Monday, November 2, 2009
Computers
Is Apple Trying To Kill The Hackintosh Netbook?
11:37PM Danny Allen | Coders have confirmed that the developer build of OS X 10.6.2 kills support for netbook Atom processors. Nothing’s final yet, of course, but given Apple’s lame fight with Palm over iTunes compatibility, are hackintosh netbooks next in the firing line? More »
Gadgets
Odd: Japanese Burger Joint’s Human-Powered Vending Machine
11:08PM Danny Allen | We all know the Japanese like crazy burgers (and even crazier vending machines). Here’s a fun mix of the two. This machine in Tokyo actually backs onto a kitchen where a cook pops them into the machine by hand. More »
Phones
GSM Motorola Droid (aka Milestone) Gets Multitouch Support!?
10:19PM Danny Allen | Talk about unfair: this video appears to show that the GSM version of the Motorola Droid will support multitouch gestures like pinch-zoom. The US version doesn’t do multitouch, even though Android 2.0 supports it, so what gives? More »
Computers
Lenovo A70z And A58e: Business Computers For The Office
4:01PM Dan Nosowitz | Sure, nobody gets excited about business computers, and these Lenovos (including the company’s first business all-in-one) are pretty snooooore. But one of them could be your next office computer, and it’s our duty to inform and educate you fine cubicle-folk. More »
Announcements
3:58PM Nick Broughall | For all the iPhone’s strengths, the thing does have a few glaring weaknesses. Fortunately, there are plenty of peripherals to fill the void(s). And the guys at iWorld want to give them away! More »
Win! Dexim iPhone Accessories!
3:58PM Nick Broughall | For all the iPhone’s strengths, the thing does have a few glaring weaknesses. Fortunately, there are plenty of peripherals to fill the void(s). And the guys at iWorld want to give them away! More »
Entertainment
3:07PM Nick Broughall | I was impressed by the first trailer for Avatar. I was equally impressed by the sneak peek I got a couple of months ago. But this is the first footage I’ve seen that makes me really want to see the film. More »
New Avatar Trailer Looks Even Better Than The First
3:07PM Nick Broughall | I was impressed by the first trailer for Avatar. I was equally impressed by the sneak peek I got a couple of months ago. But this is the first footage I’ve seen that makes me really want to see the film. More »
Hardware
2:44PM Nick Broughall | If you’ve ever wanted to set a hard drive on fire, dump it in water and then reef it out to access the data safely, you’ll be happy to know that the ioSafe hard drives are now available in Australia. More »
Fire And Flood Proof ioSafe HDDs Now Available In Australia
2:44PM Nick Broughall | If you’ve ever wanted to set a hard drive on fire, dump it in water and then reef it out to access the data safely, you’ll be happy to know that the ioSafe hard drives are now available in Australia. More »
History of TV
1:39PM Nick Broughall | Has there ever been a technology as pervasive as the television? Ever since John Logie Baird demonstrated his mechanical device that showed moving images at 12.5 frames per second in 1926, the world has had an ongoing love affair with TV. And all this month, we’re going to be looking back at how the technology that we all take for granted grew and developed into the LCDs and plasmas we use today. More »
TV Retrospective: Looking Back At The History Of The Telly
1:39PM Nick Broughall | Has there ever been a technology as pervasive as the television? Ever since John Logie Baird demonstrated his mechanical device that showed moving images at 12.5 frames per second in 1926, the world has had an ongoing love affair with TV. And all this month, we’re going to be looking back at how the technology that we all take for granted grew and developed into the LCDs and plasmas we use today. More »
Entertainment
12:29PM Nick Broughall | One of the best films of 2009, District 9, is coming to Blu-ray, and if you happen to pick up the US version (and your PS3 is US as well), you’ll get the added bonus of being able to play a demo of the upcoming game God of War 3 for PS3. More »
US District 9 Blu-ray Will Have God Of War 3 Demo On The Same Disc
12:29PM Nick Broughall | One of the best films of 2009, District 9, is coming to Blu-ray, and if you happen to pick up the US version (and your PS3 is US as well), you’ll get the added bonus of being able to play a demo of the upcoming game God of War 3 for PS3. More »
Games
11:56AM Nick Broughall | The gimped Australian videogames rating system has struck again, with Left 4 Dead 2 being forced to edit out a heap of stuff to get an MA15+ rating. David at Kotaku has a full run down of exactly what’s been edited out, plus a way that you can put it back in (on the demo, at least) with a simple bit of file editing. More »
The Aussie Left 4 Dead 2 Censorship Detailed On Kotaku
11:56AM Nick Broughall | The gimped Australian videogames rating system has struck again, with Left 4 Dead 2 being forced to edit out a heap of stuff to get an MA15+ rating. David at Kotaku has a full run down of exactly what’s been edited out, plus a way that you can put it back in (on the demo, at least) with a simple bit of file editing. More » 
