Thursday, February 19, 2009

Mobile

Mobile World Congress 09: The Good, The Bad, the Ugly and the Boring

11:40PM February 19, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Despite the new HTC Magic, the Sony Ericsson Idou, and Windows Mobile 6.5—which is still not Windows Mobile 7—the Mobile World Congress was a bag of lame. Some blame the economic crisis. I don’t.


Software

Browser-Based Offline Gmail Demonstrated On iPhone, Android

11:21PM February 19, 2009 | John Herrman

Gmail’s desktop offline mode relies on browser extensions, but Google engineers have figured out a way to use HTML5 standards—supported by the iPhone, Android and Pre’s webkit browsers—to accomplish the same thing natively.

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Computing

‘Steampunk Frankenstein’ PC Is Awesome Enough To Excuse Being Steampunk In The First Place

10:08PM February 19, 2009 | John Herrman

I’ve had some harsh words for lesser Steampunk mods, and with good reason—it’s getting tired, and most examples are massively boring. Not boring: the “Frankenstein Steampunk”, an absurdly thorough PC mod built by Dana Mattocks.

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Mio Creates ‘Kosher’ GPS Unit, For The Most Orthodox of Geeks

9:05PM February 19, 2009 | John Herrman

And it is certain that if ever you turn away from the Lord your Mio, and go after the Garmin, I bear witness to you today that destruction will overtake you. —Deuteronomy 8:19(ish)

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Gadgets

Freestyle Solar-Powered Watch Draws 12 Months of Energy From One Sunny Charge

6:30PM February 19, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Most of us now check the time using mobile phones, but there’s still a stalwart few that insist on wearing watches. With the Freestyle solar watch, they can cling to old technology while being eco-friendly.

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Computing

Beta Version of Asus T91 Tablet Netbook Gets Touched All Over

5:30PM February 19, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Sascha of Netbooknews.de got to muck around with the beta-version of Asus’ T91 tablet netbook. While the UI is still rough around the edges, it looks to be a promising addition to the tablet family.

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Online

WikiLeaks Leaks its Own Sources Donors Due to Email Mishap

4:30PM February 19, 2009 | Elaine Chow

WikiLeaks, that controversial whistleblowing site that exposes confidential documents hinting at corporate or government malfeasance, was forced into a conundrum recently when somebody submitted their own secret mailing list as a leak. Updated

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Software

Skype Coming To N-Series Nokia Phones, Current Owners Miss Out

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3:56PM February 19, 2009 | Nick Broughall

If you’re looking at the Nokia N97 with a lustful gleam in your eye like it’s the pocket-sized version of Megan Fox, the news that it will be the first Nokia handset with Skype functionality built in must surely get your heart racing. But current Nseries users aren’t quite as lucky. More »


Paco Cube Contains All Your Living Needs in 3 Square Metres

3:30PM February 19, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Paco, a prefab mobile studio, takes all your living needs and puts it into a single three-square-metre cube. Designed by Jo Nagasaka, the cube is supposed to be a sleek home away from home.

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Entertainment

Micropolix Theme Park Gives Kids a Taste of the Real World through Kiddie Capitalism

2:45PM February 19, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

newVideoPlayer("/kiddiecapitalism_gizmodo.flv", 475, 286,""); Move over, Disneyland—life isn’t always magical. CNN investigates Micropolix, a new theme park in Madrid, Spain, that teaches kids about the economy and the importance of money by making them work for their fun—literally.

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