Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Software
HTC’s Android Interface Makes Us Temporarily Forget All About Palm Pre
11:40PM Matt Buchanan | Palm what? A better look at HTC’s custom Android “Donut” build for Hero shows us just how buttery smooth and slick Android can be, and it’s incredible. More »
Random Stuff
Dominoes Make the Office Fun Again for Three Minutes
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Created for the Imagine RIT festival at the Rochester Institue of Technology, this video is a testimony of the power of dominoes—which apparently can turn on a photocopier—and office boredom. We like. [DRB] More »
Hardware
The Glorious, Hulking History of 3D Graphics
11:00PM Matt Buchanan | From the Voodoo1 in 1996 to the wallet-and-pixel crushing Nvidia GeForce GTX 285, Maximum PC recounts the entire history of 3D graphics in ultra-gory detail. A fantastically nerdy way to kill 30 minutes. [Maximum PC] More »
Computers
Luxurious Meco HTCP Demands You Always Use a Coaster
10:40PM Mark Wilson | You see that table on the right? That’s not a table, it’s a PC. Well… I guess it’s sort of a table too. But it’s also a PC. More »
Design
Smaller Next-Gen iPhone Renderings Make My Credit Card Itchy
10:20PM Jesus Diaz | Some people are obsessed with the fabled iPhone nano. But why go nano when the next iPhone 3 just can go smaller? Some Chinese guy thought the same and got created these pretty pretty renderings. More »
Entertainment
In Which I Do Not Make a Joke About The Sarah Connor Chronicles Getting ‘Terminated’
9:58PM John Herrman | Just before the film arm of its franchise gets a much-anticipated reboot, The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been canceled by Fox. Sadly, even the show’s bold cost-cutting measures weren’t enough to save it. [Reg] More »
Phones
It’s Official: Palm Pre Coming June 6th for $US200
9:02PM John Herrman | Sprint has formally announced that the Palm Pre will be available on June 6th for $US199.99 on a two-year contract, after rebates. Interestingly, that’s two days before Apple’s next big event and probable product launch.
Science
Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh
8:11PM John Herrman | NASA’s latest Hubble repair mission was—even as orbital repair missions go—a tough one. It’s great news, then, that they’ve finished repairing the rickety old telescope, which they’ll release this morning. So they celebrated. More »
Screens
LG ‘World’s Thinnest’ LCD TVs Are Just 6mm Thick
6:29PM John Herrman | I’m not entirely sure that these sets can lay claim an actual record, but LCD’s 1080p, 6mm-deep, sub-9kg, 42-inch and 47-inch TVs do look awfully thin. More »
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