Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - Page 2
Science

Are Trackpads Making Our Hands Mutate?

Hemmant Jha recently noticed something odd. Two fingers on his dominant hand are somehow more rigid and firm than any of the others. He suspects that years of two-finger scrolling on his MacBook Pro are the cause.

Moby Gives A Tour Of His Incredible Drum Machine Collection

In this really fascinating interview, electronic musician Moby reveals his cache of vintage drum machines and keyboards. Get ready to look lustfully at, in Moby’s words, “the nerdiest equipment ever.”

Cars

Oceanic: Virgin Submarines Will Dive Deep

What’s next for Virgin? After nightclubs, record labels, gadgets, mobile phone carriers, airlines and space ships, Sir Richard Branson is getting into subs. Twenty-four kilometres from his Necker Island, is the Puerto Rican Trench, the deepest spot in the Atlantic. They’ll dive!

Software

Jailbroken iPhones Get Support For Bluetooth Keyboards

Good news for those wanting to use a physical Bluetooth keyboard with their iPhones: Now you can. The catch is that you’ll need to jailbreak your iPhone and that input doesn’t work outside of this particular app at the moment.

Ericsson Demos 42Mbps HSPA Speeds In Sweden

Gizmodo AU

If you thought Telstra’s 21Mbps HSPA speeds were awesome, you’ll be stoked to know that according to Gizmag, Ericsson has just doubled it, demoing 41.5Mbps recently in Stockholm, Sweden.

Mobile

World’s Stupidest Mobile Thief Foiled By Victim’s Brilliant Plot

Peter Gamblin, a 24-year-old former billiard champion in the UK, was busted for stealing a mobile phone after the victim called him up and asked for his name and address.

Gaming

What Went Wrong With Duke Nukem Forever

Even though the antagonist of the story, George Broussard, co-owner of 3D realms, didn’t consent to be interviewed for this story, Clive Thompson pieced enough together to get a good picture of what the hell went wrong. And it’s obvious.

Science

This Tesla Coil Christmas Tree Could Kill You

I hope Santa’s careful around Peter Terren’s Christmas tree, because the thing is a Tesla coil with some colour filters set up to make all the sparks, zaps and electric arcs look oh-so-pretty and oh-so-deceptively harmless.

Cars

If You Sit On The Tarmac For Three Hours, You Deserve Pretzels

President Obama’s new “Passenger’s Bill of Rights” should come in handy now with the massive apocalyptic snowstorms ravaging the northeast and cheering children’s hearts. If you sit on the tarmac in a plane for more than two hours and haven’t been given food or water, or for more than three hours and haven’t been given the option of getting off the goddamn plane, the airline is now subject to massive fines ($US27,500 per passenger).

Geek Out

Why Is This Hacker So Miserable Looking?

I wonder what’s going through Mitch “oorange3″ Adair’s head in this picture. Is he annoyed that someone made yet another joke about hacking the Gibson or did he just lose the US Cyber Challenge? Either way, that’s one unhappy-looking hacker.

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