Sunday, April 26, 2009
Software
World of Warcraft Runs on iPhone… Mostly
12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | We found a video showing an iPhone running World of Warcraft. It looks surprisingly full-featured, but this isn’t a standalone app— more of an evolution of what we’ve seen before. More »
Games
Portable NES Gets Light Gun, Remains Smaller Than the Cartridges It Plays
9:15AM Dan Nosowitz | The oddly-proportioned portable NES called the FC Mobile is great because it plays actual NES cartridges. Now, with the addition of a light gun, TV-out, and external controllers, the FC Mobile II is even better. More »
Cameras
Kite Aerial Photography: The Camera Places Its Life In Your Hands
8:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Instructables user Mikeasaurus used household items— including thumbtacks and a Bic pen— to make a remotely-triggered rig for his kite, compatible with any camera. Well, any camera he felt comfortable dangling off a kite. More »
Software
Screen Recording to Come Baked In to Snow Leopard’s Quicktime Player
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The new Quicktime X Player, which will come with this summer’s Snow Leopard upgrade, has a cool new feature: Like Snapz, it’ll record motion on the screen. More »
Vehicles
Tesla-Smart Collaboration Produces Underwhelming Electric Car
6:30AM Dan Nosowitz | The Smart fortwo seems like a perfect candidate for the electric makeover, and with Tesla lending its expertise to the project, we all expected an impressive showing. But to be honest, we’re not thrilled. More »
Regulars
Shots of the 11 Metre Saturn V Model Launch: That’s a Big Rocket
5:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Reader Ben Kennedy sent some shots of today’s launch of the monstrous Saturn V model rocket. “Model rocket” doesn’t really convey the enormity of this thing, check out the video below. [Thanks, Ben!] More »
Software
Windows 7 Tablet Capabilities Make Tablet PCs, and You, Smarter
3:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Tablet PCs usually seem like a great idea until you actually use them, but the Windows 7 team has been working hard to make the platform more usable than ever— especially for students. More »
Gadgets
Recession Economics: What Can’t You Live Without?
3:00AM Dan Nosowitz | A Pew survey back in 2006 showed what Americans felt were their necessary luxuries (car, TV, air conditioner, computer). That survey was recently re-done, and tech showed surprising strength despite the economy.
Random Stuff
Cat vs. Printer: The War of the Ages
2:00AM Dan Nosowitz | In round 2 of Cat vs. Printer, we have to raise the electronic fist of the printer in victory. The cat takes (invisible) punch after punch, only striking back rarely and feebly. [via Geekologie] More »
Networks
