Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Page 2

Google Me Business Cards: Best or Worst Idea Ever?

This business card idea is undoubtedly clever, visually suggesting to people that they just Google your name for contact info. But do you want to encourage people to do so?


Online

Google Must Not Like Direct Factory Outlet Stores

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So is the moral of this story that Google doesn’t like Direct Factory Outlet stores, or that they think you should buy clothing at full price?

[Google - Thanks Nathan!]


Toyota Planning to Build a Car out of Seaweed; Tofu Cushions Not Included

As if the Prius weren’t green enough, Toyota plans to go even greener for the future by creating a car—the 1/X plug-in hybrid—using a bioplastic body made out of seaweed.


Computing

Nokia Wants to Make Laptops

Believe it or not, Nokia is the number one smartphone maker in the world, on the back of its Symbian platform. Now the handset giant wants to move into laptops. Speaking to Finnish reporters, Nokia’s CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said the company is “looking very actively” at diving into the laptop market.


Man Proposes At Legoland

Another geeky man looking for a ball and chain, another mega geektastic proposal—not with iPhone apps, Zunes or video games—this time, it involved Lego.


Gadgets

Let Your Hello Kitty Watch Be All It Can Be

On its own, the Hello Kitty McDonalds watch is yet another landfill-bound plastic chotchke. Not very green thinking. Luckily, Instructables has put together a handy how-to for turning yours into a cool custom timepiece.


Geek Out

Say Goodbye To Sol Trujillo With Photoshop

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Seeing as how I can’t help but laugh out loud every time I look at our own photoshop job (thanks Kym!) saying goodbye to Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo, I reckon this is the perfect opportunity for you guys to flex your Photoshop muscle and show us how it’s done.


SanDisk ImageMate Card Readers Were Actually Designed

Whoa, these are card readers? Mundane but necessary gadgets deserve essentialised designs, and SanDisk’s new ImageMate All-in-One and Multi-card look a lot like Neil Poulton’s bare, black and glossy hard drives for LaCie.


Gaming

Humongous Scrabble Board Makes Life One Big Game

Scrabble is serious business, people. That’s why it’s all the more fundamental to have an 8-foot Scrabble board in your backyard. Now: F, O, P, U, Y, E, letter of your choice. Go.


Uncle Sol Leaving Telstra On June 30

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This has been rumoured and speculated on for weeks, but today Telstra announced that Sol Trujillo will be leaving his position as CEO of Telsta on June 30. Adios Amigo!