Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Software
Mac OS X Running 200 Apps Keeps the Race Going
11:40PM 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. More »
Gadgets
LED Bulb Features Gnarly Golden Heatsink
11:20PM Mark Wilson | LED light bulbs come in all sorts of strange sizes and shapes, but this offering from Chinavision is unabashed in its design. More »
Design
iPhone 4G Concept Is a MacBook In a Phone
11:00PM 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. More »
Gadgets
Canadian Students Call Astronauts With Hand-Built Radio
10:48PM 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. More »
Random Stuff
Darth Vader Gets Pregnant, Has a Girl and a Cake
10:31PM 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 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. More »
Phones
Next-Generation iPhone 3G To Arrive In June, The Arabs Say
9:29PM 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: More »
Design
Extensible OLED Display Is the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
9:20PM 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: More »
Software
ClearCam for iPhone Stitches 2MP Photos Together Into 4MP Ones
8:50PM 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. More »
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