If I had a dollar for every brilliant powerstrip solution like Jeff Carter’s modular “Movable Power” idea that has yet to reach production, I’d be slightly richer than I am now. [Yanko Design]
Pocketlint says they’ve got word from the horse’s mouth: that Android firmware update with video and sound recording, an onscreen keyboard, stereo bluetooth and improved MMS support, whether you call it Cupcake or not, is coming in April. Oh, and to top it off, this might correspond with the UK release of the HTC Magic. [Pocketlint]
Battery “breakthroughs” are a dime a dozen, so excuse me for sounding a bit jaded here. But a battery that can charge in seconds? Without fatigue? If this wasn’t published in Nature, I’d probably laugh.
Google really took their time on this one, leaving GrandCentral sitting dormant ever since they purchased it in 2007. But nonetheless, it’s back, and now it’s called—wait for it— Google Voice.
If you want to be safe against the potential attacks by aliens, enemy robots, and miscellaneous evil forces, move to Tokyo. There, a 59-feet Gundam will be guarding the city starting from this July.
With the iTunes 8.1 update, you can now sync with the new iPod shuffle, take iTunes DJ requests from friends, rip CDs at iTunes Plus quality and use Genius with movies and TV shows. There are other features, like bugfixes and stability updates, but you can read up on that yourself. [Apple via MacRumors]
The full version of Torrent Droid will be out in a month, but this video shows you what you ned to know already. Scan a UPC bar code and the app will search BitTorrent automatically.
We’re all familiar with the stubborn refusal of SA Attorney General Michael Atkinson to rationally debate the merits of an R18+ rating for video games, but it appears he’s quickly descending into Ewe Boll territory to argue with his critics. In response to a letter from Kotaku AU reader Terry, a 57 year old grandfather gamer, Atkinson responded to Kotaku and challenged their readers to go up against him at the next election. More »
There are 18,000 pieces of tracked space debris in orbit—and millions more smaller bits—all potentially fatal. To nudge them towards the atmosphere to burn up, one scientist proposes lasers, another proposes water.
Did you think there would only be one image of that Japanese train girl on the internet? Then you haven’t been on the internet long. There are more.
