Monday, January 19, 2009
Computers
Is a 15-inch MacBook Air In the Works?
11:37PM Mark Wilson | A Taiwanese blog named Apple.pro has an inconsistent track record, posting a fake shot of a MacBook before revealing the first images of unibody construction. Now they claim a 15-inch Air is on the way. More »
Entertainment
Fanboys Gets a Date (Pun Intended)
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Finally, February 6 is the date for the much-awaited movie about the Star Wars fanboys who break into Skywalker Ranch to torture George Lucas for doing the prequels. OK, it’s not about that. I wish. More »
Vehicles
Flight Simulation of the Hudson River Waterlanding
11:08PM John Herrman | The BBC commissioned a flight-sim reproduction of the last week’s near-miraculous US Airways incident. So, in case you were wondering, this is what it looks like to pilot a commercial jet onto a river. More »
Design
$US5,000 Paper House is the World’s Swankiest Hobo Pad
10:15PM John Herrman | Swiss company The Wall AG has a perfect solution for third-world shanty towns, semi-permanent refugee camps and approximately 7.2% of adult Americans: paper houses! More »
Peripherals
iControlPad Thumbed on Video, Only Works With Homebrew Games
8:58PM John Herrman | The iControlPad bore many signs of vapourware: desirability, no official authorisation and a low budget. We now know that there’s at least one working version, and that promises of production aren’t, you know, lies. More »
Computers
Michael Arrington’s Minimalist Web Tablet Prototyped, Fulfils (Most) Promises
8:09PM John Herrman | Six months ago, startup pimp Michael Arrington of TechCrunch put out a call for help on a hardware project, specifically a $US200 minimalist web tablet. Lo and behold, his team has made it! Well, one. More »
Business
Circuit City Closeout Deals Aren’t Deals At All
3:50PM Wilson Rothman | Those poor saps who bumrushed Circuit City this weekend thinking they’d save money on a TV were paying more—before sales tax—than at most online stores, according to HDGuru and our own quick survey. More »
Entertainment
3:16PM Nick Broughall | Maybe it’s just me, but if I were a TV network executive with a whole HD channel at my disposal, I’d make sure to fill it with HD content. After all, that ‘HD’ in the channel’s name does mean ‘High Definition’, not standard definition.
What I would not do is broadcast the exact same SD content on the HD channel, even if it was the Australian Open. But that’s exactly what Channel 7 are doing, starting today. Why? Because they hate you. More »
Channel 7’s HD Channel Playing The Australian Open In SD
3:16PM Nick Broughall | Maybe it’s just me, but if I were a TV network executive with a whole HD channel at my disposal, I’d make sure to fill it with HD content. After all, that ‘HD’ in the channel’s name does mean ‘High Definition’, not standard definition.
What I would not do is broadcast the exact same SD content on the HD channel, even if it was the Australian Open. But that’s exactly what Channel 7 are doing, starting today. Why? Because they hate you. More »
Announcements
Competition: Score Yourself A… Blackberry Bold
2:00PM Kym Weathersten | Well, we ever so subtly hinted at it, and now it’s here. Thanks to FOX8’s new action/game/reality/whatever-other-description-you-can-think-of program The Phone, we have 4 Blackberry Bolds to give away, valued at $999. To enter, simply watch tonight’s premiere of the The Phone on FOX8 at 8.30pm and answer this two part question; What is the final clue to the first memory card (hint: you’ll find it at the petrol station), and Using the comments field below, tell us in 25 words or less what challenge you would make the contestants face if you were the ‘Clue Master’. Entries close January 21st at 5pm. Just a word of warning, though; the comp is also running on our sister sites Kotaku and Defamer. So to beat all those game and gossip-heads and win the high speed smartphone, with LCD screen, you’ll need to be extra creative… The Phone premieres 8.30pm tonight, on FOX8. [Terms and Conditions] [The Phone] More »
Gadgets
1:44PM Nick Broughall | Is there no end to the stupidity the Government can commit in the name of “protecting the children”? It’s bad enough that we have to become the world’s laughing stock with attempts to filter the internet, but now technology that helps smokers kick the habit without harming non-smokers is outlawed because it might seem cool to kids. More »
E-Cigarettes Are Banned In Australia?
1:44PM Nick Broughall | Is there no end to the stupidity the Government can commit in the name of “protecting the children”? It’s bad enough that we have to become the world’s laughing stock with attempts to filter the internet, but now technology that helps smokers kick the habit without harming non-smokers is outlawed because it might seem cool to kids. More » 