Friday, January 9, 2009

Computing

Sony Vaio P Dissected Shows Detailed Electronics Gore

11:22PM January 9, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

This Sony Vaio P is tiny, so it’s quite amazing to see how many things can come out of it. I think the PC User guys threw in some PSP circuits to confuse us.

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Cars

Inside the Rocket-Proof Obamamobile

10:48PM January 9, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I love this cutaway illustration of the new Cadillac One by John Lawson, Obama included. Specially things like “Doors: eight-inch thick and the weight of a 757 door”. Other highlights:

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Computing

ASUS D200 Is a Media Server, Touchscreen Nettop, Router, Box

10:14PM January 9, 2009 | John Herrman

Somewhere between the first EeePC and their awesome media-center-in-a-keyboard, ASUS became the Chuck Bukowksi of the gadget world: Drunk, unpredictable, prolific and occasionally brilliant. Then what of the Eee PC D200 touchscreen NAS-cum-router?

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Software

Slacker Radio Now Available for BlackBerry, Coming to iPhone Very Soon

9:28PM January 9, 2009 | John Herrman

Just after Slacker for BlackBerry quietly slid out of the gates yesterday, MobileCrunch caught up with a company rep at the ShowStoppers CES event and found out that the iPhone version isn’t far behind.


1000-Year-Old Runestone Converted into a Digital Projection Wonder

9:08PM January 9, 2009 | John Herrman

Museums—especially history museums—often have a hard time keeping incorporating new technology into their staid exhibits. That is, museums that don’t happen to be in Randers, Denmark.

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Gaming

Japanese Commercial Reminds You That Holidays Are Fattening and You Need Wii Fit

7:30PM January 9, 2009 | Elaine Chow

I don’t know if there’s a polite way to say this… but it looks like you’re wearing your holiday gluttony. Take a page from Blam’s book and get on a Wii Fit… fatty. [Kotaku]

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Software

Microsoft: Fewer Phones Will Have WinMo in the Future

6:30PM January 9, 2009 | Elaine Chow

With increasing competition–most recently from Android and Palm’s promising new WebOS, how is Microsoft planning on helping WinMo survive in the mobile operating system world? By putting it on less devices, naturally.

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Look Stupid: Cell Mate Hands-Free Mobile Phone Holder

5:45PM January 9, 2009 | Elaine Chow

I could only think of one thing when I saw this hands-free mobile phone holder called Cell Mate: Ahahaha haha HA! Apparently, they have a booth at CES—worth a Giz visit, methinks. [Craziest Gadgets]

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Gaming

Want To Play With Kodu On Xbox 360? Don’t Get Your Hopes Up Just Yet

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5:12PM January 9, 2009 | Nick Broughall

One of the big announcements during Microsoft’s keynote at CES last night was a LittleBigPlanet-esque game creation program for the 360 called Kodu. But if you were hoping to see it on your Xbox 360 here in Australia, you could be in for a long wait. David over at Kotaku AU put the not-so-hard question to Microsoft Australia: Will we be getting Kodu as part of the community games channel. Their response was non-committal: More »


Software

Vocaloid 3: Japanese Synthesised Singing Sensation Now Knows English

4:30PM January 9, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Vocaloid, the super-popular singing synthesizer from Japan has now gotten an update–and it (she) is bilingual! Meet Megurine Luka, who’s “moody and husky” voice is now yours to command in both Japanese and English.

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