Saturday, June 6, 2009

Gaming

E3 2009 Roundup: Revenge of the Motion Controllers

11:00PM June 6, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

E3 was positively epic this year—it’s like we got brand new consoles from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, but with the same boxes we have in our living room right now. Here’s all our coverage in one handy spot:


Pre Touchstone Charger’s Got Special Powers Too

1:30PM June 6, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The Pre cuts cheese, but does it stick to anything? Its Touchstone charger does. [BBG]

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Downtown SF Apple Store Gets PWNed, Unintentionally Advertises Competitor’s Product

1:00PM June 6, 2009 | Andi Wang

An advertisement banner for doubleTwist—a software application that lets users access their iTunes library on any device—has shown up on a display window directly next to the San Francisco Apple store’s main entrance.

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Desk Lamp Created Out of Junky Rotary Phone

12:30PM June 6, 2009 | Andi Wang

Although it’s cute and clever, imagine the mayhem this table desk telephone lamp will cause. We’ll start hearing reports about grandpas with singed ear hairs and dumfounded children who can’t get their telephones to turn on. [Junktion via DesignBoom]

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Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

12:00PM June 6, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Gadgets

Sling Back Universal Wire Retractor Helps You Go Wire-Less

11:30AM June 6, 2009 | Andi Wang

If your room is as messy as mine and these cable holders and midget wires aren’t helping reduce the clutter of tangled wires, maybe it’s time to try the $US10 Sling Back universal wire retractor.

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Mobile

Elderly Woman Rams Mobile Phone Store, Palm Pre Connection Questionable

11:27AM June 6, 2009 | Jason Chen

Although the NBC Chicago News credits the elderly woman for being slightly too eager to get the Palm Pre, there doesn’t seem to be any actual evidence that she actually wants a Pre. Nice try Chicago. [NBC Chicago via Palmpre.org]

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Software

BlackBerry Facebook 1.6 Is More Like Real Facebook

11:25AM June 6, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Facebook for BlackBerry 1.6 is more in line with the iPhone app or, um, the website than the previous version of the app with a more newsfeed-y homepage and a slideshow format for photos, among another new features. You can grab it now: [BlackBerry]

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Entertainment

Obama’s BlackBerry: No Wonder He Couldn’t Let Go

11:00AM June 6, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Kasper Hauser, the brilliant minds behind the SkyMaul parody, have tackled another delicate tech subject: President Obama’s beloved BlackBerry. When you see the First Dude staring at his handheld and snickering, this is what’s going on.


Geek Out

Who Is That Guy Again?

10:40AM June 6, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

No, that one in the middle is Herman Munster. And that one on the right is Yul Brynner. No, not Miss Marple either. Wait, is that Janeane Garofalo? Whatever. I mean the bald guy who is not Telly Savalas.

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