Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Phones
A Closer Look into Palm Pre’s User Interface
11:40PM Jesus Diaz | If you can’t wait to have your dirty or half-clean paws all over the Palm Pre—according to rumours, it’s coming out this June—here’s are some crystal clear captures of its user interface. More »
Software
Vista SP2 Coming Soon
11:39PM Matt Buchanan | Microsoft has released to manufacturing Vista Service Pack 2, meaning it should be out real soon-like, so it still looks on track for May. Does anyone still care about Vista with Windows 7 being all like, right here? [ZD Net] More »
Phones
iSuppli: Palm Pre Costs $US138 to Build; Less Than iPhone, G1
11:30PM John Herrman | iSuppli has issued a formal estimate for the build cost of the Palm Pre, pegging it at $US138. This undercuts the iPhone, at $US174, and even the G1, at a modest $US144. Why so cheap? More »
Gadgets
Must See: Where Your Power Comes From, Visualised
11:20PM Matt Buchanan | NPR has an amazing interactive map of our power grid—the complicated mesh of power plants and transmission lines delivering juice to your house. This picture shows new proposed lines—it looks damn sad without them: More »
Software
Windows 7’s XP Mode to Require 2GB of RAM, True Processor Virtualisation
10:40PM Jesus Diaz | We talked about XP Mode—which runs programs that work in XP but not in Vista—in our Windows 7 RC1’s hands-on. Now Microsoft is coming up with details about what hardware and licenses this will need. More »
Music
More Amazing Songs Recorded Through the World (Will Make You Smile Too)
10:20PM Jesus Diaz | Many of you asked if you could buy the goosebumping version of Stand By Me that we featured yesterday. Good news: It’s out this month in CD and DVD, along with other amazing songs. More »
Online
35,000,000 Flickr Photos, Mapped
9:55PM John Herrman | Scientists at Cornell University have super-computed the geotags of 35 million Flickr photos, creating photography heatmaps for locations around the world. Their conclusion? People really, really like taking pictures of landmarks. More »
Phones
Acer Joins the Android Party: One Handset for 2009, But Probably No Netbooks
8:45PM John Herrman | Still sore from their rough first step into the smartphone industry in February, Acer has committed to building one Android handset before 2010. On the possibility of an Android netbook, though, they dithered. Hard. More »
Software
RealNetworks Stumbles Into Court, This Box Hangs in the Balance
7:40PM John Herrman | RealNetworks’ courtroom feud with the MPAA is now under way, and as predicted, the company doesn’t really give a mouse’s arse about RealDVD. It’s Facet, RealNetworks’ archiving DVD player, that everyone’s all worked up about. More »
Phones
