Monday, October 19, 2009
Random Stuff
11:50PM Jesus Diaz | I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack. Bright in early next morning, he brought my letter back. She wrote upon it: Rewind to sender, address unknown. The VHS mailbox. [There I Fixed It via Obsolete]
Rewind To Sender
11:50PM Jesus Diaz | I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack. Bright in early next morning, he brought my letter back. She wrote upon it: Rewind to sender, address unknown. The VHS mailbox. [There I Fixed It via Obsolete] 
Business
Comcast Is Buying Up NBC Universal
11:35PM Matt Buchanan | Comcast and GE are in the “midst of due diligence” for a deal that would give a Comcast 51 per cent stake in NBC Universal, and GE 49 per cent. It would merge with its own cable networks. The sticking point, for now, is Vivendi’s 20 per cent stake and its asking price of $US6.3 billion. But, since GE and Comcast both “appear to favour” the deal, we can still probably expect 30 Rock cracks about having Comcastic days next season. [WSJ]
Games
Price Drop! Amazon Selling PS3 Slim For Only $1,000,000!
11:31PM Mark Wilson | I know, even with recent price drops, the PS3 Slim felt too extravagant to purchase. Luckily, Amazon’s got you covered. And hey, do you need a controller and remote as well? Because these deals just don’t stop: More »
Hardware
New Bluetooth Runs For A Year Off A Watch Battery
11:10PM Mark Wilson | There’s little stopping Bluetooth from making its way into more devices, but its battery drain is many times that of, say, tried and true IR. But a new, lower power Bluetooth is coming next year. More »
Gadgets
Spring Design Alex eReader Runs Android, Has Dual Displays
10:51PM Danny Allen | Coming out of nowhere, the Alex looks a lot like that Android-powered Barnes & Noble reader. Its 6-inch display is monochrome e-ink (not colour), yet it also has a secondary 3.5-inch colour touchscreen that lets you browse the Web. More »
Screens
Sony’s 360 Degree 3D Display Prototype: No Glasses Needed
9:50PM Danny Allen | Looks like Sony’s 3D ambitions don’t end with plans to bring 3D to Bravia TVs, the PS3 and just-about everything else. This cylindrical concept can be viewed from all angles, and will be at Tokyo’s Digital Contents Expo this Thursday. More »
Gadgets
3:51PM Wilson Rothman | Plastic Logic is a dark horse in the eBook reader business, having shown off prototypes of a large, decent-looking capacitive touchscreen eBook reader. Today that reader gets a shiny black finish and an official name — Que. Still no price. More »
Que: Plastic Logic Names Its Capacitive-Touch eReader
3:51PM Wilson Rothman | Plastic Logic is a dark horse in the eBook reader business, having shown off prototypes of a large, decent-looking capacitive touchscreen eBook reader. Today that reader gets a shiny black finish and an official name — Que. Still no price. More »
Phones
3:32PM Nick Broughall | Sony Ericsson’s hands-free gaming phone, Yari, has just been launched in Australia. Get ready to look like a fool in public! More »
Sony Ericsson Yari Available Now
3:32PM Nick Broughall | Sony Ericsson’s hands-free gaming phone, Yari, has just been launched in Australia. Get ready to look like a fool in public! More »
Gadgets
Livescribe Crams More Storage, New Color Into Pulse Smartpen Line
3:01PM Jack Loftus | Those quirky text-recording “smartpens” from Livescribe got a bit of a boost this morning, with the Pulse line finding itself on the receiving end of a larger 4GB model. More »
Random Stuff
1:29PM Nick Broughall | That’s it! I’m moving to Crows Nest Road in North Sydney. They have quite the… erm… view. Immaculately presented must mean something completely different to the Real Estate world… [Mumbrella] More »
Domain iPhone App Shows Quite A View… (NSFW)
1:29PM Nick Broughall | That’s it! I’m moving to Crows Nest Road in North Sydney. They have quite the… erm… view. Immaculately presented must mean something completely different to the Real Estate world… [Mumbrella] More » 
