CEO Won’t Leave to Become Nation’s First Chief Tech Officer
9:15AM Matt Buchanan | I’m kinda disappointed Google CEO Eric Schmidt really won’t be the country’s first ever chief tech officer after all. Despite rumours and (fairly reasonable) speculation he was not-so-subtly campaigning for the position (and Obama), yesterday he definitively said that he wouldn’t take the position if offered: More »
Phones
AT&T Quickfire for Sale Early, but Only In the Real America
8:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | An observant small-towner spotted AT&T’s Sidekick rival, the Quickfire, in a nameless rural burg somewhere in (we presume) the heartland. It’s all hooked up, activated and everythin’. The Quickfire’s official release is this Monday, Nov. 10th, but out there with the good people, deadlines don’t matter so much. You can see up top there that this phone can navigate you to Main Street, not that Wall Street all them city folks have messed up so bad. The fine people over at FreeHTC ain’t releasin’ any location specifics, but you can find the phone’s specs after the jump. More »
Peripherals
Apple Shamed Into Shipping Tiny iPhone Power Adaptor in Non-Gargantuan Envelopes
7:00AM Matt Buchanan | A couple weeks ago, Apple made its grand entrance into our Shipping Hall of Shame by sending out its new, less horrifically hazardous USB power adapter for the iPhone 3G in these monstrous boxes, despite their huge emphasis lately on going green. All those boxes really add up too, since Apple recalled every single adapter. The iPhone Blog reports that they’re now shipping them in much tinier, more efficient padded envelopes. More »
Software
Android Bug Reboots Phone Every Time You Type Reboot
6:15AM Matt Buchanan | The latest big bug discovered in Android has to be one of the craziest that’s shipped with a phone. Basically, Android invisibly interprets every word as a command and executes it with “superuser privileges.” If you open up your keyboard and type [return]r-e-b-o-o-t[return], your G1 will, yep, reboot. More »
Gadgets
Popular Science Names 100 ‘Best of What’s New’ Technologies
5:30AM Mark Wilson | Just last week, Time announced what they considered the 50 most important technological breakthroughs of 2008. Not to be outdone, today Popular Science has named their 100 “Best of What’s New.” Unlike Time, PopSci has categorised their awards into achievements in Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets (of course!), Green Tech, Home Entertainment, Home Tech, Health, Recreation and Security. But you’ve had enough of a tease; you just want to see the winners:
Online
One Velociraptor Per Child
4:45AM Matt Buchanan | I know I’d want a velociraptor more than a funny-lookin’ little computer. Other things per child we’d like to give kids in developing countries: More »
GPS
TeleNav Shotgun Web-Connected GPS Delivers Real-Time Traffic, Finds Cheap Petrol for $US300
3:10AM Matt Buchanan | Just as Dash—makers of the internet-connected, traffic-terminating GPS—is bailing out of the hardware game to sell its awesome software to other companies, TeleNav is officially doing the exact opposite: Jumping in with its first GPS device, which sounds a lot like the Dash Express (on paper, anyway). The internet-connected Telenav Shotgun delivers real-time traffic reports with intelligent re-routing, dynamic maps, automatic updates, web search, cheap gas locator and online pre-planning, which lets you plan your route on PC and shoot it over to the Shotgun automagically. galleryPost('shotgunpeek', 3, ''); More »
Phones
