Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Games

Pirates Breach the DSi with the DSONEi

11:40PM Mark Wilson | You’d only need to be a little sceptical to realise that the main impetus behind the DSi was to thwart the rampant piracy on the DS. Well the DSi had a good run… More »
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Random Stuff

Steve Jobs Permitted to Bulldoze (Historic?) Mansion

11:21PM Mark Wilson | In 1984, Steve Jobs purchased the 17,250, 14-bedroom Spanish Colonial Revival Jackling House. Built in 1925 by copper mining mogul Daniel Jackling, many thought it historic, but Jobs never really liked the home. More »
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Science

Most Dangerous Shuttle Mission Ever Gets Off to a Rough Start

11:00PM John Herrman | They may have made it to space without blowing up, but just one day into their famously dangerous mission, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis already have something to worry about: heat shield damage. More »
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Business

WWDC Keynote Monday, June 8th 10AM: As Expected, No Steve Jobs

10:43PM Brian Lam | Apple’s WWDC Keynote will happen on Monday June 8th, at 10am. Phil Schiller will be presenting, as he has the last two Apple events. It’s tempting to start asking, “Where’s Steve?”, because it’s June. Don’t.
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Software

Windows Marketplace for Mobile Now Open to Developers

10:24PM John Herrman | Not much has been left to mystery with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile app store—we even know what it’ll look like. Now it has officially opened its doors to developers, and published all the rules. More »
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Business

Intel Smacked With Staggering $US1.45 Billion Fine in Euro Antitrust Case

9:13PM John Herrman | In the largest trust-busting fining in EU history—about twice as severe as the infamous Microsoft antitrust ruling of 2004 and a hair worse than the ensuing $US1.44 billion penalty for noncompliance—Intel has been ordered to pay $1.45 billion by European Commission regulators. What the hell did they do? EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said Intel had pursued a strategy aimed mainly at excluding A.M.D. by paying computer makers and retailers to postpone, cancel or avoid A.M.D. products entirely. More »
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Design

Japanese Marriage Bra Gently Nudges Men Toward Nuptials, With Boobs

8:45PM John Herrman | Triumph international, the same guys who came up with the eminently practical Chopstick Bra, have channeled their proudly insincere energies into fake-solving Japan’s declining marriage rate. Behold… The Marriage Hunting Bra. More »
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Hardware

Samsung Ships First 32GB moviNAND Chips (Translation: More Storage In Your Pocket, Sooner)

7:45PM John Herrman | They’re not the first major manufacturer to ship 32-gigabit NAND chips, nor are they the first to sell 32-gigabyte embedded cards. But they are the biggest, which means this step could have huge, fantastic consequences. More »
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Robots

And Now For Something Completely Underwhelming – Dancing Robots

5:00PM Nick Broughall | What’s worse than the fact that I actually stood there and filmed the entire routine is that it was one of the highlights of the Australian CeBit show. Seriously – for the average gadget fan, there was not a lot more than cheap, ugly electronics that you wouldn’t even buy cheap in China. If you were thinking about going tomorrow, I’d save yourself the price of entry… More »
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Computers

Shuttle X50 Touchscreen Nettop Coming To Australia

4:30PM Nick Broughall | At CeBit yesterday, the guys at Altech were showing off the Shuttle X50 touchscreen net-top. And although I couldn’t get a price on it, the 1366 x 768 touchscreen computer looked fantastic, as you can see from the video below. More »
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