Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - Page 2
News

Check Out Our New Stylin’ Design

In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve been working hard today to make your favourite gadget site even easier to read and interact with.


Cameras

130-Megapixel Camera Made From A Scanner And An Ancient Lens

The idea of a scanner-made camera is nothing super new, but concocting one which snaps photos at 130-megapixels is pretty amazing. That’s exactly what some Japanese dude with a touch of tech know-how accomplished.


Mobile

WebOS 1.0.2 Update Goes Live For The Palm Pre, SDK Coming Soon

The 1.0.2 WebOS firmware update for the Palm Pre went live over the weekend, promising stability improvements and a new alarm clock. Also, Palm says the SDK is coming soon.


Gadgets

IPhone 3GS, MacBook Pros, Snow Leopard, More From WWDC 2009

Today was big for Apple, busting out hardware updates in the two hottest lines—iPhones and MacBooks—along with final details on the overhauls of their two operating systems, too. We saw everything but a tablet—and Steve Jobs.


Gadgets

WWDC 2009 Rumour Smash: Some Were Right, Most Were SUCK!

Though Jesus debunked a number of the more fun WWDC rumors—what’s a “unibody” iPhone?—in his sober-light-of-day roundup last Friday, it’s nice to run through them all, to see how many rumours were true, and how many were smashable.


Software

Apple WWDC 2009 Keynote Now Online

Did you miss our liveblog? The iPhone 3GS comprehensive feature guide? Snow Leopard’s new stuff? Perhaps the new MacBooks? Well, you can read about it or watch the WWDC 2009 Keynote now. [WWDC 2009 Keynote]


Gadgets

Aussie Apple Announcement Details

Gizmodo AU

It’s been a massive morning of Apple announcements out of the Worldwide Developers Conference in the US, so it’s only natural to summarise all the local implications here in one place. Here.


Apple Videoconferencing Kit Now Available for iPhone 3GS Too, ZOMG!

Like always, most of the rumours were random crap (except the leaked Chinese photos and our predictions.) The front-facing videoconference camera was wrong—as we know now—but Apple has a solution: The iPhone 3G S Videoconferencing Kit:


USB-Powered Beans Microwave: What USB Was Created For

Sometimes, when you’re sitting at your desk, all you want are some piping-hot baked beans. Hey, we all know it, why not admit it? That’s why Heinz is working on a USB beans microwave.


Mobile

Does Apple Want iPhone 3GS Buyers to Go Blind or Die of Boredom?

You probably saw the iPhone 3GS vs iPhone 3G comparison chart, but did you notice this… block of gibberish at the end?