Saturday, June 13, 2009

Geek Out

Separated At Birth?

6:00PM June 13, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

I’m sorry, but I just gotta know—are Dell Dude #1 Michael Dell and Iron Man director Jon Favreau secretly related? Does their freakish resemblance not trouble anyone else?


Self-Charging PR2 Robot Travels Between Rooms In Search Of Power

1:30PM June 13, 2009 | Andi Wang

Unlike Roombas and the ASIMO that require specific charging docks to refuel their power, the PR2 uses the standard 3-pronged electrical outlet for its power source. More »


Mobile

IPhone 3.0 Is Re-Allowing You To Re-Download Apps For Free

12:30PM June 13, 2009 | Andi Wang

According to a lead developer at Apple—and a few tests run on the iPhone 3.0 to confirm—the inability to re-download previously purchased apps on iPhone 3.0 was just a bug. [Appadvice - Thanks Mahmoud!]


XERO Project Green Building Concept: Veggie Does Dallas

12:00PM June 13, 2009 | Andi Wang

Somewhat like a vegetarian version of the Dragonfly building in Manhattan, the XERO Project is a proposed idea of bringing local agriculture, orchards, gardens and food stalls into the city of Dallas, all under one roof. More »


Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

11:30AM June 13, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today. (Until now, obviously.) More »


Mobile

Running Custom Firmware On The Palm Pre Is Rather Easy

10:44AM June 13, 2009 | Jason Chen

Developer Steven Troughton-Smith seems to have discovered that running unsigned (custom) firmware—even firmware that bypasses the activation process—is super easy. More »


Entertainment

DRM Group To Kill Analog Blu-ray Output

10:40AM June 13, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The AACS Licensing Authority is most renowned as the group behind the DRM found in Blu-ray discs—the same DRM, mind you, that’s already been cracked. And they’re out to kill analogue. More »


Mobile

Palm Pre’s Fonts Custom Designed By Font Bureau Type Foundry

9:41AM June 13, 2009 | Jason Chen

The large, incredibly readable font on the Pre is part of why we said the OS was so usable in our review, but we just thought it was a nice choice of fonts; we didn’t know Palm commissioned it themselves. More »


Ninomiya-kun Fights Robot Illiteracy

9:40AM June 13, 2009 | Sean Fallon

I’ve seen plenty of devices that turn pages for you, but Ninomiya-kun takes things a step further by actually reading books aloud. More »