Thursday, February 5, 2009

Gadgets

Authorities Warn Against Road Sign Hacking on Radio

11:50PM February 5, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

OK people, I know we were the ones who promoted this idea, and then laughed and applauded when you followed up. But now the authorities are getting serious, according to reader Dan Mowchan:

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Gaming

The Sega Vision: Sega’s New Handheld that Denies Sonic Exists

11:31PM February 5, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The prospect of Sega releasing a portable system is a promising one, given Sega’s historically broad library of fun vintage titles. But alas, the Sega Vision doesn’t play games.

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USB Plasma Heart Electrifies Your Valentine

10:00PM February 5, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Ah l’amour! I love being in love as much as I hate this USB Plasma Heart, which of course comes from the good/evil genius of Brando just in time for Valentines, my darlings.

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Mobile

Samsung Acme i8910 Loved by Coyotes Everywhere

9:44PM February 5, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

After their dreadful Omnia, Samsung is following up with the Samsung Acme i8910, a smartphone that-according to these allegedly leaked pictures-seems to be quite slim. I comes loaded with a ton of features too:

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Gadgets

Maestro Tries to Teach You Guitar With Lasers

6:00PM February 5, 2009 | Elaine Chow

I predict the Maestro, which uses laser lights to show you what frets to press, will teach me guitar as well as a self-playing piano helped me learn the keyboard: not too well.

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News

Step Brothers Blu-Ray Lightning Comp Winners Are…

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5:20PM February 5, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Congrats go to Nathan Walters and Daniel, who both entertained and managed to keep their entries under 25 words. Thanks to everyone who played yesterday - I’ll be trying to line up more comps and lightning comps over the next few weeks. More »


Mobile

Samsung 8MP Touchscreen Memoir Mobile Phone Is the US’s First

3:46PM February 5, 2009 | Elaine Chow

The Samsung Memoir could easily be mistaken for a real camera. On one side is a full touch-screen, and on the other is an 8-megapixel camera, 16x digital zoom, and Xenon flash.

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Stainless Steel Speaker Is Buzzing with Life

3:00PM February 5, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

Swarming with bugs and flowers, this piece was created by 3D scanning real flowers, insects and music, that were then “digitally sampled, cut, mixed, scaled and rearranged.” Even cooler: It’s a speaker.

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Science

What if the Earth is a Giant Alien Hard Drive?

2:30PM February 5, 2009 | Brian Lam

“What if we could manipulate the earth’s own magnetic field and thus program data into the natural energy curtains of the planet?”

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Software

Zune Leadership Going to Windows Mobile Team: Sounds Like Good News for WM

2:09PM February 5, 2009 | Brian Lam

I’m glad to see Joe Belfiore from Zune (and previously, Windows Media Centre) jump over to Windows Mobile.

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