Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Online
Britney Beats Obama In Web World Wrestling Combat
11:36PM Jesus Diaz | Another year, another demonstration of what’s going to doom our species. If 2007 brought us iPhones and Anna Nicole Smith’s boobs, global search in 2008 brings us Britney Spears and World Wrestling beating Obama. More »
Vehicles
Optibike OB1 is a Hybrid Electric Mountain Bike You Might Actually Want to Ride
11:19PM John Herrman | Far from the geriatric, overdesigned and unwieldy electric bikes available to date, the Optibike OB1 is built for proper biking enthusiasts. That is, proper biking enthusiasts with 13,000 spare American dollars. More »
Peripherals
Apple In-Ear Now Available To Tickle Your Brains
11:06PM Jesus Diaz | The Apple Store now shows the Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic as available. Before they were listed as “coming soon”, but their ordering database now shows shipping in 7-10 days, even while their text description hasn’t been updated yet. [Apple] More »
Games
Emotiv Epoc Mind Reading Controller Delayed For Not Reading Minds Very Well
10:13PM John Herrman | Emotiv’s “mind-reading” controller is a press darling, mainly because it’s really cool. Apparently, though, Emotiv won’t have the headset ready to go for the planned December release, because it doesn’t, strictly speaking, well, work. More »
Games
PS3 2.53 Firmware Shows Up Fashionably Late, With Full Screen Flash
9:19PM John Herrman | Remember how Sony told us we’d be able to lounge around all Thanksgiving weekend, watching YouTubes on our TVs in full screen? LIES! Turns out today’s the real day for 2.53. [Sony—Thanks, Stephen] More »
Phones
QIGI i6-Goal Looks to Be the First ‘Next’ Android Phone to Actually Come Out
8:52PM John Herrman | Compared to the ZzzPhone—a modern marvel of engineering and/or MSPaint—the i6-Goal is sort of boring: it’s got no QWERTY, 3G, two-week battery, male enhancement powers, etc. It does, however, appear to be real. More »
Weapons
Pentagon Putting $US22 Million Into Aimbot-ish Bullets
8:00PM Elaine Chow | Like Wanted come to life, the Pentagon’s now funding $US22 million into researching bullets that could change course mid-flight to hit their targets. DARPA, the Defence Department’s R&D office, is handing out $US12.3 million to Lockheed Martin and $US9.5 million to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging to design .50-calibre sniper rifles with guided ammo. More »
Software
FluidTunes Lets You Frantically Flail Through Your iTunes Library
7:56PM John Herrman | Mgestyk’s system-wide camera control system looks fun, but FluidTunes, a simple program that lets your toss around your iTunes library via your iSight, has two important things that it doesn’t: free-ness and out-now-ness. More »
Phones
Nokia N97 Unveiled, The First High-End N-Series Touch Phone
6:30PM John Mahoney | It’s been a long time coming, but after dabbling with touch on the midrange 5800, Nokia has finally brought a touchscreen to an S60 “N-Series” smartphone, the N97. Take a look at our hands-on impressions and the complete rundown on Nokia’s new flagship. galleryPost('nokian97', 6, '');
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