Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Software

Mac OS X Running 200 Apps Keeps the Race Going

11:40PM February 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

In case anybody is keeping the count in this dumb bragging race, here’s an image of Mac OS X running two hundred apps at once, breaking the previous 150-app record.

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Gadgets

LED Bulb Features Gnarly Golden Heatsink

11:20PM February 3, 2009 | Mark Wilson

LED light bulbs come in all sorts of strange sizes and shapes, but this offering from Chinavision is unabashed in its design.

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iPhone 4G Concept Is a MacBook In a Phone

11:00PM February 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Oh. So. Pretty. It needs some small aesthetic fixes here and there, but boy I would like to see something along these lines coming from Apple. And I like the fantasy specs too.

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Gadgets

Canadian Students Call Astronauts With Hand-Built Radio

10:48PM February 3, 2009 | John Herrman

Four students at the Humber Institute of Technology just completed their term project: to build a radio from scratch and call the International Space Station. You know, in space.

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Geek Out

Darth Vader Gets Pregnant, Has a Girl and a Cake

10:31PM February 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

What in the name of all that is sugar frosted and cinnamon-flavoured is this cake from hell? Is Darth Vader going to eat your baby? Is the Dark Lord your child’s father too? Answer us!


Online

Suicidal Google Street View Car Taking Photos Inside Closed Railroad Crossing

10:00PM February 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Google Street View cars keep spreading panic and blood across the nation’s roads. This time, by stopping at a railroad crossing inbetween the barriers, when they were down and the train was coming.

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Mobile

Next-Generation iPhone 3G To Arrive In June, The Arabs Say

9:29PM February 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

The iPhone 3G is finally arriving to Etisalat–the censoring dreadful mobile phone provider in the United Arab Emirates–but the interesting part is that they are hinting at a June release for the next version:

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Extensible OLED Display Is the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

9:20PM February 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I would kill for something like this: An extensible OLED display that could be physically expanded to fit different aspect ratios. Bonus amazing detail, a mini-projector to display small images and icons on the desk:

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Software

ClearCam for iPhone Stitches 2MP Photos Together Into 4MP Ones

8:50PM February 3, 2009 | Adrian Covert

ClearCam is the latest iPhone app to go live on Cydia, home for the jailbreak apps, and turns your 2MP photos into 4MP ones by stitching 6 normal photos into one super photo.

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Software

Significant Android Update Rolling Out to G1 Users, Includes Google Voice Search

8:25PM February 3, 2009 | John Herrman

T-Mobile is currently sending out an OTA update to select G1 users, but it isn’t the much-anticipated Cupcake release. It should have some pleasant surprises though—not least of which is Google Voice Search. Updated

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