Thursday, March 19, 2009

ThumbTack iPod Mic Is as Cute as a Button Tack

10:45PM March 19, 2009 | John Herrman

If you’re the kind of person who demands that all electronics be twee and whimsical and you happen to need a mic for your Touch 2G or Nano 4G, well, here you go.

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Gadgets

Google Brings 500,000 Public Domain eBooks To Sony Readers

10:00PM March 19, 2009 | John Herrman

If a book was published before 1923 and it’s at all worth reading, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ll soon be able to download it to your Sony reader for free.

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Software

iPhone 3.0 Lifts 10MB Over-the-Air Download Cap For Podcasts

8:50PM March 19, 2009 | John Herrman

This could easily get snuffed out before release, but OS 3.0 beta users can download >10MB podcasts over 3G. An annoying catch: the 10MB limit is still in place for the app store.

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Gadgets

Peek Emailer Spotted Running a Very Fuzzy Maps App

8:10PM March 19, 2009 | John Herrman

Spotted in the wild, this Peek appears to be running a maps app. Whether it’s a creative hack or a sign of things to come, the Peek might soon do more than just one thing.

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Gadgets

Ninja Umbrella Makes You Stealthy Against Rain

6:15PM March 19, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Real ninjas probably have no trouble dodging water droplets to begin with, but for budding Bushido, I guess this katana-shaped umbrella will have to do. $US30 from Uncommongoods. [Josh Spear]

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Computing

With No Real Apple Netbook on the Horizon, Chinese Create Fake One

5:30PM March 19, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Sure, you could always wait for Apple to release its first netbook (if they actually do). But over here in China, when we want something bad enough, we go and make it ourselves.

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Israel Has Nukes, US Army Confirms

4:38PM March 19, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Good news people! The US army has confirmed that Israel has their very own circumcised version of Dr Manhattan’s schlong. Sources estimate a collection of 200 to 400 nuclear warheads.

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Gadgets

Spider Drill Piano Produces Symphony of Cacaphony

4:30PM March 19, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Brazilian artist Paulo Nenflidio, who’s currently showing off his work in Arizona, creates weird noise-producing sculptures like this robot drill spider, which ends up sounding as frightening as it looks.

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Cars

New F-15 Silent Eagle Is Cheap Stealth Plane for Recession-minded Warmongers

4:00PM March 19, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Here you have the F-15 Silent Eagle, a classic fighter with special coating and sightly angled surfaces to reduce its radar signature. Check out its completely new weapons bays, integrated in the fuel tanks.

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Software

Internet Explorer 8 Gets All Final to Join New Browser Party

3:01PM March 19, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Microsoft seems like the last one to the new browser party that’s dragged out over the last month, but they are the first to make their entrance final with Internet Explorer 8.

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