Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Software

Apple Approves King Of Live Streaming Video Apps, Ustream

11:49PM December 9, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

It was only last week that we reported on Apple allowing the first live-streaming program onto its App Store, Live Knocking Video. Now the floodgates have opened, with Ustream’s app available not just for jailbroken iPhones any more. More »


Geek Out

Each American Consumes 34GB Of Content A Day

11:20PM December 9, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

That’s not necessarily on your computer, so don’t start panicking about the broadband bills just yet. A report published by the University of California worked out that each American mind processes 34GB of content, through computing, TV, radio, reading and other forms of entertainment. More »


Mobile

Nokia Taunts Us With Its 6700 Classic In 18-Carat Gold

11:10PM December 9, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Oh, Nokia, when we sniffed at your desire to focus on just mid-to-low end phones for 2010, we didn’t mean for you to rush out and paint your 6700 Classic in 18-carat gold. [Nokia Conversations] More »


Star Wars Zombie Posters Are Crying Out For Zombie Films To Advertise

10:50PM December 9, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Official Star Wars artist Matt Busch has created six horrific zombified posters for the Star Wars films, with a mini zombie storyline running through them. See Obi Wan decay more with every new movie poster! More »


Online

French President Implies Google Books Will Strip Their Heritage

9:53PM December 9, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

While French President Sarkozy didn’t namecheck Google directly, he more than alluded to them, claiming that their aim of scanning out of copyright books and putting them online will damage France’s own book digitisation plan. More »


Entertainment

Aiptek’s Plastic Portable DVD Projector Lets Your Kids Watch Hannah Montana In Style

9:26PM December 9, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Who knew Fisher Price would ever move into the home cinema industry? Ok, so it’s not a product from the kiddywink toys manufacturer, with this portable Aiptek DVD projector available now at Firebox. More »


Cars

Mars Spirit Rover Suffers Another Setback With Second Wheel Thought Broken

8:54PM December 9, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

NASA’s Spirit Rover just isn’t having much luck, between sand storms and broken wheels, with a second wheel presumed broken and the threat of an icy-cold winter freezing the Spirit “to death” if it doesn’t move on soon. More »


Gadgets

Cubic Timer Counts Down With The Roll Of The Die

8:20PM December 9, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

This cubic timer is pretty cute, but given its fun design quirk (it counts down from whatever number is on top), it’s limited to only four different lengths of time. This is why timers don’t usually look like dice. More »


USB Wristband Charger Comes, Obviously, From Brando

7:40PM December 9, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Brando, master of USB stocking stuffers (both literally and figuratively, probably) introduces another one that’s a little useful and a lot dorky: The USB wristband gadget charger. It is, I guarantee you, exactly what you think it is. More »


Five Possible Futures Of Computer Memory

7:00PM December 9, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

New Scientist has a feature on five conceptual successors to flash memory. These are all technologies currently under development that could fit terabytes of information on a single tiny chip—and some of them aren’t too far off. More »