Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - Page 2
Mobile

Video: Palm Pre Unboxed

We don’t know where, when, or by whom this was filmed, but it looks very real to us, confirming our earlier suspicions that the Pre will be packaged in a box. [Thanks, shopperciti.com!]


Geek Out

Aziz Ansari vs. IMAX Battle Escalates: Ansari Challenges IMAX CEO to Debate

Utterly lovable comedian Aziz Ansari made a fair-sized splash when he lambasted IMAX’s watered-down “IMAX Experience” theatres as a ripoff. But now his single blog post has turned into a full-on debate with IMAX’s CEO.


Computing

New Apple Ad Mocks Microsoft Laptop Hunters In Usual Smarmy Way

Apple’s new ad takes solid aim at Microsoft’s recent much-talked-about Laptop Hunters ad series with the Apple style fully intact. In other words, it’s really, really smug.


Software

AT&T Uses Semantics to Justify Locking Down SlingPlayer For iPhone

We all know that tens of thousands of iPhones streaming TV 3G from their Slingboxes would slow down AT&T’s already saggy network. What we don’t get is how AT&T is justifying their position.


DIY Aged Leather-Bound Hard Drive Is At Total Odds With Your Slob Lifestyle

Sure, this mod looks great. But sooner or later, somebody’s going to ask about the contrast between this classiness and the seven pizza boxes on the floor.


Gaming

WeSii, XRay And StingRay Add a Pico Projector To Your Gaming Console

Gizmodo AU

Probably the one truly interesting gadget to come out of CeBit in Sydney yesterday were these Pico projector docks from Digislide, which connect to your console and let you take your games on the road with you.


Gadgets

Card Skimmers Yield Over $US2M to Thieves in NY

We’ve been hearing more about card skimmers on ATMs throughout America. Reports now say that it has gotten to the point that $US2M has already been stolen via card-skimming in New York alone.


Living in a Sci-Fi World with Futuristic Megastructures

Here’s a look at what our worlds might look like if we lived amongst futuristic megastructures, including modernised Arcosanti ruins, Blade Runner’s Off-world, or even EPA/Simpsons-esque domes in the middle of Manhattan.


Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today. (Until now, obviously.)


Cameras

JVC Introduces Their First 8K Projector

JVC latest projectors—one at 8K (8,192×4,320pixels) and the other at 4K (3,840×2,160pixels)—come with 10,000 lumens of brightness and produce a 5500:1 contrast ratio.