Friday, December 11, 2009

What Would Books About Social Networking Look Like In The 1960s?

11:04PM December 11, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Fortunately, we don’t have to think too hard about what they’d look like, because French artist Stéphane Massa-Bidal has designed a series of book covers for 10 of our favourite web services. More »


Software

Run Palm OS Garnet VM On Your Nokia N900

10:10PM December 11, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

If hacking your N900 to make it run Palm’s Garnet OS applications is your cup of tea: good news! The Garnet VM Beta 5 emulator is compatible with the N900. [ACCESS via PalmInfoCenter]


Apple Patent Shows Dock That Moulds To Shape Of iPhone/iPod

9:30PM December 11, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Apple patents are flowing in thick and fast, with yesterday’s anti-tampering idea, and now a universal dock which can be moulded to the shape of whichever iPod or iPhone you put in it. Is Apple messing with us? More »


Software

You Can Blame The French Military For Any Thunderbird 3 Issues

9:00PM December 11, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

If you use Mozilla Thunderbird as your email client, you’re in good company, as not only does the military use it, but they also contributed code to the latest Thunderbird 3. Alright, so it’s the French military… More »


Cars

Porsche’s New $US1700 Option: A Starter Battery

7:00PM December 11, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Yeah, it’s significantly (10kg) lighter than its lead acid counterpart, but the trustworthy car geeks at Jalopnik insist there’s no way this thing is worth the $US1700 upgrade price. The phrase “overpaid, insecure idiots” came into play. More »


Geek Out

Seven Taglines You Can’t Repeat Without Sounding Like An Arsehole

5:40PM December 11, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

There’s hardly a spokesasshole in the world of tech who doesn’t throw around some kind of tagline. And that’s fine because it’s his job, but there’s no reason for you to repeat those taglines. Especially any of these seven. More »


Gadgets

Remainders – The Good, Bad And Ugly Things We Didn’t Post

5:30PM December 11, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Today in the last frontier otherwise known as Remainders, we’ve got a mysterious (possibly viral) video involving an apartment stowaway, a prank featuring gay porn and an LCD TV, and a surefire way to kill your Facebook self. More »


Science

Mysterious Saturn Hexagon Re-Emerges To Eat Us All

4:54PM December 11, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

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You Mysterious Saturn Hexagon you, where did you come from? Who made you? There are no Russians in Saturn? Or are there? Whatever, you freak me out even more than the Norwegian spiral, because you can eat two Earths simultaneously. More »


Gadgets

Weekend Gadgets: Birthday Present Edition

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4:30PM December 11, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Today is my 30th birthday. And aside from the slight hangover I’ve been battling thanks to celebrating with colleagues and friends last night, it’s been a pretty good day so far. This weekend I’m going to continue the celebration by spending some time with family, but also by enjoying some of my presents, including the entire Battlestar Galactica Collection on Blu-ray, thanks to my awesomely amazing wife. More »


Mobile

European Droid (Milestone) Commercial Makes Ours Look Barbaric

4:20PM December 11, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

American commercials for Motorola’s Droid might be bold, but they’re also kind of scary and threatening. In Europe, the renamed Milestone is much calmer, gentler and friendlier than the DROID SMASH Americans are privy to. More »