Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gaming

Nintendo Files Trademark For Zii, Is It The Wii 2 Though?

11:20PM December 15, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

If Nintendo’s follow-up to the Wii is actually called the Zii, I think that’s the first mistake right there. But could this mysterious trademark, filed in Japan in October, actually be for the Wii 2, or something else? More »


Lightweight Wheelchair Designed For Man With One Limb

10:20PM December 15, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

I can’t even imagine what it’s like to lose one limb, let along three, but it’s reassuring to know that at least there’s a wheelchair out there that’s suitable for those in a similar situation to Bryan Anderson. More »


Toshiba Develops 64GB NAND Chip, In Time For A 64GB iPhone 3GS?

9:30PM December 15, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Pay attention, Appleites – this isn’t just any old boring chip news. With Toshiba supplying the 16GB and 32GB NAND chips for the iPhone 3GS, the fact that it’s just announced the world’s first 64GB NAND chip is very suggestive. More »


LG Hopes To Sell 3.8 Million 3D TVs In The Next Two Years

9:15PM December 15, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

LG’s just stolen ahead in the 3D TV wars, claiming it will sell 400,000 3D TVs during 2010 and a mahoosive 3.4 million units in 2011. More »


Online

Google Shows Off URL Shortening Service Goo.gl Fr Svng Chrctrs

8:45PM December 15, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Unless you use Google Toolbar or FeedBurner, Goo.gl won’t be of much use to you for now. More »


Walmart’s Grand Anti-Amazon Strategy: Drive-Through

8:00PM December 15, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The epic retail struggle of our time, brick and mortar and yellow smileys versus, um, internets – Walmart and Amazon. Sam Walton’s blue behemoth roars with lower pricing. But now it has a new kill tactic: drive-through. Wait, what? More »


Entertainment

Paramount To Launch Video Clip Service Modelled On Ringtones

7:20PM December 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Paramount is set to launch a new online video service called Paramount Clips that will deliver short movie clips of your choice for a fee, sort of like ringtones. Will it save the movie industry? Probably not! More »


Online

This Naughty Online Clock Has A Girl For Every Minute [NSFW]

6:40PM December 15, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

There are 1440 minutes in the day and the AV-Tokei online clock has cute gals in various states of undress holding up a sign with the current time for every single one of those minutes. Yes, it’s a lovely time-waster. More »


Gadgets

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

6:02PM December 15, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Today’s remainders have a URL shortener from good ol’ Google, the realisation that people outside of the United States might want certain iPhone apps, and Apple winning a bunch of awards. More »


Online

Has Anyone Used Bing To Find The Nearest Arby’s? Whoa.

6:00PM December 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

An apt comparison, for sure. [Twitter]