Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - Page 2
Entertainment

Over 100,000 Visits To iView From PS3 Since Launch

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The ABC just sent through some of the early figures from their iView partnership with Sony on the Playstation 3, and it’s pretty mind-blowing… During the first two weeks, they had over 110,000 visits to the service from the PS3.


The TURN Fireplace Spins Around To Keep You Warm

It’s not as beautiful as the Gyrofocus, but the TURN fireplace seems less likely to set your house on fire. After all, if your fireplace spins around 360 degrees, it should be well-secured and not just dangling from the ceiling.


Science

Butterflies Fly In Space For The First Time To Creep The Beheyzeus Out Of Me

By the Holy circumcised foreskin of baby Jesus! What in the name of all that is creepy and filmed by Roger Corman is this? Larvae hatching and butterflies flying in space? If I were an astronaut, I’d be freaking out.


Spring Design’s Injunction To Stop Barnes & Noble’s Nook Sales Denied

While waiting for a court date over an intellectual property dispute, Spring Design wanted to stop Barnes & Noble from selling the Nook. Their injunction for that’s been denied today, but a they shouldn’t really worry much over that anyway.


I’d Call This Phone Cute, But I’m Afraid That It’ll Hurt Me

I don’t really know whether you can actually make calls on the Bandai Phone Braver 7, but I’m certain that I’ve never seen another mobile phone that looks like it could karate-kick me for saying that it resembles a cute Transformer.


Gaming

Controlling Your iPhone With A Wiimote Is Now Possible

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I can’t ever see a potential situation rising that would inspire me to jailbreak my iPhone in order to pair it with a Wiimote over Bluetooth in order to play retro games with mame4iPhone. But it does open the door for pairing a jailbroken iPhone to a Dualshock 3 controller, which would be awesome.


Gadgets

Remainders – Good And Bad Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)

iPhone Provider rumours, crazy putty, Japanese security systems and Dell smartphones are showing up in the remainders today. Plus, four things we actually like, but aren’t gadgety enough to post.


Gadgets

FlipShare TV Hands-On

Flip’s new companion hardware to their pocket camcorders is a logical extension of the Flip brand. It brings Flip-taken videos (and nothing else) to a TV, and while some may find its simplicity refreshing, others will find it limiting.


Science

God’s Home

This is NGC 7023. It’s also called the Iris Nebula, an immense six-light-year-across cloud of dust located in the constellation Cepheus, 1,300 light-years from planet Earth. I like to call it God’s Home. Get inside with this zoom-zoom video:


Gadgets

Gizmodo’s Guide To Other Gift Guides

The swirling vortex of postmodern metacommentary has all led down to this: Our Gift Guide to Other People’s Gift Guides. How do you approach Bob Vila’s earnest recommendations for household handymen, or OK!’s abstinence-vampire-centric guide for Twilight fanatics? Follow me!