Monday, December 22, 2008 - Page 2

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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OLEDs to be Used to Treat Skin Cancer, Acne Everybody loves OLEDs.

Sensor-Equipped Footballs to Make Refs More Accurate This is for NFL at the moment, but wouldn’t you love to see it in Rugby Union, where the ref can completely ruin a match?

RIAA Jerks To Stop Suing Individuals For Online Piracy of course, this doesn’t relieve them of “jerk” status.

Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM Well, everything except the most important – why it still exists when everyone knows it doesn’t work…

Rebel Shark That Plays By His Own Rules Jumps Onto Waterslide, Lives Fast, Dies Young Way to go out wth a bang, sharky.

Dark Knight’s Chris Nolan Event Shows BD-Live Is Not Quite Ready I wonder if that’s why Warner didn’t even include BD+ Live on our version of the film?

Blockbuster Streaming Box Review: Mediocre The worst part is that we’ll probably get this box before we get a Netflix solution.

Pass Wine Through an Electric Field for Delicious, Rapid Aging Couldn’t we just run power lines through every Australian vineyard instead?

Gizmondo Delayed for Massive Redesign: Will Christmas Ever Be the Same? When will these people learn? There’s no market for shitty handheld gaming devices that have already failed.


Entertainment

Roku Player Gets Update for Netflix HD, Future Service Expansion

Roku owners were greeted with a brand new home screen this morning as the service was updated to handle HD video and a expansion that could see new channels and web content on your TV.


Gadgets

Sony Declares Death to Clamshell Packaging by Way of Campy Video

As someone who’s ended up on the wrong end of clamshell packaging, I welcome all news about manufacturers that abandon the practice. Sony did just that this week (but the video still needs work).


Software

Dev-Team Shows Live iPhone 3G Unlock ‘Yellowsn0w’ Demo

This video is the first public demo of the iPhone 3G unlock, named “yellowsn0w”, courtesy of Dev-Team member MuscleNerd. With a wave of his hand, he goes from AT&T to T-Mobile, and makes a call.


Online

City of Decatur, Georgia Mulling Virtual World Interface

Not one to be outdone by the likes of PlayStation Home, World of Warcraft, or even that cesspool of flying dildos Second Life, the city of Decatur, Georgia might be going virtual.


Computing

Rumoured Sony VAIO Netbook Could Arrive in January

That rumoured Sony VAIO netbook we brought you word of in early December might have an official confirmation coming our way on January 9.


Gadgets

Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine Tells Time With Intermittent Swear Words

Truly the masochist’s dream clock, the Super Electrofluorescent Profanity Machine gives you the time and then lays down a litany of cuss words and other fine four-letter fare from the English language.


60,000-Piece Lego Star Wars Hoth Diorama Features LEDs, Footprints

Not only is this Lego Star Wars diorama of the ice world Hoth fun to look at, it’s got some gadgety goodness inside too. Oh, and footprints. Tons of tiny minifig footprints.


Pasen REI-16 UI Determined to Become Centre of Apple Lawsuit

The UI in this video of the Pasen REI-16 is pretty slick, if not vaguely familiar. Oh that’s right. Just like their other player, the “iTouch,” this one is also a blatant ripoff of Apple.


Gaming

New PlayStation 3 Accessories Bring Joystick Controls, Unholy Xbox 360 Union

There’s kind of a dearth of arcade-style joysticks available for the PS3 right now, and there aren’t necessarily many fighting games worth playing on the console either. Nevertheless, the XCM Dominator will exist soon.