Monday, February 2, 2009
Phones
President Obama Is the New Inspector Gadget in Chief
11:40PM Jesus Diaz | Obama about his new Blackberry: “It’s like Inspector Gadget. If you touch it, it may blow up. The works. It turns into a car.” Funny. The same could be said about the economic crisis. [Jalopnik] More »
Games
The Nintendo Wii Is Not Fireproof
11:24PM Mark Wilson | Recently, a Nintendo fanboy suffered a house fire that burned most of his family’s possessions. The Wii, picture here, didn’t make it. The Gameboy, on the other hand, fared slightly better. More »
Online
The Secrets of Obama’s Email
11:00PM Matt Buchanan | Obama won the fight to keep email and his BlackBerry. Now, knowing the president’s email address is a privilege reserved for the truly elite. The NYT explains this, and other juicy details about Obama’s email.
Phones
Rumour: Samsung Announcing First 12MP Cameraphone This Month
10:15PM John Herrman | Samsung is reportedly planning to announce the first 12MP cameraphone at the Mobile World Conference in about two weeks, lobbing another salvo of megapixels in the moment’s most pointless technology race. More »
Software
Windows 7 Comfortably Scales to 600MHz, 512MB UMPC
9:31PM John Herrman | We already knew that Windows 7 runs well on netbooks, but to run reasonably well on a 600MHz processor, 512MB RAM UMPC represents a whole new level of scalability. More »
Gadgets
Your Life in Rolex Time Sand
9:00PM Jesus Diaz | We often feature watches, full of complications, knobs, and weirdness. This is much simpler: Rolex Time Sand for hourglasses. One bag is equivalent to 30 days, and here’s your entire life in Rolex sand: More »
Entertainment
Prank of the Year: Comcast Tucson Airs Graphic Porn During Super Bowl (NSFW)
8:08PM John Herrman | Tucson, Arizona was probably not the best place to watch the game last night. Partly because of the disappointing result, but mostly because of the huge, flapping penis. More »
Entertainment
5:18PM Nick Broughall | Every so often my TV will tell me that it’s discovered new DTV stations, but when I scan, it finds nothing. As a result, I get the shits and curse Panasonic for having a TV that’s smart enough to tell me when it detects changes to the digital signal, then ignore the announcement. But Gus over at Lifehacker has pointed out that sometimes you need to rescan for channels, like when SBS upgraded its digital transmitters last week. The benefit of this upgrade is that you can now get 720p on SBS HD, plus a seven day EPG. And let’s face it – any upgrade to HD is worth a quick scan now, isn’t it?
[SBS via Lifehacker] More »
You May Need To Re-tune Your TV To Get SBS HD
5:18PM Nick Broughall | Every so often my TV will tell me that it’s discovered new DTV stations, but when I scan, it finds nothing. As a result, I get the shits and curse Panasonic for having a TV that’s smart enough to tell me when it detects changes to the digital signal, then ignore the announcement. But Gus over at Lifehacker has pointed out that sometimes you need to rescan for channels, like when SBS upgraded its digital transmitters last week. The benefit of this upgrade is that you can now get 720p on SBS HD, plus a seven day EPG. And let’s face it – any upgrade to HD is worth a quick scan now, isn’t it?
[SBS via Lifehacker] More »
Phones
1:18PM Nick Broughall | I group mobile phone watches right alongside putting Milo in orange juice and human cloning: Just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should do it. But the guys at South Australian based NV Mobiles must not share my thoughts on the matter (no word on whether they drink their OJ with Milo yet), as they are currently selling their range of mobile phone watches across the the country from their website. More »
Aussie Watch Phone Doesn’t Really Convince Us That Watch Phones Are A Good Idea
1:18PM Nick Broughall | I group mobile phone watches right alongside putting Milo in orange juice and human cloning: Just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should do it. But the guys at South Australian based NV Mobiles must not share my thoughts on the matter (no word on whether they drink their OJ with Milo yet), as they are currently selling their range of mobile phone watches across the the country from their website. More »
Entertainment
