Friday, March 20, 2009

Sony Ericsson Sales Drop By Almost Half in One Quarter

11:45PM March 20, 2009 | John Herrman

Sony Ericsson, the world’s 4th biggest handset maker, has reported a titanic sales decrease of almost 50% in just a few months. This is a bad thing, you see.

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Gaming

The Watchmen Xbox 360 Looks Like a Pretty Butterfly

11:26PM March 20, 2009 | Mark Wilson

I looked at the Watchmen 360. I tried to pretend it looked like a spreading tree, shadows pooled beneath it, but it didn’t.

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Mophie Juice Pack Doubles iPod Touch 2G’s Battery Life, Arse Size

10:45PM March 20, 2009 | John Herrman

The iPod Touch 2G has finally gotten its own $US100 Mophie Juice Pack, which promises to double the device’s battery life. Recommended, with one caveat: it looks awfully fat on the super-slim new Touch. [Mophie]

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Mobile

Palm CEO Confirms That, Yes, There Will Be More WebOS Phones

9:53PM March 20, 2009 | John Herrman

It was a safe guess from the start, but the Pre won’t be Palm’s only WebOS handset. In fact, they’re already promising an entire roadmap of new smartphones based on the slick OS.

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Software

Windows Mobile 6.5 Honeycomb Menu Gets De-Honeycombed

8:20PM March 20, 2009 | John Herrman

Now that the public has made their sundry judgments about Windows Mobile 6.5′s UI overhaul, Microsoft has made a few changes. Most obviously, they’ve removed the honeycomb. OH GOD!

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Robotic Carp Unleashed Into the Sea to Sniff Out Pollution

5:30PM March 20, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Those crazy looking robotic carp now have a job-a whole school of them are going to be released into the sea off northern Spain to help detect hazardous pollutants in the water.

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Gaming

Rumour: Nintendo Planning on Its Own Dsi App Store

4:31PM March 20, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Nintendo might be planning on taking on the iPhone and iPod Touch with an app download service of its own, and has been encouraging developers to come up with app-like content for the DSi.

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‘Want To See How Painful Our Stun Guns Are? Let Me Show You… On Myself!’

3:30PM March 20, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Showing a dedication to lightning reviews we could never hope to emulate, this Japanese stun gun company’s president tested out his products on himself. That’s right, we said PRODUCTS.

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Computing

Asus W90Vp-X1 Proves You Don’t Need a Desktop for Raw Power (But It Helps)

3:00PM March 20, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

The fellers at Computer Shopper just gave a rave review to this 5kg 18.4″ monstrosity from Asus, saying it “raises the bar for all comers.” Isn’t it just a desktop in disguise?

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These Carbon Nanotube Muscles Are 30 Times Stronger Than Human Muscles

2:30PM March 20, 2009 | Brian Lam

These next gen carbon nanotube muscles have “diamond-like” stiffness side to side, but are as flexible as rubber when moved perpendicularly. When voltage is applied to the structures, they contract with a pulling force 30 times the force per unit of human muscles.

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