Friday, April 17, 2009

ChocoShuffle Case Turns iPod Into Something No More Edible

11:40PM April 17, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The $US8.99 ChocoShuffle looks delicious, turning your new iPod shuffle into milk chocolate, white chocolate or…some sort of strawberry chocolate. But buyer beware.

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Computing

R/C Bulldozer PC: The Baddest PIII Around

11:20PM April 17, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Say you’ve got some old Pentium III hardware sitting around, collecting dust. You could ship it off for “recycling,” OR you could build an remote controlled bulldozer.

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Generic $US25 Stereo Beats $US1,100 Sound Systems

10:30PM April 17, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Proving that more expensive is not always better, a $US25 “value” stereo system has obliterated $US1,000 equipment from Sony and JVC in a British customer choice award as voted on by 500,000 people.

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My First Album

10:00PM April 17, 2009 | Jack Loftus

The first album I owned was Still Cruisin’ by the Beach Boys. It was 1989. Shoulder pads were big. Hair was bigger. The Beach Boys were on Full House the previous year. I was eight.

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Cars

We Want Monorails, These Monorails

9:56PM April 17, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

The SeƱor Presidente Obama may want a high speed train. We want it too. Actually, we want a monorail, which have been dreamed and actually built since the very beginning of the 20th century.

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Geek Out

Want to Be the Real Q? Apply Here

9:25PM April 17, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

If you want to be the gadget inventor for Her Majesty’s Intelligence Service, the MI5—British Military Intelligence Section 5— is actually offering the real post now. The best thing: It’s part-time.

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Online

Pirate Bay Four Found Guilty

7:12PM April 17, 2009 | John Herrman

Early this morning, Peter Sunde, co-founder of the Pirate Bay, glumly tweeted a “leaked” verdict, indicating that things didn’t look good for the four Swedish shipmates. Shortly after came the official word: Guilty.

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Sony Ericsson Reports Carnage in Q1

6:23PM April 17, 2009 | John Herrman

As expected, Sony Ericsson lost mounds of money this quarter, with sales down by almost half in just a few months; cuts followed. This after Nokia had its worst quarter in a decade. [SE]

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Geek Out

Prosciutto-Wrapped Air Hose Cuts Through Steel, Cucumber Version Proven Inferior

4:00PM April 17, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

In a crushing blow for vegetarians worldwide, a cucumber doused in vegetable oil has been proven inferior to prosciutto when tasked with cutting through steel sheet metal. Pork: 1, PETA: 0.

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Mobile

Palm Pre Heads Out to Accessory Maker, Mass Production Already Underway

3:30PM April 17, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

We’ve got a report and a photo showing that the Palm Pre is already in the hands of accessory manufacturers, along with a few little real-life tidbits about its build quality.

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