Sunday, March 15, 2009

British Boy Embarks On ‘Electric Shock Free-For-All’ With Bulgarian Stun Gun

11:00AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

If that headline didn’t grab your attention, I don’t know what will. A British 13-year-old smuggled a stun gun he bought on vacation into school, and proceeded to go a little zap-crazy.


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Amazon Threatens Legal Action Against Those Increasing the Kindle’s Usefulness

10:00AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Amazon recently threatened the smackdown on a site offering instructions on how to trick the Kindle into reading other types of files. This isn’t a question of copyright infringement, it’s a question of control.

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Mobile

More Pictures of the BlackBerry Niagara 96xx: No More Blurrycam!

9:00AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

The BlackBerry “Niagara,” or 9600 series, popped up on eBay for about a minute before it was pulled, but you can’t hide pictures like these. Check out the gallery after the jump.

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Online

Live Images From Google Mars Now Available

8:00AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Google Mars is officially showing live updates from the surface of the angry planet. Google issued this mysterious statement today: “We are entering uncharted territory.”

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Cars

EV-o RR Electric Motorcycle Can Kick Your Gas Guzzler’s Butt

7:10AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

In preparation for the zero-emissions grand prix, Evo Design Solutions has this fearsome electric superbike, fast enough and tough enough to challenge the old-school gas models.

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Science

Badass Scientists Prepare Anti-Mosquito Laser

6:15AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Sure, this project is the product of a great humanitarian impulse: wiping out malaria, which claims about a million lives a year. But you can tell the astrophysicists are having a blast with it, too.

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Online

Facebook Connect for iPhone Games Lets Everyone Know You’re Not Really Working

5:30AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

A bunch of iPhone games, among them the destructively awesome Tap Tap Revenge 2, have received updates to include Facebook Connect functionality. What does that mean for you? Networking. Delicious networking.

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Mobile

Touchscreen, Trackball-Less BlackBerry Bold Leaked

4:00AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

That rumoured BlackBerry Bold with a touchscreen was just a whisper before, but now we’ve got a shot of the packaging to prove its existence. Let’s see what we know about this new hybrid.

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Cameras

How To: Create Stunningly Realistic High Dynamic Range Photographs

3:00AM March 15, 2009 | John Mahoney

In the right hands, high dynamic range imaging can blend multiple exposures of the same scene to more closely reproduce what your eye can see. Here’s how to do HDR the right way.

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Mobile

Rumour: A Premium App Store for Even Pricier iPhone Apps?

1:00AM March 15, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Pocketgamer.biz, who we’ve never worked with before, says Apple may be working on a section of the App Store for more expensive (read: $20 and up) apps.

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