Remember when 1TB, 3.5-inch drives were all the rage? Well those days are over, as Western Digital has released their 2TB Caviar Green, available now for $US299.
El Señor Presidente talks, and the Senate does: They have postponed the analogue switcheroo four more months. The new date for the analogue TV shutdown: June 12, pending Congress approval of the move.
According to IGN, the next incarnation of the PSP is on its way. And it’s taking a few design cues from the iPhone. (Their words, really!) UPDATE: Close Sony Source Denies with Sass
While we’re still fawning over tiny e-paper displays in e-book readers, the Japanese government is installing panels in Tokyo to aide evacuation in disaster situations—a very good idea, as it turns out.
Nintendo has partnered with NEC, Panasonic and Hitachi to put together a system that actual doctors will use to check up on actual patients, using a Wii Fit.
Representative Pete King of New York has introduced a bill to Congress that would require all new cameraphones to have shutter sounds. Why? For the children!
Microsoft cut the Entertainment & Devices division’s budget because the group’s R&D costs had skyrocketed in the preceding months—to twice as much as the Windows group, said TechFlash. Will this hurt the group’s great products?
Our lives today are filled with the latest and greatest technology. Wherever we go, whatever we do, chances are there’s something in our immediate vicinity that runs off electricity or battery power – hell, for us geeks it’s practically sacrilege to leave the house without phones, laptops, MP3 players and digital cameras. But with this growing dependence and acceptance of gadgets as an extension of ourselves, somewhere along the line some of us forgot that we are still people, and still require to maintain a consideration for our fellow man or woman. After all, even though it is our ability to create and use gadgets that separates us from the animals, it is our ability to understand their social impact that makes us truly human. More »
This prototype snow shoveling robot could clear driveways if let out early enough in the storm, before build-up. I would buy a snowbot, especially if it can shit ice bricks. [iShovel via Hackaday]
Look around your home: does the same drab colour stare back at you? Does the lack of interesting, engaging artwork drive you to depression and anxiety? Well, as we showed you last week, it doesn’t have to be that way. Australian company Vinyl Designs is partnering with Giz to give away 10 of their retro wall stickers so you guys can create art on your very walls! More »
