Monday, March 9, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009
Games

Wii MotionPlus Delayed, According to IGN

11:42PM Mark Wilson | According to a recent IGN podcast, Nintendo is having problems in development of Wii MotionPlus. “Hiccups” need fixing. More »
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Computers

Apple Releasing a Touchscreen Netbook this Summer?

11:10PM Mark Wilson | According to a report by Commercial Times (passed along by DigiTimes), an Apple netbook can be expected in Q3 of this year. Yes, the rumours have returned. More »
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Peripherals

‘Ear Switch’ Earbuds Control Gadgets With Nothing But Your Ridiculous Facial Expressions

10:44PM John Herrman | Utilising infrared sensors to measure contortions in your ear canals, the ‘Ear Switch’ earbuds can guess at your facial expressions, letting you control your gadgets—iPods, mobile phones, whatever—with what pretty much amount to feigned seizures. More »
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Phones

Touch Diamond2 Apps Ripped for Original Touch Diamond, Touch Pro

9:55PM John Herrman | As pretty as HTCs are, they’re nothing without their custom skins and apps. And as with seemingly every other new Windows Mobile product, the new Diamond2 assets have been ripped and made available online. More »
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Gadgets

Topps 3D Live Brings Augmented Reality to Baseball Cards

8:50PM John Herrman | After recently buying the venerable trading cards company, Disney Michael Eisner is making a seriously cool bid to keep collecting alive, debuting 3D, augmented reality baseball cards complete with tiny players, stats and games. More »
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Software

NSW Premier Forcing Cityrail To Talk To App Developers

1:33PM Nick Broughall | As a quick follow up to last week’s story on Cityrail threatening legal action over third party iPhone applications that apparently used Copyright timetable information: The NSW Premier has asked the Transport Minister David Campbell to intervene on behalf of the developers, asking RailCorp to meet with the developers to come to an arrangement. More »
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Deals

Dealzmodo: Buy Bravia, Get Free Sony Blu-Ray Player

11:30AM Nick Broughall | I guess there are only so many times you can give away a free PS3 with every TV sale… Now, Sony are offering a free BDP-S550 Blu-ray player (worth $650) with the sale of new selected Bravia TVs. More »
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Entertainment

TiVo Hopping Into Bed With Internode For Unmetered Movie Downloads

10:00AM Nick Broughall | Well, this could be a very interesting proposition. According to Lara Sinclair over at The Australian, TiVo is shacking up with Internode to offer their own broadband plan in which TiVo downloads will be unmetered, meaning you can download and watch as many movies as you want without having to pay for bandwidth. More »
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Breakfast Wrap

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

8:27AM Nick Broughall | iMac 2009 Review Spoiler: It’s better than the Mac Mini. Pilot-less Drone Makes First Kill Ever Anybody else hearing Terminator’s theme music in their head? IR Remote Power Strip Lets You Turn Anything On With a Universal Remote Brilliant idea! Can’t wait to see a retail product… Google VP Talks About the Future of Search This is probably important… Catholic Bishops Call for Abandonment of Technology During Lent I’m tempted to call for all Catholics to abandon the church in the 21st century, but that’s just flamebait… How to: Install Unofficial Apps on Your iPhone 3G or iPod Touch, Easily and Safely But you have to do it while listening to AC/DC’s Jailbreak… More »
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Peripherals

Movie Wedge ‘iPhone Stand’ Is A $10 Bean Bag

8:00AM Jack Loftus | As the journey continues to find the most inexpensive, low-tech iPhone display stand (so far, thy name be “paper clips”), we can add this fairly obvious one to the mix. Yes, it’s a bean bag. More »
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