Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Computers
Acer Aspire One Slims Down, Slightly
11:43PM Mark Wilson | While Acer has recently introduced a 10-inch Aspire One (a form factor we’ve presumed to become the Aspire One’s new standard), a few details has surfaced on a new, slimmer version of the netbook. More »
Peripherals
BlackBerry Bold, Storm No Longer Lack A Gratuitous Zoom Lens Attachment
11:00PM John Herrman | Brando, never one to miss an opportunity to attach a thing to another unlikely thing, has expanded its mobile phone zoom lens line to include models for the BlackBerry Bold and Storm. More »
Vehicles
Aeroplane Crashes Breaking In Three Pieces, Only Nine Dead
10:33PM Jesus Diaz | A Boeing 737-800 has crashed this morning at the Schipol Airport, in Amsterdam, breaking in three pieces. The amazing news: Only five out of 135 people are dead. Update: Some sources are reporting nine dead.
Gadgets
Sony Retro-Looking Fuel Cell Battery Is a Speaker Is a Charger
10:28PM Jesus Diaz | Sony’s new concepts for fuel cell batteries come in some interesting flavours, like these speakers-with 70s transistor radio look-that can recharge your phone or multimedia player. Or the fuel-powered, completely-wireless, coffee maker-looking home theatre speaker. More »
Gadgets
First Kindle 2 Destroyed, Showing Extended Warranty May Be Worth It
9:59PM John Herrman | One area where dead trees will always beat out eBook readers is chuckability—apparently, the shiny new Kindle 2 doesn’t take kindly to being launched into hardwood. Somewhere, Jon Stewart is chuckling. More »
Entertainment
Reminder: If You Love Your Boxee, Turn Off Automatic Apple TV Updates
9:07PM John Herrman | Apple pushed a small Apple TV update to users last night, many of whom awoke to find their lovely, Hulu’d-despite-it-all Boxee installations brutally murdered. Again. Lesson: turn off automatic updates. UPDATED More »
Software
OmniWeb Mac Browser Finally Released For Free
8:12PM John Herrman | Old, grizzled veterans of the browser wars (Blood! Honour! W3C Standards!) will remember OmniWeb, an expensive, Mac-only überbrowser that always seemed to be slightly ahead of everyone else. Well, it’s free now. More »
Software
Realtime Mobile Video Stitching Is So Crazy It Just Might Work
5:30PM Wilson Rothman | The proposition: You and a bunch of strangers are live streaming mobile-phone video of some event or disaster. A server stitches it all together and instantaneously publishes a rich, immediate patchwork of the action. More »
Entertainment
Sarah Connor Chronicles Fake DVD’s Back Cover is Refreshingly Honest
4:50PM Elaine Chow | I was never interested in the Sarah Connor Chronicles series, but after I saw the back cover for this fake DVD at my local pirated movie shop, I felt like I had to buy it. More »
Phones
4:45PM Nick Broughall | In case my poorly lit photos didn’t quite convince you that the Kogan Agora prototype I got to play with the other night was real, Seamus grabbed it after me and filmed it working for Midnight Update. The money shot of the phone is at the 5:25 mark, but you should watch the whole thing to hear Shay’s interview with Ruslan Kogan.
[Midnight Update] More »
Kogan Agora Prototype Captured On Video
4:45PM Nick Broughall | In case my poorly lit photos didn’t quite convince you that the Kogan Agora prototype I got to play with the other night was real, Seamus grabbed it after me and filmed it working for Midnight Update. The money shot of the phone is at the 5:25 mark, but you should watch the whole thing to hear Shay’s interview with Ruslan Kogan.
[Midnight Update] More » 