Friday, May 29, 2009
Entertainment
Is Hulu Coming to Xbox 360?
11:40PM Mark Wilson | Olivia Munn, geek goddess of Attack of the Show, posted an interesting tweet last night. “Just finished promos for hulu/microsoft event I’m doing on june 8!” Just what hulu/Microsoft event could she be referring to? UPDATE More »
Computers
Alienware’s ‘Allpowerful’ m17x Obliterates Crysis With Dual 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M Graphics Cards
11:20PM Matt Buchanan | The mystery of the Alienware ‘allpowerful’ has been pierced a few days before E3—a brand new m17x stuffed with so much power it might just cause cancer: Dual 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M graphics cards and a Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core CPU for starters. More »
Design
Naked Ladies Slipping on Banana Peels on the DS
10:50PM Mark Wilson | We’ve seen a Disney artist draw some technically proficient images on the iPhone, but for some reason—maybe it’s the hardware, maybe it’s the content—we just weren’t as captivated. More »
Weapons
DIY Coil Gun with Laser Gun Sight Fires at 110km/h
10:27PM Jesus Diaz | If an atomic zombie is molesting you, get this coil gun, aim with its built-in laser gun sight and pew-pew a metal projectile at 110km/h into his rotting cranium, with a total energy of 18 joules. More »
Business
Dell Reports 63% Drop In Earnings, Banks On Windows 7
10:01PM John Herrman | Everyone in tech is taking an economic beating right now, but Dell is doing particularly badly. Why? Turns out their business customers—which make up about three quarters of total sales—are buying even fewer computers than regulars folks. More »
Phones
How (and Why) the Palm Pre Syncs Directly With iTunes
9:18PM John Herrman | “DVD Jon” Johansen, a guy who knows a thing or five about iTunes syncing, breaks down how the Pre must pull it off: by reporting itself as an iPod. It’s brazen, and possibly brilliant. More »
GPS
Garmin 310XT GPS Fitness Watch Deemed the ‘King of Training Tools’
8:10PM John Herrman | So says Wired, the first folks to literally run it through its paces. Waterproofing and sleeker styling compared to its fatty fat fat predecessors are both noted pluses, but the clincher is that the 310XT does, well, ev-er-y-thing. More »
Screens
Pixel Qi’s Magical Hybrid E-Paper LCD Coming This Fall
6:12PM John Herrman | Mary Lou Jepsen has posted a few early pictures of her low-cost everything-killer 3Qi screen, which can seamlessly operate as sunlight-readable e-paper, a backlit LCD or a full-motion, low-power transflective display. And, she says, 10.1-inch models are shipping by Fall. More »
Peripherals
49-Port USB Hub Houses All Your Stupid USB Gimmicks
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Just think of the possibilities. 49 beer-filled USB drives. 49 humping dogs. 49 tiny, disturbing, plastic strippers. And, for you lonely types, 49 robot vaginas. It’s like Brando’s wet dream come to life. More »
Gadgets
