Friday, February 27, 2009

Gadgets

A Larger, Touchscreen Kindle 3 Coming This Year?

11:44PM February 27, 2009 | Mark Wilson

While we first saw the Kindle 2 months ago in a leak, there’s been another nagging rumour, one of a Kindle with a full 8.5″x11″ display. And according to DigiTimes, that Kindle still exists.

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Gaming

Sony Not Denying Plans for a PSP 2 Without UMD

11:34PM February 27, 2009 | Mark Wilson

In an MTV interview with John Koller, head of PSP marketing in the US, Sony should have set the record straight on those nasty PSP 2 rumours. But they didn’t.

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Sir Howard Stringer Named Supreme Leader of All Things Sony

11:10PM February 27, 2009 | John Herrman

Howard Stringer, up until now Sony’s CEO and most public face, has been named President as well. An interesting move, as he’s always been surpisingly frank about Sony’s unwieldy size and structure.

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Computing

Samsung Jumpstarts The VIA Nano Bandwagon With Its 12′ NC20 Netbook

10:07PM February 27, 2009 | John Herrman

Samsung has (finally) become the first major netbook manufacturer to adopt VIA’s hot, hot Nano platform, announcing today the 12″, fat-batteried NC20.

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Software

Apple Purging App Store Of Every Last Emoticon Enabler

9:11PM February 27, 2009 | John Herrman

Developers who’ve either made a dedicated emoji-enabler or included the functionality as a feature in their apps have received notification that they need to stop with this Japanese smiley stuff, like, now.

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LG Might Be Ready To Give Up on Plasma TVs Altogether

8:10PM February 27, 2009 | John Herrman

According to Korean outlet 47News, an LG VP has indicated that the company, barring any drastic change in sales or costs, might just stop producing plasma TVs.

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Why I Now Hate Epson Printers

7:16PM February 27, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

A few months back, I reviewed Epson’s Artisan 800 printer, and I loved it. Tonight, I hate its shiny plastic guts. In fact, I may never touch another Epson product again because of this…

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Online

Australian Censorship Scheme Gets Blocked By Opposition Leaders

6:15PM February 27, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Thankfully many of the people down under have their heads the right way around – Australia’s proposed censorship regime has been toppled by mass political opposition, which blocked any legislation required to start the scheme.

AU: Um, this article isn’t actually correct. Although Senator Xenophon has announced he will be voting against the filter, and Labor really needs his vote to push it through, that doesn’t mean it’s dead. There are still plenty of ways that the Government could push this through, so put that champagne away and keep fighting for your online freedoms.

If you want more details on why this isn’t over yet, hit the EFA website.

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Gadgets

Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup Because, Out in Space, Nobody Can Hear You Burn Your Tongue

5:15PM February 27, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Though I’ve never tried it, I guess coffee just doesn’t taste as good coming out of an aluminium bag. That’s the only reason I can think of for inventing this astronaut coffee cup.

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Gaming

Are Your Children Trained To Deal With The Apocalypse?

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4:30PM February 27, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Ahh. Now Atkinson’s decision to not offer an R18+ rating is starting to make sense. Instead, violent games end up in the hands of younger kids, who are training to kill zombies. Nice.

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