Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Science
How They Fixed The Hubble
11:48PM Jesus Diaz | Hubble is alive—and delivering amazing images—after the successful mission that fixed it — arguably the most difficult in the history of the shuttle program. Today, PBS’ Nova tells all about it in the Hubble’s Amazing Rescue. Here’s the teaser. [PBS]
Business
Barnes & Noble, Gamestop Chief Pulls Some Shady Stock Sales
11:46PM Matt Buchanan | The only reason I knew Barnes & Noble owned Gamestop is that in high school I’d use my friend’s discount at Barnes & Noble all the time, even though he worked at Gamestop. Interesting right? More interesting: Leonard Riggio, chairman of B&N and director of Gamestop just dumped $US60 million in Gamestop stock. The last time he did this, it preceded bad financial news for Gamestop, so it doesn’t look good, to say the least. More »
Phones
New York Times: BlackBerry Storm 2 Coming “This Week”
11:32PM Matt Buchanan | Tucked in a story about RIM trying to keep up in this crazy world of iPhones and Androids is a brief mention that “this week, Verizon and R.I.M. are trying again with a Storm do-over, the Storm 2″. They also mention its redesigned screen, that it actually “gives the user the sensation of pushing a physical button when pressing a number on the glass touch screen”. More »
Gadgets
10:40PM The Anti LumberJack | Barnes and Noble’s late to eBooks. But the company’s new gadget—first seen here—should address the weaknesses of all other readers with multiple screens, each playing to tech strengths. A source from within reveals the first photos and details. More »
Exclusive: First Photos Of Barnes & Noble’s eReader
10:40PM The Anti LumberJack | Barnes and Noble’s late to eBooks. But the company’s new gadget—first seen here—should address the weaknesses of all other readers with multiple screens, each playing to tech strengths. A source from within reveals the first photos and details. More »
Sports
“Performance Enhancing iPod” Gets Marathon Winner Disqualified
10:30PM Danny Allen | I can’t run without being hyped up by music, so I’m glad I’m not a marathon runner. After being declared the winner of Milwaukee’s 26.2-mile (42km) Lakefront marathon, Jennifer Goebel was stripped of the title because she…used an iPod. More »
Computers
Michael Dell Trashes Netbooks, Loves Windows 7
9:50PM Danny Allen | Dell may have a page dedicated to pitching netbooks, but its founder and CEO slammed mini notebooks at last night’s Silicon Valley dinner sponsored by the Churchill Club. He also said Windows 7 will help you love your PC again… More »
Random Stuff
Kellogg’s To Laser Its Name Into Corn Flakes To Prevent Fakes
8:30PM Dan Nosowitz | There’s a fair chance this is a joke. Dear god, tell me this is a joke. Apparently dismayed by legions of counterfeit corn flakes, Kellogg’s has developed a laser to etch “Kellogg’s” into individual flakes. More »
Computers
Acer’s Timeline AS1810TZ Shows Signs of A Netbook Identity Crisis
7:30PM Joanna Stern | The Acer Timeline AS1810TZ has got to be confused when it looks in the mirror. Am I a netbook? Notebook? Acer has added the 11.6-incher to its Timeline family since it now has a Intel ULV (not Atom) processor. More »
Computers
Acer Slaps A Multitouch Screen On Its $US800 Aspire 5738PG
7:30PM Joanna Stern | You wouldn’t know it by looking at it, but that is Acer’s new multitouch laptop. Sort of like Lenovo has done with the T400s, Acer has put a multitouch screen on an existing clamshell notebook. More »
Hardware
