Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - Page 2

Kissing Octopus Flash Drive’s Bizarre Mating Ritual Captured on Film

Behold the rare Octopus USB drive mating ritual. Notice how the magnetised lips join together in a passionate kiss. Unfortunately, like the praying mantis, the female is prone to violence after mating.


Gaming

Walmart Sticks Wii Fit Into Women’s Clothing Department

Now this is just low, Walmart—about as classy as us putting up a game called Wii Should Maybe Protect Our Employees From Being Trampled To Death next to the break room. [Kotaku]


Online

Israeli Army Videoblogs Blowing Up Gaza, Gets Censored By YouTube

This is the Israeli Defence Force’s official YouTube channel, where they are posting several gun camera videos per day of bombs falling on Gaza. That is, until Google temporarily shut it down.


Computing

Sony Vaio Pocket Netbook’s Keyboard Looks Full Size, Has a Track Stick

This keyboard teaser shot for the Vaio Pocket, Sony’s upcoming mystery netbook, shows two things. It has a full size keyboard (like the Vaio TZ) and a track stick for mousing.


Online

Researchers Create Web Skeleton Key With 200 PS3s

Using a cluster of 200 PS3s, an international group of researchers have crafted a “skeleton key” digital certificate that can perfectly impersonate any website on the internet.


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Tuesday Night

Gizmodo AU

LG’s Upcoming LH95 is the Thinnest LCD TV Yet But is it thin enough?

How To: Origami Millennium Falcon Go on. Do it. You know you want to.

Crayon Physics iPhone Game Looks Amazing Wow. It does look awesome.

How to Make Your Own Legit Hoverboard It’s the Summer holidays – what else are you going to do? Just make one already.

Steve Jobs’ Health Declining Rapidly, Reason for Macworld Cancellation If true, our best wishes go out to all of Steve’s family and close friends…

PlayStation Home Will Probably Be in Beta Forever Hopefully it will get better though…


Computing

Dell’s ‘Carbon Neutrality’ Is Really a Bunch of Cow Poop

Over the summer, Dell declared that it had become “carbon neutral.” You would think that meant, amazingly, it’s reduced its carbon footprint to the point it’s no longer adding to greenhouse gases. Total BS.


Oppo Muse G11: The Chinese PMP With A D-Pad And Classic Game Emulators

There are enough crappy Chinese MP3 players to fill a toxic Shenzhen waste dump many times over, but the Oppo Muse G11, with its traditional d-pad and promise of 8-bit glories emulated: I want.


My Robot Calculator: Math’s Worst Enemy

No child should have to take on the horrors of math alone. Send them into battle with the My Robot Calculator as backup.


Mobile

Text Messaging For Nuclear Subs: OMG It’s WW3!

Communicating with submarines under the surface of the water has always been tricky. How do you stay in contact without having to surface? The Navy believes that a form of text messaging may be the answer.