Sunday, March 15, 2009
Weapons
British Boy Embarks On ‘Electric Shock Free-For-All’ With Bulgarian Stun Gun
11:00AM 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 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. More »
Phones
More Pictures of the BlackBerry Niagara 96xx: No More Blurrycam!
9:00AM 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. More »
Online
Live Images From Google Mars Now Available
8:00AM 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.” More »
Vehicles
EV-o RR Electric Motorcycle Can Kick Your Gas Guzzler’s Butt
7:10AM 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. More »
Science
Badass Scientists Prepare Anti-Mosquito Laser
6:15AM 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. More »
Online
Facebook Connect for iPhone Games Lets Everyone Know You’re Not Really Working
5:30AM 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. More »
Phones
Touchscreen, Trackball-Less BlackBerry Bold Leaked
4:00AM 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. More »
Cameras
How To: Create Stunningly Realistic High Dynamic Range Photographs
3:00AM 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. More »
Phones
