Friday, March 27, 2009

Gaming

Nintendo Reminisces About Shelved Concepts, Including Dual-Card DSi, Touchscreen GBA

10:45PM March 27, 2009 | John Herrman

Kotaku caught a GDC presentation by Masato Kuwahara, Nintendo’s DSi Hardware Group leader, where he ran through some Game Boy concepts that fell off the fast track at one point or another.

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Mobile

T-Mobile Branded HTC Magic Shows Its Chinny Little Face In FCC Filing

10:00PM March 27, 2009 | John Herrman

This is the second such slip, though the “reveal” here isn’t that surprising: T-Mobile, current G1 carrier, will probably get the Magic. [Cellphone Signal]

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Computing

Microsoft Marketing Team Now Exclusively Advised By Internet Commenters (But It Works!)

9:20PM March 27, 2009 | John Herrman

You’ve heard it before, and it’s true: Macs are more expensive than PCs. There’s not much more to say about that! Unless, of course, you have a vested interest in casting Apple as elitist.


Lego Mariners Realise, Destroy Universal Childhood Fantasies

8:20PM March 27, 2009 | John Herrman

Everyone who’s grown up with Lego has mused about the limits. Could I build a car? A house? A boat? Now you can tell your inner child: Yes! Just don’t let him watch the end.

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Science

Imagine You Are a Solid Rocket Booster

7:40PM March 27, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Would you like to feel like our furry hero Spacebat? Here’s your opportunity: Jump on board the solid rocket boosters as they separate from the Space Shuttle Discovery during its March 15 launch.

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Software

Mugen Pop Pop Infinite Bubble Wrap Now on iPhones

5:45PM March 27, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Bandai first brought the pleasure of regular bubble wrap to your keychain with its Mugen Pop Pop Toy. And now, in case you don’t bring your keys everywhere, they’ve put it on the iPhone too!

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Portable Cross Fadin’ Cassette Will Make All Your Spontaneous DJ Dreams Come True

4:30PM March 27, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Once, while walking down the street, a man suddenly approached me screaming “QUICK! We need someone to DJ!” If only I had had this portable cross fader—who knows how differently my life would’ve turned out.

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Gadgets

I’m All Wound Up: A Gallery of Classic Magnetic Tape Drives and Reels

3:27PM March 27, 2009 | Adrian Covert

SSD, Smesh Smesh Dee. Here’s my visual tribute to magnetic tape, the storage medium that can be measured in MBytes, minutes and metres.

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Gadgets

12 Eye-Popping Flight Helmets

3:15PM March 27, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Oobject’s list of flying helmets proves that pilots never need to look far for absolutely terrifying Halloween costumes. Like that f-35 joint strike fighter helmet – those terrible green eyes will haunt me forever. [Oobject]

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Entertainment

Want To Go To The Star Trek World Premiere? It’ll Cost You

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2:46PM March 27, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Hot on the back of today’s Entertainment Geekly column that the Star Trek world premiere is happening in Sydney and we’re going, comes word from Paramount that a limited number of seats to the April 7 premiere will be available to purchase at 9am on Monday March 30 (AEDT). More »