Apple has quietly released a new iPod Shuffle design that mimics the original’s pack of gum aesthetics. It costs $US80, holds 4GB of songs, uses inline controls and boasts text-to-speech.
Aww, but he was a nice vandal!
Laptop Lifts are by no means a feat of engineering, but they will let spilled milk glide right under your computer while providing some additional airflow.
Reuters is also confirming the rumours from the Commercial Times about Apple ordering 10-inch touchscreens for third quarter.
You know how some capacitive touchscreens seem to twitch when fingers are hovered near them? Mitsubishi has stretched that ability to the extreme, creating a magic(ish) touch panel that can track depth, too.
For most, jailbreaking isn’t very daunting, provided you have the right instructions. Unfortunately, iPod Touch 2G owners have been stuck with lame, tethered approaches that most wouldn’t bother with—until now. UPDATED.
Among the changes of Tweetie 1.3 are a dark theme, various UI tweaks, Tweetshrink integration, full-size profile image viewing (yay), and a bunch of bugfixes. Grab it now if you like using the best Twitter app available for the iPhone.
Watchmen, you know you have made it when you got yourselves re-imagined as Lego minifigs. Too bad Dr Manhattan is wearing his speedo instead of flashing his five-stud-long peepee. [Brothers Brick, Watchmen@io9's w/spoilers]
It seems that the Watchmen film has pretty much cut audiences down the middle – half love the adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ masterpiece, while the other half think it deserves its own special place in hell for crimes against humanity. If you want a universal opinion on a Watchmen adaptation, then check out the fan-made Saturday morning cartoon. Hilarious because it’s fake, but if it was real, you just know that its creator would wind up just like Hollis Mason after the fanboys (and Alan Moore) were through with him… [via CrunchGear] More »
The good news: Aussie KISS fans can get their Guitar Hero and Rock Band groove on with Gene Simmons’ battleaxe guitar, as David over at Kotaku is reporting that Atari are bringing it to Australia. More »
