Saturday, December 27, 2008 - Page 2

AT&T Giving Out Free Car Charger For the iPhone…Too Bad It Doesn’t Work

According to a tipster at Consumerist, somewhere AT&T has been giving away free car chargers with an iPhone 3G purchase. No big deal, but free is free right? Well, not so much.


Bird Pendant Decorates Exposed Bulbs the Easiest Way

Hanging a real light fixture can be hard. But snapping a metal bird to a lightbulb? Easy.


Mobile

RIM’s Foldout Keyboard Patent Sorta Misses the Point

It’s likely to be one of those defensive patents, but RIM’s patent application for a fold-out smartphone keyboard forgets why you might want a fold-out keyboard.


Best of TGIF Lists 2008: The Best Friday Ever

The weekly Thank Giz It’s Friday lists are about unwinding and having fun. I hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Here is the best of the bunch.


Safe-T Bed: Sleep Soundly on a Cache of Guns, Jewels and Money

Somewhere between a sock and an actual bank lies the Executive Safe-T bed. Hollandia International’s design incorporates a heavy-duty safe underneath the mattress and a cover in the head joint of the bed base.


Gadgets

The 6 Choices You Have When You Get a Crappy Gadget Present

If you’re known in your extended family as the “tech guy,” then some aunt has probably gotten you a terrible gadget gift in the past. What to do in this situation? Let’s explore your options.


Software

The 10 Best Android Apps of 2008

Following only two months behind iPhone 2.0 (but at a significant installed-base disadvantage), Android still has a long way to go. But there is definitely some early potential. Here are our favourite apps of the year.


Gadgets

What is Creative Zii Stemcell Computing? Your Guess is as Bad as Mine

A teaser for something called Zii was sent out by Creative, a company known for soundcards, mentioning the ambitious sounding and pretend terminology “stemcell computing”. Updated 3:47pm: iTunes Competitor?


Cars

The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry

Ky Michaelson, or The Rocketman as he’s known in some circles, doesn’t trudge through the frozen winter tundra like the rest of us.


Bill Nye’s Paper Recycling Factory is Pure Edutainment

Millions of kids were made happy yesterday by getting their favourite toys for Christmas. A smaller amount were left disappointed when their hippie parents left them a newspaper recycler under the tree.