Saturday, May 30, 2009 - Page 2
Software

The Week In iPhone Apps: Sonic the Hedgehog Learns to Read

Ok, let’s just acknowledge something so we can all move on. This happened. Now, some apps.


Software

Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 Starter Won’t Have 3-App Limit, But It Still Sucks

Microsoft confirms that the 3-apps-at-a-time limit has been indeed been removed from Windows 7 Starter. But it’s missing Aero, you still can’t change the desktop background or sounds or window colours or use Windows Media Centre, so you still don’t want it. [Windows Team Blog]


News

About Those Other App Stores

Why does the iPhone get its own app roundup every week? W-w-what about the rest of us? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS SMARTPHONE? We should explain.


Entertainment

How Regular Movies Become ‘IMAX’ Films

Pretty as it is, 70mm film has been deemed too expensive for shooting Hollywood productions. So this is how IMAX preps finished movies for the up close and personal demands of IMAX.


Gadgets

10 Gadgets That Will Keep Computer Users From Turning Into Quasimodo

There are throngs of reality shows devoted to documenting dangerous professions…but what about professional blogging? Like other sedentary, computer-focused jobs, we are faced with the prospect of turning into deformed freaks from years of hunching and typing. If you face a similar fate, these gadgets can help.


Gadgets

The Tota Caddy Handles Cups Of Coffee Like a Suitcase

Using the Tota Coffee Carrier, office lackeys could easily transport up to 8 cups of coffee (2 units in each hand) without having to worry about spills and second degree burns.


Mobile

Possible iPhone 3G 2009 Compared to Shiny iPhone 3G

MacRumors is claiming that this may be the new iPhone 3G 2009, which looks more or less like the current one, but with a matte finish. I hope it’s true, because I love the dark gun finish.


Software

A Week in the Life of an Apple App Store Reviewer

From John Gruber’s diary of an App Store reviewer: “Not sure what a ‘lingam’ is, but if it means what I think it means, just thinking about it is making mine swell. Jackpot. Rejected app for inappropriate content.” Tragicomedy ’cause it’s true: [Daring Fireball, Image via Joy of Tech]


Online

Korean BBQ Taco Truck Twits Its Way Through Your Hood

I have the best Mexican taco truck parked at all times a few blocks from my home, but I wouldn’t mind following this Korean BBQ taco truck in Twitter to see when it comes around here.


Cameras

I Could Spend All Day at the Canon Camera Museum

I wish every company who made gadgets did this: The Canon Camera Museum is a comprehensive virtual tour of Canon’s camera history. Every DSLR, film camera and point-and-shoot, the history of Canon design and technology, random trivia, it’s all there. [Canon via Retro Thing via Wired]