Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Music
New Zune HD Renders Surface: Fake Fan Art or For Real?
11:30PM John Mahoney | These lack the polish and Zune-y colour styling of the last leak, which leads me to believe these very well may be the work of a frothing Zune-guy-in-training. But the production levei is high. More »
Phones
LG Viewty II (Smart GC90) Leaks In Pretty, Official Photographs
11:09PM Mark Wilson | LG’s German blog seems to have spilled any and all information on the upcoming Viewty II. At just 12.4mm thick (less than half an inch) and 90 grams, it’s svelte for an 8MP cameraphone. More »
Games
Wii MotionPlus Includes New Magnum-Sized Condom
10:40PM Mark Wilson | Wii MotionPlus may be a tiny dongle that plugs in the bottom of your Wiimote, but Nintendo wants to make sure your TV is offered some enhanced protection all the same. More »
Hardware
Lacie Rugged XL Reaches Up to 1TB, Down to $US160
10:22PM Mark Wilson | Lacie’s Rugged external hard drives have always looked tempting, but the price to storage ratio has never been that appealing. The new Rugged XL may have finally found market balance. More »
GPS
Official Dale Earnhardt Jr GPS Unit Will Sadly Only Direct You In Circles
9:03PM John Herrman | Dale Earnhardt Jr does not take his novelty product branding responsibilities lightly, I’ll have you know. This Rightway GPS unit goes whole-hog, featuring his voice, his car and advice about his favourite “waterin’ holes”. More »
Software
Microsoft Planning Free, ‘Magical’ Updates For Windows Mobile Phones
8:40PM John Herrman | An enthusiastic job posting on Microsoft’s careers site is asking for engineers to help realise their “dream” of frequent, free, “magical” and substantive updates for Windows Mobile phones. More »
Phones
Is This Samsung’s First Android Phone?
7:20PM John Herrman | Judging from the strangely complete specs and believable photos leaked from a Russian retailer, it may well be. Called the S8000, and carrying an OLED screen and 5-megapixel camera, it’s a (theoretical) powerhouse. More »
Computers
Retromodo: High-Tech Workstation Circa 1995
7:00PM Sean Fallon | To be honest, “The Webcruiser” here looks more like a racing sim than a high-tech workstation—and the beefy monitors certainly bring back horrible memories. More »
Gadgets
New PIN Crackers Make Card Skimmers Look Small-Time
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Instead of using mechanical means to steal from debit cardholders, some thieves are using malware to swipe huge numbers of encrypted and unencrypted PINs. It’s not yet widespread, but it’ll take serious work to prevent. More »
Computers
2:17PM Nick Broughall | Considering Asus pretty much kicked off the entire netbook craze with their original Eee PC, you’d expect the 1000HE to be far superior to all netbooks that have come before it. And for the most part, it is. More »
Quest For Netbook Nirvana: Asus Eee PC 1000HE
2:17PM Nick Broughall | Considering Asus pretty much kicked off the entire netbook craze with their original Eee PC, you’d expect the 1000HE to be far superior to all netbooks that have come before it. And for the most part, it is. More » 