Saturday, November 21, 2009

Software

Microsoft Denies Programming Backdoors For NSA In Windows 7

5:32AM Mark Wilson | Hey now! Just because the NSA helped Microsoft hone the security of Windows 7 doesn’t mean Microsoft designed special backdoors for the organisation to spy on us… right? More »
Entertainment

Flo TV Shown Off On The iPhone For Reasons Unknown

5:32AM John Herrman | I get that this Flo TV iPhone demo is just a proof of concept. That’s fine! I’m just a little confused as to what the concept is. More »
Gadgets

Amazon Preparing Better Kindle Ebook Management System In 2010

5:26AM Sean Fallon | Specifics have not been announced, but Amazon noted via their Kindle Facebook page that a more user-friendly, organised ebook management system will arrive as an over-the-air update in the first half of 2010. More »
Weapons

Pistol-Rifle Converter Lets Your Pistol Dream Rifle Dreams

5:00AM Apoorva Prasad | Yes, believe it or not, this Pistol-Rifle system, which I spotted at Milipol 2009, converts any standard pistol into an assault rifle. Gimmicky? Mostly. More »
Gadgets

Barnes & Noble Ruins Nerd Christmas

4:41AM John Herrman | Nobody has any idea if the Nook is actually any good yet, but no matter: It’s the perfect Christmas gift, in theory! Or at least it was until Barnes & Noble ran out of them. More »
Design

Mons Lavabo Sinks: Monstrously Eco-Friendly

4:20AM Mark Wilson | The best thing about these Mons Lavabo concept sinks isn’t their charming, monster design. It’s that they’re eco-friendly, promising to prevent children from wasting water. So just how does that work? More »
Hardware

Atom Processor To Get The 32nm Treatment In 2011

4:19AM John Herrman | Attention, people who like to maintain a complete mental taxonomy of every processor: Cedar Trail has been outed as the new Atom platform for 2011, with the name Cedarview going to the processor itself. Along with 32nm fabrication, some goodies: More »
Phones

Specs Leak On The Motorola Motus?

3:44AM Mark Wilson | Usually there’s at least a week of lag time between a photo leak and a spec leak, but BGR seems to have acquired full specs on the just-outed Motorola Motus. More »
Software

Sometimes, Dreams Come True

3:40AM Jesus Diaz | In 2007 I whined and whined asking for an iPhone Software Developer’s Kit. Back then I asked for five apps. It took two years, but today I’ve got them all. The last one just came in yesterday. More »
Business

Dell’s Net Income Drops 54%

3:31AM Mark Wilson | Bad news for Dell. With quarterly earnings reports in, their year-on-year revenue has dropped 15 per cent to just shy of $US13 billion, and their net income dropped 54 per cent to $US337 million. Surprisingly, Dell’s home PC business is up 17 per cent from last year, but they’re making less money off it, with revenue in that sector down 10 per cent. [Electronista]