Saturday, January 17, 2009

How to Interpret Samsung’s Reorganisation of its Business Into Two Divisions

11:50AM January 17, 2009 | Jason Chen

Samsung is placing TVs, phones, printers, computers and home appliances under one division and semiconductors, components and LCD manufacturing into another. [Yahoo via Boy Genius]

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Sushi-Ushi Sushi Tray Is More Delicious Than Actual Sushi

11:30AM January 17, 2009 | Jason Chen

Vikki Smyth is a designer that makes food presentation and table-top sets for high end hotels (W, Wynn’s places). Her signature piece, the Sushi-Ushi sushi tray, is gorgeous, and upstages anything that’s placed on it.

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Gadgets

Ear Mirror: Bear Witness to The Waxy, Hairy Horror

11:10AM January 17, 2009 | Sean Fallon

To be honest, I wouldn’t want an ear mirror for the same reason I wouldn’t want an arse mirror—some territory on the body should remain unexplored.

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Apple Tells Dual-Link DVI Display Adaptor Customers That Their Monitors Are Incompatible

10:50AM January 17, 2009 | Jason Chen

Users of Apple’s Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adaptor are still experiencing the distortion issues, but now Apple Engineering is supposedly telling people this is only compatible with the Apple Cinema Display.

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Cars

Dean Kamen Struggles With The Idea Of Giving Up On The Segway

10:30AM January 17, 2009 | Sean Fallon

A recent CNN interview has revealed that Segway inventor Dean Kamen often loses sleep about giving up on a project that he knows deep down will never pan out.

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Software

Win 7 Tip: Sleep/Hibernate Mode Is Buggy, May Incapacitate Your Machine

10:10AM January 17, 2009 | Jason Chen

When I came home last night, I thought my previously healthy Windows 7 machine was dead. It was making a horrendous squeal and refused to reboot multiple times. Turns out it was asleep.

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Obama’s Calls Will Always Go Through Thanks to Wireless Priority Service

9:50AM January 17, 2009 | Mark Wilson

If being ruler of the free world weren’t enough for President Elect Barack Obama, when he’s sworn in, he’ll never wait for an open telephone line, either.

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Gaming

Render Vs Reality: XCM Dominator Joystick

9:30AM January 17, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Product renders often look far different than their production line counterparts. Take the XCM Dominator Joystick for the PS3. To be fair, the right is a night shot. But still! [XCM]

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iFlyz Clamps Media Player to Tray Table (No MacGyvering Necessary)

9:10AM January 17, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Watching a movie on a media player during a flight takes skill: You want it propped up but you don’t want to touch it. iFlyz removes the joy challenge from this delicate dance.

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Clicking Kitchen Grip Puts a Mouse in Dinner the Good Way

8:50AM January 17, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Much of my kitchen is filled with hand-sewn potholders in which you can see the details down to the thread. But in the digital age, we prefer to see things down to the pixel.

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