Monday, June 1, 2009 - Page 2

What Gadgets Do You Take Travelling With You?

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I have a problem. A serious one. Whenever I go travelling – whether for work or pleasure – I carry way too many gadgets with me. And this trip to Computex is no different.


Gadgets

Puppy Monorail Makes Me Fear for Mankind’s Future

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Of all the ridiculous things one can see at the Maker Faire, the Puppy Mover Monorail might take the cake.


Gadgets

DIY Video Camera Stabiliser Provides Champagne-Level Film Making On A Beer Budget

If you, too, want to start making Hollywood calibre videos like our man Adam Frucci, this $US14 DIY video camera stabilizer project we found over at Lifehacker today will help. Now you just need to work on being funny. [MAKE (PDF) via Lifehacker]


News

Giz AU Coming Live From Computex 2009 This Week

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By the time you guys read this, I’ll be soaring over Australia on QF 127 to Hong Kong on my way to Computex in Taipei. Who wants Duty Free booze?


ACCC Not Going To Stop Vodafone And Three Merger

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This one came through Friday afternoon after beer o’clock, but it looks like that Vodafone merger with Three here in Australia is going to go ahead, after the ACCC did the fatherly thing and gave the companies its blessing. So now the two companies want to finalise everything within the next two weeks.


Unconfirmed: Zune HD Launch Is September 5, Says Microsoft ‘Guru’

Microsoft “guru” Paul Thurott says the Zune HD launches on September 5. Mind you, this info comes fresh from the Zune forums, so we’ll slap a rumour on it for now with the caveat that it matches our earlier post about a September launch window. [Zune Forums - Thanks Joel]


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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How (and Why) the Palm Pre Syncs Directly With iTunes Well that sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen…

Slide-to-Unlock iPanties Now Available to All iPhone Fangirls, Fanboys, and Fantrans Tip: Make sure your relationship is strong before you buy them for your girlfriend…

10 Gadgets That Will Keep Computer Users From Turning Into Quasimodo Why the anti-hunchback sentiment?

How Regular Movies Become ‘IMAX’ Films Hint: There’s no magic.

PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth Why, oh why didn’t they add a second analogue stick?

Pixel Qi: The Display That Will Make You Want an E-Reader I want an e-reader already, so this thing better be special. What’s that? It is?

The Seven IMAX Wonders of the World Darling Harbour FTW!


Will You Be Prime?

In the tradition of the Atari ring comes this gold Optimus Prime ring from deviantartist =Dans-Magic.


Energizer Energi To Go Line Now Boosts iPhone Battery Life, Sucks Up Solar

The folks at Energizer are updating their Energi To Go line of rechargeable battery life extenders to encompass the iPhone 3G and solar power.


Science

Smile: The First Six-Astronaut Crew Ever at the ISS

Right now, orbiting at 400 km above Earth’s surface, we have a permanent crew of six astronauts at the International Space Station, a first in the history of space exploration.