Monday, May 11, 2009 - Page 2
Entertainment

iPrimus To Get Unmetered TiVo Downloads

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iPrimus today announced that they will be offering unmetered downloads to TiVo customers from June.


Keep It Tidy Phone Station Keeps Your Phone Charger… Tidy. Hmmm.

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This is the kind of cheap plastic accessory I can get behind. Instead of having piles of cable stranded across the room when you’re charging your mobile, this station sits between your powerpoint and your charger and offers cable management and a holder for your phone while charging.


Nostalgic Trekkies Can Cling to the Original Series With This Retro Tricorder Replica

J.J Abrams’ Star Trek took the original characters in a new, wonderful direction, but that doesn’t mean people still can’t enjoy the boxy look of the original series with this sharp-looking tricorder replica.


Gaming

Screaming Into Mobile Phones Wins This Tuuug of War

At NYU’s ITP, I heard the shrill and desperate scream of a child. It turned out to be a kid playing Nobu Nakaguchi’s multiplayer interactive telephony called Tuuug of War.


Mobile

When Does A Text Message Cost You $9.6 Million?

As one of our T drivers found out this week in Boston, it costs that much when you send it while driving the Green Line and plow into the back of a stopped train.


Dexim Dock Brings Your iPhone Videos To Your TV

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If you download a heap of TV shows or movies from iTunes, but don’t have an Apple TV to get them onto your 50-inch plasma in your loungeroom, the Dexim AV dock could potentially be the workaround you’ve been looking for.


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Optus Clearing Out Old iPhone Stock With A Price Drop? (UPDATED)

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Jo Hanlon over at CNet AU is telling people that Optus are about to drop the price of the 8GB iPhone to $0 upfront on a $49 plan. Do you reckon they’re clearing out stock before a new iPhone is announced or what?


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Rumour: Wii MotionPlus to Cost $35, Launch June 18

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Our gaming brethren over at Kotaku have been putting together rumours, innuendo, leaks, and a little bit of crystal balling to determine when exactly Australia will be getting its hands on some true motion gaming from Nintendo. And while it’s still a rumour and therefore completely unconfirmed, it’s believable enough for us to tell you all about it here.


Online

Do Your Hugs Suck?

Hugs are silent, but they say a lot. A half-body clap is like a “hello” popsicle, informal but icy. Then there’s tucked-head tackle—aka “MmmYousmellsogood.” Celina’s sensor decodes hugs and sends them to Twitter. [ITP, Twitter]


Cars

Boeing Goes The Marvel Route With Naming Of New Stealth Drone

Boeing’s experimental unmanned “Phantom Ray” drone is scheduled for testing in 2010. Either Boeing is out of military-sounding code names or it, too, is caught up in the comic book craze that’s seized Hollywood.