Friday, February 27, 2009 - Page 2
Computing

All Those Fancy HP Laptops You’ve Been Eyeballing Are Available Now

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You know, I never thought we’d see the day when HP would release the Vivienne Tam netbook in Australia. But that day is here – it’s exclusive to Myer and only $899. Also on sale is the Touchsmart tx2 notebook, with the Pavilion dv2 entertainment laptop also on its way.


Mobile

World’s Stupidest, Most Expensive iPhone Mod Yet Costs 2.5 Million US Dollars

$US2.5 million. Two. Point. Five. Million. Dollars. That’s what some idiot is going to pay for what could be the most expensive iPhone mod ever, the iPhone 3G “Kings Button”.


This Powerful Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once

Leave it to the Germans to invade Poland or create Titan, the world’s strongest industrial robot. They can go either way: One day they are in Krakow, and the next their robot lifts a ton.


Mobile

DUALSIM Phone Has Two Sim Card Slots So You Can Stick It To Your Network

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Dual SIM phones are nothing new – especially in Aisa – but for some reason they’ve never taken off in Australia. Maybe it’s because the networks aren’t too keen on you sharing one device between two carriers, or maybe it’s because generally, dual SIM phones have been hideously ugly and complex to operate. So the creatively named DUALSIM phone looks to fill the local market nicely.


Software

iMafia for iPhone Circumvents the App Store, Sells Other Apps In-Game…and Apple Willingly Approves

The iMafia game for iPhone is not only the first app with an approved, in-game microtransaction system, but that system also doubles as a platform to promote and purchase other iPhone apps.


Rebirth of the Big Wheel: Matias Conti’s Transformable Spin Vehicle

When I was a kid, my next-door neighbour Tim had Big Wheels, Green Machines and every other plastic pedal vehicle they made, but he didn’t have the three-wheeled super-fluid Transformable Spin Vehicle.


Gadgets

The Voice Behind Kindle 2′s Automagic Book Reading is…

The NYTimes’ David Pogue says the Kindle 2′s reading mysterious voice is Tom Glynn, an emo folk singer dude with beautiful hair. Not Tom Cruise, as some have suspected. [Tom Glynn via Pogue's twitter via Jalopnik's Wert]


You’re a Better Person For Having Seen This R2-D2 Ghetto Blaster

In a week where we’ve seen both the AT-AT boombox and golden iPod dock, why not round it out with a R2-D2 ghetto blaster?


Gadgets

This Canon Calculator Post Could Be The Most Exciting Story You’ll Read This Week

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Because Canon’s new LS-63TG, HS-20TG and TS-1200TG calculators are made from up to 80% recycled Canon photocopiers. That’s right, they’re recycled.


Online

Google Maps Hack Allows Me to Nuke London In One Click

It must be the two hundred and twenty-three times I’ve watched War Games, but I love this Google Maps “mapplet” that allows you to nuke cities with different atomic weapons, and even a Chicxulub-class asteroid.