Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - Page 2

Samsung LED TVs To Offer Online Content From NineMSN

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One of the coolest features in all the top of the line home entertainment kit coming to market over the next year or so is the inbuilt IP connectivity for access to online service. In Samsung’s upcoming LED backlit TV range, that content will be coming directly from NineMSN.


Entertainment

NBC’s Chuck Parodies MacWorld With Chevy Chase As Steve Jobs

MacWorld and our good buddy Stevesie are ripe for parody, and NBC’s comedy-with-stuff-blowing-up Chuck has stepped up to the plate. Check out the clip below, it’s got some great zingers.


Entertainment

New Star Trek Teaser Shows Kirk As A Stud With Cheesy Pickup Lines

Two new Star Trek teasers broke today. In this first one, we can see Handsome Young Kirk hit on Uhura at a local space bar, presumably followed by a space barfight.


Cars

Zero S Electric Supermoto Is Street Legal and Hits Top Speed of 60 MPH

The Zero S is the latest electric bike from Zero Motorcycles, and is their first street legal motorcycle. The Zero S has 31 horsepower and 62.5lb ft of torque, reaching top speeds of 60mph.


Motorola’s Co-CEO Sanjay K. Jha is Paid $104 Million To Do I Don’t Know What

Matt Richtel of the NYTimes notes that Motorola’s Co-CEO Sanjay K. Jha was paid $US104 million dollars last year, putting him at the highest end of of salaries for the 200 largest public companies that filed proxies by March 27th.


Cars

JetBike Concept: Speed Racer Wannabe or Futuristic Fire Fighter?

Without a description to be found, these photos leave us guessing what the purpose of this futuristic jetpack/bike is. But even if we never find the answer, this concept is still incredible to look at. [Behance via LikeCool]


The Tate Gets a Design That Would Satisfy the Ancient Egyptians

The architectural design firm Herzog & de Meuron is designing the Tate Modern art gallery’s newest extension. For the Tate, its a display that will finally be able to represent its interior.


British Navy Fighting Somali Pirates With…Email?

So email might not be the only stopgap method of prevention the British Navy is using to fight pirates, but Wired says it serves as a vital tool in executing complex and precise operations.


Computing

Acer Aspire Z5600 Multi-touch All-in-One Mimics TV Perfectly With 1080p, Blu-ray and Built-In Tuner

Acer’s Aspire Z5600 multi-touch all-in-one does the best job yet of looking like more like a TV than a computer, which is kind of a good thing. Oh yes, it’s built for Windows 7—the future.


Entertainment

MythBusters Flip Bus, Plow Into Fruit Stand For Benefit of Mankind

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We asked the MythBusters for teasers of the new season, starting tomorrow at 9pm and running every Wednesday on the Discovery Channel. What we got doesn’t disappoint: Hair-raising bus wreck above, Hollywood-style fruit-stand crash below.