We reported the Author’s Guild’s litigious anger about the Kindle 2′s text-to-voice feature, claiming it violates audio book copyrights. It’s an arguable position, but Amazon has gone ahead and caved to the literate man.
Asus’ out-of-nowhere P835 smartphone is packing some pretty decent specs, from an 800×480 touchscreen to HSPA support for lightning-fast downloads, but it’s still packing Windows Mobile 6.1. Still, it’s worth a look.
In an effort to cut costs wherever possible, some consumers are going back to the cheaper, crappier-in-every-way dial-up we all cast aside years ago. This recession has just gotten serious.
This water droplet-shaped concept from Ilshat Garipov makes a good run at it, but no matter how small or slick or arty they are, Bluetooth headsets are just never going to look good.
Apparently our beloved national institution, the iPhone, isn’t such a big hit in Japan. It’s doing so poorly that Softbank, its Japanese carrier, is offering the 8GB iPhone free with a contract. Update:
Included digital copies are still the exception rather than the norm in the Blu-ray world. Lame. You’d like to rip those discs for playback elsewhere, right? But there is something you should know first.
Looks like Apple Employee #1′s old 17″, maxed-out PowerBook is for sale on eBay, remarkably devoid of Cheetos fingerprints. But who acquired it from Woz to begin with? The answer might surprise and disappoint you.
President Obama’s proposed 2010 budget goes where no Bush has gone before by including significant spending for scientific agencies, including NASA, the EPA, and Department of Energy, on top of the stimulus package.
