I’m normally not interested in the onslaught of green power strips and surge protectors, but Innergie’s mCube90 is interesting because they’re working with electronics manufacturers to have special power-management tech installed in the gadgets.
The Star Wars Universe is a big, big place, filled with millions of planets, thousands of characters, and George Lucas’ ego. There’s also seven movies, a cartoon series or two, more books than can be counted, billions of dollars in merchandise, and, somewhere hidden in the deserts of Tatooine, the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Perhaps Paris Hilton would have avoided the $US2 million theft of her jewellery recently if she had one of these BioMirage Coffers. It can only be opened via fingerprint identification or a USB key.
The last we heard, Optus had pretty much ditched the entire pre-paid option for iPhone 3G users, unless you went to pick it up from the George street store in Sydney. Now, it looks like you can get your Jesusphone action anywhere again, including Optus’s online store. The 8GB model goes for $799 while both coloured 16GB models go for $899. And while there’s no mention online about unlocking the handset unless you’re on a post-paid plan, tipster readerr0r informs us that his local Optus World informed him that it would cost $120 to unlock regardless of how long you’ve had the phone. So if you’re after some prepaid iPhone action, without the perils of a 24 month contract with Optus, this could be the way to go…
[Optus - Thanks readerr0r!]
Interphone researchers are conducting the largest-ever study investigating if mobile phones cause cancer, examining studies from 6,400 tumours in patients from 13 countries. Final results are expected in early 2009, but the preliminary ones are badbadbad.
Goldfish must get lonely in those little bowls. I’m sure that’s why designer Bruno Fosi used guts from a Chumby to create a device that allows you to automate an aquarium and bring it online.
Back home for the holidays after a two-day JFK-London-Malaga-Madrid odyssey due to bad weather, missing flights, and losing my bags. Happy to be alive, however, after seeing these shots of Saturday’s 737 crash in Denver.
One of the biggest reasons people rely on Bittorrent to watch TV shows these days is that the local networks tend to make us wait for months before showing a program that’s already been seen overseas. And while the commercial channels have started to try and “fast-track” episodes by showing them a few days later, the ABC is still woefully slow at showing all the latest BBC programming.
Until now, that is. A press release landed in my inbox yesterday afternoon from Aunty saying that they’ll be “fast tracking” the latest Doctor Who Christmas Special, where viewers discover the identity of the new Doctor. The episode will screen on Christmas Day in the UK, while in Australia, fans will be able to enjoy the episode just one month later on January 25.
Show them this. Explain that opening all those damn attachments is the equivalent of letting a bunch of dudes with hairy arms reach through the internet, into their homes. Watch their reaction.
Boxee, which is our favourite way to unleash the true power of Apple TV is going from invite-only to totally open on Jan. 8, as it chugs along from alpha to beta. [boxee via Engadget]
