Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Cameras
GigaPan Epic 100 Arm Wrestles Small DSLRs to Create Gargantuan Gigapixel Panoramas
11:40PM Matt Buchanan | GigaPan has put their famed Epic gigapixel photo system on steroids, so the Epic 100 manhandles pro point-and-shoots and small DSLRs to create even more massive gigapixel photos from a bunch of stitched together shots. More »
Phones
Leaked Toshiba K01, K02 and L01 Ultraportables Love Folding and Fuel Cells
11:20PM Mark Wilson | Techblog.gr claims to have just leaked Toshiba’s mobile product line for the next year, and there are three products we found especially exciting—a 7-inch netbookish transformer and a series of touchscreen QWERTY mobiles. More »
Games
Wii MotionPlus Coming June 8 for $US20
10:57PM Mark Wilson | After months of silence on Nintendo’s part, Wii MotionPlus has finally gotten an official release date. It’ll be out June 8th for $US20. More »
Phones
Rumour: The Companies Really Building Your Next iPhone
10:23PM Mark Wilson | DigiTimes has laid it all on the line this time. Skipping their normal incremental rumours, the publication has listed all of the companies allegedly associated with the next iPhone. More »
Games
Microsoft Offers Comfort, Warranty Coverage To Xbox E74 Error Victims
9:18PM John Herrman | For dazed, RRoD-weary Xbox users, hearing that there’s one more way that your console might die on you was almost too much to bear. Thankfully, Microsoft has announced that these latest victims are covered, even retroactively. More »
Software
Motorola Powering Portable Set-Top Box With Android
8:20PM John Herrman | Motorola is building a generally unremarkable “au Box” portable set-top box for Japanese electronics company KDDI. But one part of their plan stands out: It’ll run Android. More »
Gadgets
Man Builds Chair That Tweets His Farts, Single-Handedly Justifies Twitter’s Existence
7:20PM John Herrman | You know those guys (and gals?) who are just, like, super proud of their farts? Thanks to this cool guy and Twitter, these assholes can indulge their disgusting habit without wrecking our noses. More »
Screens
LCD Prices Climbing During Recession, Chinese Farmers To Blame
6:13PM John Herrman | Cheap electronics can be counted as one of the few perks of a recession, but because of China’s stimulus plan, tobacco farmers in Qinhai and simple economics, LCD screens are actually getting more expensive. More »
Gadgets
3:30PM Nick Broughall | The Gadget: Logitech’s Pure-Fi Anytime alarm clock for your iPod or iPhone. More »
Lightning Review: Logitech Pure-Fi Anytime iPod Alarm Clock
3:30PM Nick Broughall | The Gadget: Logitech’s Pure-Fi Anytime alarm clock for your iPod or iPhone. More »
Science