Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Entertainment

Amazon HD Streaming Spotted on TiVo

11:19PM December 3, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Are you a big Amazon Unbox fan who has been insanely jealous over Netflix HD streaming? Don’t break that remote in passionate rage just yet.

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Entertainment

A Lesson in Gadget Product Placement, Courtesy of Scooter Smiff

11:02PM December 3, 2008 | John Herrman

Moderately musical little person Scooter Smiff has helpfully demonstrated, point by point, how not to endorse gadgets in your music video.

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Gaming

Wii Drum High Turns Your Controllers Into a Shaky PC Drum Set

10:29PM December 3, 2008 | John Herrman

Wii Music set up a solid control scheme for drumming with the console’s various attachments, which hacker He Zhao has basically replicated. Except this time it’s free, customisable and on your PC.

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Software

Apple Removes Antivirus Support Note, Reiterates OS X’s Built-In Protection

9:45PM December 3, 2008 | John Herrman

As we saw yesterday, the accusations from the BBC, Washington Post, and Cnet saying that Apple was trying to “quietly” recommend antivirus software were false: Our quick fact check showed it was all an update to an old tech note. Now, Apple has removed the articles entirely.

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BluTiger Speakers Are Great For People Who Enjoy Graphing Their Music

8:46PM December 3, 2008 | John Herrman

They’re really just a gimmick, but there must be a reason that software music players still include visualisations, and that this $US300 BluTiger 6000 speaker set has them permanently bolted to its front.

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Logitech Timeline of Mousery is Full of Memories, Logitech Advertising

7:59PM December 3, 2008 | John Herrman

It’s a piece of promotional material, but it raises memories: your first, imprecise mousings; excitement at the earliest wireless mouse, and subsequent realisation that it was uselessly jittery.

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China’s CCTV Headquarters Trying to Shake ‘Hemorrhoids’ Nickname

6:00PM December 3, 2008 | Elaine Chow

China cultural fun fact: People here love giving nicknames to buildings. With all the avante-garde architecture around, sometimes the nicknames are less than complimentary. The new CCTV building is now trying hard to not be known as “Hemorrhoids.”


USB Card Shaver Disguises Your USB Shaving Shame

4:45PM December 3, 2008 | Elaine Chow

This USB Card Shaver is the thinnest of its ilk that we’ve seen and, with a diameter of only 10mm, is perfect for the man-on-the-go trying to hide that he uses an USB shaver in the first place.

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Gaming

New Xbox 360 Arcades Sports 256MB Internal Storage

3:45PM December 3, 2008 | Elaine Chow

Microsoft has confirmed that it’s newest Xbox 360 Arcades come with 256MB of internal storage, making it NXE-compliant without you having to buy an extra memory card. Old Xbox 360 Arcade owners are still out of luck though.

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180-Inch 3D LED Wall is First Step to Scaring Time Travellers From 1985

3:00PM December 3, 2008 | Elaine Chow

Imagine one-upping Adam Frucci by posing with a 180-inch screen… that displays 3D! NewSight could give you a chance with their new gargantuan 3D video wall. Sadly, it uses LEDs for pixels, making the resolution all Monet-like.

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