Thursday, May 14, 2009
Gadgets
Amazon Opens Kindle to All Bloggers
11:55PM Jesus Diaz | If you are a blogger and want to sell a subscription to your blog, now you can sign up for the Kindle Publishing for Blogs beta program. Amazon will convert your full RSS in a Kindle-friendly stream and put it up for sale in their store. More »
Design
Any Excuse Is Good to Post the ZX Spectrum
11:40PM Jesus Diaz | It wasn’t popular in the US, but in Europe it was huge during the 80s. Black, sleek, slippery when wet, rainbowy. I loved its rubber keyboard. Just like the new Boing Boing Gadgets’ redesign. [BBG] More »
Random Stuff
Don’t Take Your Effing Mobile Phone to the White House, OK?
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Oh, those White House press corps kids and their baggie pants and rap music and ringing mobile phones. You can tell that—behind that smile—principal Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is pissed off. [Thanks OMGPonies] More »
Computers
Asus’s Super Skinny Eee PC 1008HA Seashell Is $US429, Still Gorgeous
11:00PM Matt Buchanan | Yes boys and girls, this tapered sliver of a machine really is an Eee PC. And it’s really a netbook. It’s $US429. Here are the specs: More »
Toys
Steam-Powered Dragon Poised to Invade, Revolutionise Transport
10:39PM Mark Wilson | Most of us haven’t grown up to possess our own dragon, settling for the mundanity of riding a mid-class Ford, Hyundai or Toyota to work. What if I said that can all change for you? More »
Online
No More Excuses, Grandpa: Gmail Now Imports Mail and Contacts from Hotmail, Yahoo, and AOL
10:35PM John Herrman | In an effort to scoop up some of those people who are tethered to their current webmail services by nothing except the sheer inconvenience of switching, Google has implemented easy migration tools for straggling Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL users. The service does their current POP3 import feature one better, grabbing contacts as well. The feature should roll out to everyone within a few days. [Gmail Blog] More »
Software
Windows Mobile Team Admits, Explains 6.5’s Half-Assed UI
9:32PM John Herrman | During an otherwise dry TechED conference panel about Windows Mobile 6.5 development, Senior Project Manager Loke Uei Tan made a surprising admission: 6.5’s semi-vaunted new interface was severely rushed, and isn’t even finished. UPDATED
Networks
World’s Second Largest Wireless Carrier Kills International Roaming Charges
8:40PM John Herrman | From June 1st, customers of Vodafone, the world’s second largest wireless carrier, will be able to text and call from over 35 countries at no extra charge. Attention American carriers: Be more like this. More »
Games
Alleged PS3 Slim Spy Shots Inspire Hope, Doubt
6:55PM John Herrman | Dredged from the Far East of the blogosphere and spreading rapidly, these photos are said to be of a new, smaller version of the PS3. They’re plentiful and clear, but could they be real? UPDATED More »
Entertainment
