We’re inside the Morgan Library, where Amazon is unveiling the the Kindle 2 right now.
Whoa, talk about meta. The WSJ is reporting that the new Kindle, to be announced later today, will include an exclusive work from Stephen King that integrates a “Kindle-like device” within the story.
Here’s a crystal-clear video showing what happens when an aeroplane engine fan blade gets loose when you fire a chicken at 250 knots into a turbojet using a chicken gun. Result: (Contained) Boom. Update: Corrected.
Samsung thinks that you may be annoyed when you connect your laptop to an external display. Their reasoning: The external display is not at the same angle and height of the laptop’s screen.
Samsung is getting ready to try to shook your underpants at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress’09 with the new 12mm-thin UltraTouch S8300 slider, this time with a 2.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen and 8-megapixel camera.
I typically find F1 to be as exciting as watching snails mate. However, this clip which virtually unveils the new Red Bull 2009 F1 car actually raised my right eyebrow (that’s the interesting one), especially the brief moment that you see that the driver’s control panel looks like an Xbox 360 controller from hell. More »
Vodafone and Three held a conference call today to offer answers to questions about the new joint venture. The biggest thing you should know is that for the most part, a lot of the finer details are still yet to be worked out. More »
Here’s yet another reason why the ABC kicks the commercial networks’ backsides when it comes to getting their audience – they’re launching a second kid’s channel on iView. Called FAVES, it will offer “a mix of much-loved drama, comedy and sci-fi series including Noah & Saskia, Worst Best Friends, Crash Zone, Spellbinder and The Girl From Tomorrow“. And while none of that sounds appealing to me, if I had slightly older kids, an ISP who offered unmetered iView downloads and a spare laptop, I’d be happier than a child with a box full of Lego. More »
Holy crap! This press release from Vodafone took me completely by surprise. Vodafone and 3 will be merging their operations in a 50:50 partnership in Australia. They will continue to use the Vodafone brand name, although they retain the exclusive rights to maintain and use the 3 brand during the transition (expected to be completed by mid-2009) and thereafter.
So what exactly does this mean for current Vodafone and 3 customers? We’re not 100% certain just yet – we’ve put in the call and we’re waiting to hear back from various people. We’ll keep you posted as soon as we know more. In the meantime, you can read the press release for yourself below the fold. More »
