Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Random Stuff
Shuttle-Riding Bat Dies The Most Glorious Death Imaginable
11:40PM John Herrman | On a cool spring eve March 15th, 2009 a bat, crippled and wistful, clung to the Space Shuttle Discovery as it was thrust toward the great beyond. Goodbye and godspeed, my magnificent Spacebat. More »
Toys
Chalk Guns Are Like Paintball Without the Paint, Tears, Or Point
11:20PM Mark Wilson | I consider myself a toy gun aficionado—one who is versed in the latest non-lethal, non-painful weaponry. But I’d never heard of chalk guns before. More »
Computers
Psystar Ignores Every Lawyer In The Entire World, Debuts New Compact OS X Desktop
10:20PM John Herrman | Somehow, between filing bogus legal claims and getting sued into oblivion by one of the most powerful companies in the industry, Psystar managed to design another flagrantly-infringing hackintosh desktop—this time, a tiny one. More »
Software
Google Chrome Passes into 2.0 Beta, Chromium For Linux Gets a Simple Install
9:29PM John Herrman | Removing Chrome’s ‘beta’ label couldn’t have been easy for Google, but it looks like they’re bringing it right back. Chrome 2.0 beta is now available for Windows, along with a little treat for Linux users. More »
Peripherals
Logitech Fixes Your Laptop’s Heat Problems, Slouchy Posture With the N100, N110
8:05PM John Herrman | Following Microsoft’s latest foray into the laptop accessories game, Logitech has announced both an active cooling pad and adaptable notebook stand, combating the common mobile computing problems of ball-baking and back-breaking, respectively.
Gadgets
Fujitsu FLEPia Colour eBook Reader Has Finally Arrived, Yours For $US1000
6:00PM Elaine Chow | Remember the FLEPia – Fujitsu’s eBook reader that would trounce all other readers by displaying colour? After years of waiting, it’s now out and available in Japan! More »
Gadgets
Super Thin, Flexible OLED Lights to be Available in 2011
5:37PM Elaine Chow | We’ve seen ultra-skinny flexible OLED sheets before, but it looks like we now have a date for when they’re coming out. Korean company Modistech says it’ll debut its thin-and-flexy OLED lights in 2011. More »
Phones
Fake Aura Slaps On Fake Louis Vuitton For Ultimate Tackiness
4:30PM Elaine Chow | In case the Aura, Motorola’s 2008 luxury phone, didn’t scream nouveau-riche enough, some Chinese counterfeiters have decked their version out in a Louis Vuitton skin. More »
Computers
4:00PM Nick Broughall | A dilemma has struck the quest for Netbook Nirvana this week: when is a netbook not a netbook? Or more eloquently, what is the defining characteristic of a netbook? Is it its low powered processor? Its small screen size? Its cheap pricetag? Or something different altogether. Because the Dell Mini 12 feels like a netbook in a laptop’s body. More »
Quest For Netbook Nirvana: Dell Mini 12
4:00PM Nick Broughall | A dilemma has struck the quest for Netbook Nirvana this week: when is a netbook not a netbook? Or more eloquently, what is the defining characteristic of a netbook? Is it its low powered processor? Its small screen size? Its cheap pricetag? Or something different altogether. Because the Dell Mini 12 feels like a netbook in a laptop’s body. More »
Entertainment
