When consumer budgets are tight, companies tend to back off the horrendously priced luxury goods. But according to the OLED Association, it’s not poor consumers that are holding up new, bigger OLED sets—it’s poor manufacturers.
Get ready, because the world as we know it is going to change in May 2009, when Wolfram Alpha—a computational search engine that belongs in the Enterprise’s computer—appears, giving you precise answers to everything.
Hold your horses, because after IGN said that Wii MotionPlus was delayed, Nintendo is saying that it is not delayed. Kind of. Sort of. Or something.
Just in case yesterday’s Commercial Times report didn’t get your speculative juices flowing, the repectable-sounding Dow Jones Newswire is basically restating it, with their own sources and a little extra detail.
The gCubik display cube, which simulates a fully rotatable, multi-viewable 3D object within its walls, has evolved quite a bit since we last saw it: its six sides, up from three, now respond to touch.
And so it has come to pass: Steve Wozniak, gussied up and smiling like a maniac, danced on national television. For like a minute and a half! Here’s how it went:
Elementary school teachers watch out. Japan’s trying to make you obsolete! In lieu of a real flesh and blood person, one primary class in Tokyo is now getting a robot teacher named Saya.
Wow. I’ve seen a couple ads of questionable taste in my day, but this one—in which a desperate “live jumper” takes a leap but doesn’t hit the ground—really takes the cake. [Youku Buzz]
Dell’s new ruggedised laptop, the Latitude E6400 XFR, manages to be slimmer—yet manlier—than its first foray into military-grade notebooks, with better ballistic armour, higher drop specs and dust/moisture shielding in 8.5lbs.
In the 12 months since Blu-ray emerged victorious over HD DVD in the battle for high-definition format supremacy, BD-Live has gone from having huge potential as a key sales and marketing feature to becoming a footnote on the spine of a handful of Blu-ray movies. And despite the fact that some studios like Disney are actively pursuing the technology, its implementation still feels like a random collection of ideas that lacks cohesion and focus. And sadly, it doesn’t really look like things are going to change any time soon. More »
