Thursday, January 8, 2009
Science
Bull Returns from Death, Cloned from His Frozen Testicles
11:05PM Jesus Diaz | Leave it to the Japanese to freeze a pair of testicles from a famous Gifu bull known for his delicious buttery marbled-textured meat, extract living cells 13 years later, and have the beast mooing again. More »
Peripherals
S1 Audio’s NxSet ‘Neckphones’ For a Bizarre Audio Experience
11:00PM Sean Fallon | Remember those gimmicky neck cooling fans that came out years ago? Well, the NxSet from S1 Audio is kind of like that, only these are intended to replace your earbuds. More »
Hardware
Confirmed: Zii StemCell Computing Is Media-Savvy System on a Chip
10:00PM Wilson Rothman | The smoke surrounding Creative’s rumoured offshoot, ZiiLabs, cleared today at CES, where it was revealed to be a media-application processor developer with a very slick system-on-a-chip, less consumer product than building block for many. More »
Toys
Mattel Ucreate Music, Games Capitalises on Your Kids’ Creativity
9:00PM Elaine Chow | Mattel’s hanging its hopes on kids making their own fun with its Ucreate brand. Ucreate Music turns your tweens into amateur djs while Ucreate Games gets them started on creating their own gaming empire. More »
Home
The iXA-W404 is Alpine’s First Touchscreen iPhone Compatible Receiver
6:00PM Sean Fallon | Alpine is rolling out their new lineup of receivers, with the iXA-W404 leading the charge. It features a 4.3-inch QVGA touchscreen monitor that more or less mimics coverflow. More »
Software
Windows 7 Beta Now Available
5:43PM Wilson Rothman | As I mentioned perhaps all too subtly in my Ballmer keynote post, Windows 7 Beta is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with wide availability on Friday, January 9. [Microsoft] More »
GPS
Garmin ecoRoute Wants to Make You a Better, Less Gassy Driver
4:30PM Elaine Chow | It seems that nowadays everyone’s clamouring to tell you how to be a better driver. Garmin’s new nüvi software, ecoRoute, supposedly helps you conserve by choosing a “less fuel” option for route preference. More »
Entertainment
Dish Network ViP 922 Terabyte HD-DVR Comes SlingLoaded
3:56PM John Mahoney | Dish Network has had Sling integrations before, but they just dropped a brand new HD-DVR with remove Sling capabilities built in along with a redesigned SlingGuide interface. More »
Computers
Hands On Giinii Movit Mini: The Android Tablet
3:49PM Matt Buchanan | The idea sounds so sexy: An Android tablet. Remarkably thin, with over four inches of touchscreen, like an Android iPod touch. Actually, that’s a lot what it’s like. More »
Peripherals
