Thursday, April 30, 2009
Software
Why Windows 7 Is Snappier Than Vista
11:50PM Matt Buchanan | Most people will tell you that Windows 7 is snappier than Vista, even though the raw numbers say otherwise. But it’s not in your head. Windows 7 is more responsive than Vista. Here’s why. More »
Design
Protect Yourself Against the Swine Flu, With Style
10:42PM Jesus Diaz | The WHO has raised the Swine Flu—which you can follow in this map or through Twitter—to alert level 5, which means a pandemic is imminent. Not funny. Some people, however, are having fun. More »
Computers
Disgruntled MacBook Air Owner Has Poor Problem-Solving Skills, A Knife
9:29PM John Herrman | This gentleman is extremely upset about his MacBook Air’s damaged hinge, so what does he do? He stabs it in the face, obviously. More »
Gadgets
Kindle’s Wireless Document Delivery Gets a Hefty Price Hike, Now Charged by the Megabyte
8:07PM John Herrman | Initially, Amazon’s Personal Document Service would push converted files to your Kindle for a flat $US0.10 each. Well, changes are afoot: Amazon has announced expanded format support, but a higher fee of $US0.15—at least. More »
Hardware
Apple Assembles Chip Design Team, Plans Custom iPhone Guts
7:02PM John Herrman | The WSJ reports that Apple is putting together an all-star chip design team, starting with the former CTO of AMD, to work on in-house units for mobile devices. Old habits die hard, I guess. More »
Regulars
Spying Lions with Elephant Poop
6:55PM Jesus Diaz | Sometimes, nature’s best images are not taken with the best cameras and the largest objectives. Sometimes all it takes is a load of elephant dung. The results are cute, frightening, majestic, and always stunningly beautiful. More »
Design
Architecture Student Proposes Bacterially-Grown Wall Across the Entire Sahara Desert
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | To combat the Sahara Desert’s ongoing growth, student Magnus Larsson has proposed a 6,000km wall that will be—wait for it—constructed by letting a bacterium have its way with the sand, forming sandstone. More »
Business
Google Chrome Short Films for the Browser That’s Warm and Fuzzy
3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Google commissioned 11 short films about its Chrome browser, ranging from exceedingly slick and excellently-soundtracked (below) to cool stop-action films. They’re all very well-done and variously informative and adorable. [Google Chrome via TechCrunch] More »
Cameras
Flip UltraHD Camcorder Lightning Review
2:01PM Matt Buchanan | The Flip UltraHD is the true sequel to the cheap, crappy-but-good enough camcorder that’s smuggled 13 percent of the market and was once our favourite cheap camcorder. So, how is it in HD?
QOTD
