You know the patent Cold War that’s been brewing over Apple’s claimed exclusivity over multitouch tech? It just got hotter, but the heat comes not from the Palm Pre, but lil’ Elan Microelectronics.
Mitsubishi just announced a bunch of new DLPs and LCDs. But the most interesting is, by far, an 82-inch DLP for $US4200 that’s equipped with “3D-ready viewing technology.”
Wolverine is guaranteed to be a bag of trash with claws carried by Ryan Reynolds. Which is why, ironically, getting leaked to BitTorrent sans special effects is the best thing that could’ve happened to it.
According to Microsoft, the global average for malware infection is 8.6 out of every 1000 systems—a number that’s lower than I’d have estimated. And apparently Ethiopia and Myanmar run a pretty tight ship!
Dutch website Tweakers, a RIM sales manager said that, as rumoured, a followup to the underwhelming BlackBerry Storm will be arriving at the end of this year, or the beginning of next.
God, it’s been years since this concept surfaced. BumpTop, the 3D, physics-enabled, extremely literal take on a desktop manager is finally available for download. It looks… well, it looks as interesting as it ever did.
Director JJ Abrams wasn’t really a fan of Star Trek before he directed this film. Either were actors Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto or John Cho. And perhaps that’s what makes it one of the most breathtaking moving and enjoyable science fiction films of recent memory – while the film is true to the core elements of the franchise, it’s reinvigorated with an incredible freshness that comes from the actors moulding the characters in their own way.
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