Thursday, April 9, 2009

Thursday, April 9, 2009
Design

Röger Leige Wave Infrared Sauna Is One Swank Torture Device

11:50PM Mark Wilson | It’s 2009. And to sweat your balls off, you shouldn’t need to squeeze into a little room with a bunch of other sweaty men. More »
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Hardware

Super Talent Ships 512GB, $US1,500 MasterDrive RX SSD

11:30PM John Mahoney | The largest consumer SSD is now shipping from Super Talent, and it’s a big ‘un at 512GB. Read/write speeds are clocked (by Super Talent) at 230/160 MB/sec, respectively. [Super Talent, Product Page via Hot Hardware] More »
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Software

Conficker’d Machines Are All Doing… Something

10:30PM John Herrman | Whether it’s an actual functional update or a ploy to further inflate the worm’s horrifying reputation, an encrypted, mysterious thing is downloading to machines infected with Conficker C, right now. More »
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Games

Microsoft Explains that Every Xbox Avatar Has a ‘Real’

10:15PM Mark Wilson | Microsoft’s latest clip offers a somewhat brilliant introduction to NXE, the Xbox 360’s new interface. It’s a commercial, yes, but the spot has a Pixaresque sensibility that makes the whole thing dreadfully charming. [Thanks Leo!] More »
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Entertainment

Moxi Steps To TiVo, Adding Rhapsody Music and PlayOn for Netflix, Hulu and More

10:00PM Wilson Rothman | Digeo today brings its Moxi HD DVR in range of TiVo with some capabilities it was sorely lacking in a big way, including DLNA 1.0 for home streaming, and PlayOn for grabbing major net video. More »
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Software

iTunes 8.1.1 Update Adds HD Movie Rentals

9:04PM John Herrman | Although it technically went live a few days ago, today is the day that iTunes 8.1.1 gets pushed to the masses. HD movie rentals are the only notable new feature, but bugfixes abound. (AU: No HD rentals for you, Australia.) —Thanks, Ponies! More »
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Games

Nintendo: Wii MotionPlus Coming to the US in July

8:17PM John Herrman | Nintendo’s saying that Wii Sports Resort, a title with the sole purpose of supporting the MotionPlus release, is coming in July. Or, as they could and should have just said, the MotionPlus is coming in July. More »
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Vehicles

Tesla Model S Electric Sedan’s Huge Haptic Touchscreen Dashboard In Action

4:30PM Dan Nosowitz | When we first saw Tesla’s Model S electric sedan, we noticed a big, flashy touchscreen taking the place of the dashboard’s console. TechCrunch took a test drive and learned a little more about it. More »
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Toys

The Lego Technics Quad Bike: Rediscovering The Joy Of Lego

3:47PM Nick Broughall | Lego Technics is not the Lego you fell in love with as a child. It looks different. It feels different. It smells different. But even though it has so many different traits to the original Lego building blocks, it still brings that joyous feeling of creating something wonderful with your own two hands. More »
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Music

Unconfirmed: Apple Orders 100 Million 8GB Chips for New Handhelds

3:15PM Dan Nosowitz | DigiTimes is reporting that Apple has placed a massive order for 100 million 8GB flash storage chips, mostly from Samsung, that will then be combined into larger capacities. What could this purchase indicate? The quantity, twice the size of last year’s order, is likely to make such chips scarce in the market, which could hurt competitors like Nokia and Sony. It’s a pretty plausible rumour, as far as rumours go: Apple will probably announce new flash-based handhelds, especially the iPhone and iPod touch updates, in June, which isn’t far off. It’s a big increase, but if Apple is introducing, say, a larger version, that’ll use a lot more of the 8GB chips than smaller capacities. We’re filing this one under “Probable.” [DigiTimes, image courtesy of MacBlogz] More »
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