Thursday, October 29, 2009
Hardware
11:59PM Matt Buchanan | Intel might be dicking around on USB 3.0, but Asus ain’t. The Xtreme Design P7P55D-E is apparently the very first USB 3.0 motherboard. It’s an Intel P55-based mobo that uses a third-party USB 3.0 controller for a pair of ports. More »
This Is The First USB 3.0 Motherboard
11:59PM Matt Buchanan | Intel might be dicking around on USB 3.0, but Asus ain’t. The Xtreme Design P7P55D-E is apparently the very first USB 3.0 motherboard. It’s an Intel P55-based mobo that uses a third-party USB 3.0 controller for a pair of ports. More » 
Games
Why Nintendo Had To Slash The Price Of The Wii
11:33PM Matt Buchanan | It’s time for Nintendo to resort to its classic rainbow strategy to sell more Wiis: Its net profit for the past six months fell by 50 per cent, almost perfectly matching a near 50 per cent drop in Wii sales. More »
Random Stuff
Bad Promotional Idea Of The Week
11:27PM Jesus Diaz | Jason is in Japan now, looking for Godzilla. He sent this video tonight. It seems that Microsoft thinks that putting a Windows 7 presentation booth in the middle of Akihabara station is a good idea. More »
Phones
No Android Version Of HTC HD2 After All?
10:50PM Danny Allen | Hopes may be dashed on that rumoured Android equivalent of the HD2. HTC’s CEO, Peter Chou, tells Forbes that “technically, we could make the HD2 an Android phone, but I have to take care of Windows Mobile.” Qué? More »
Phones
GSM Motorola Droid Caught On Video
10:24PM Danny Allen | As we said in our hands on yesterday, Motorola’s Droid phone deserves the positive attention it’s getting. So what about that AT&T and GSM-compatible version? No update on availability, but here’s video proof it exists. Update: Video pulled, but we’ve got a screen grab. More »
Cameras
Nyko’s Zoom Lens For The DSi Just Seems Like Overkill
9:56PM Danny Allen | Not to sound phallic, but things keep growing bigger on the DSi. Nintendo confirmed the new 4.2-inch screen DSi LL earlier today, and now Nyko’s 8x optical Zoom Case is finally getting pushed out the door. More »
Science
Brain Scans Will Soon Reveal Exactly What You’re Thinking
5:20PM Rosa Golijan | You already know what’s going on in my mind, but what if you could see exactly what I’m thinking about? Might not be long before you can, because there have been some minor successes in thought decoding technology. More »
Phones
5:16PM Nick Broughall | If, like certain people I know, you think the HTC is the second coming of Christ in phone form (he knows who I’m talking about), you might be happy to know that according to the Canadian HTC site, the Hero will be running on the 850/2100MHz spectrum for Telstra. More »
Looks Like The HTC Hero Will Be On NextG
5:16PM Nick Broughall | If, like certain people I know, you think the HTC is the second coming of Christ in phone form (he knows who I’m talking about), you might be happy to know that according to the Canadian HTC site, the Hero will be running on the 850/2100MHz spectrum for Telstra. More »
Design
4:40PM Rosa Golijan | I think they ran out of weird building designs, because the centrepiece of Dubai’s Technopark looks like it was copied from Epcot’s Spaceship Earth. Whatever happened to architecture proposals for Dubai being completely nuts? More »
Dubai’s Technosphere Would Fit Right Into A Disney Park
4:40PM Rosa Golijan | I think they ran out of weird building designs, because the centrepiece of Dubai’s Technopark looks like it was copied from Epcot’s Spaceship Earth. Whatever happened to architecture proposals for Dubai being completely nuts? More »
Random Stuff
