Thursday, June 18, 2009

Babyglow Rebrands Hypercolor As Life Saving Onesie

11:50PM June 18, 2009 | Mark Wilson

In the past, diagnosing a baby’s fever involved holding the child close while creating a maternal bond. Now, you can tell from across the room! With fashion!! More »


Gaming

An NES Controller Purchased From The Merchant Of Venice

11:10PM June 18, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Some things seen can never be unseen. That’s why we’re sticking one man’s NES controller—which he engraved into his flesh—after the jump. More »


Computing

Why Laptop Battery Claims Are Useless, Why That Won’t Change

10:05PM June 18, 2009 | John Herrman

It’s one of those things we take for granted: official laptop battery life claims have an extremely tenuous relationship with reality. Not surprisingly, everyone’s using the same tricks to conjure their silly estimates—and they don’t plan of stopping. More »


Cars

Koenigsegg’s “Solar Sportscar” Could Be Speeding Past You Soon

9:15PM June 18, 2009 | Simon Crisp

The Koenigsegg Quant, an impressive Batmobile-styled solar sportscar, could soon be going into production. More »


Computing

The Great Apple Tablet Conspiracy Finally Engulfs Snow Leopard

8:30PM June 18, 2009 | John Herrman

Someone at CNET has a theeeoooorrry! You see, Snow Leopard, Apple’s “under-the-hood” update to Mac OS X, actually has plenty of over-the-hood enhancements, most of which are suspiciously finger friendly. I think you can guess where this is going. More »


Mobile

Slick New Blackberry Messenger Coming To All OS 5.0 Devices

6:59PM June 18, 2009 | Simon Crisp

It looks like the incredibly cool new Blackberry Messenger app will be making its way to all devices running OS 5.0. More »


Mobile

Will Nokia Be Releasing A N97 Mini Or N97 Lite? Vodafone Think So

6:06PM June 18, 2009 | Simon Crisp

Vodafone seems to have let slip that Nokia are planning a “Mini” or “Lite” version of the recently released N97 smartphone. More »


Mobile

IPhone 3GS Review Matrix: What Everybody’s Saying

4:00PM June 18, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

It’s time for another roundup of pundits espousing heartfelt admiration and none-too-bloody criticism of a pretty hot Apple product. How did they—I mean “it”—do this time around? Have a look-see… More »


Mobile

Optus Charging $10 For The Right To Tether Your iPhone

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3:00PM June 18, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Apparently Optus has sent out a press release to certain publications, including our sister site Lifehacker, with some details about their plans for data tethering for the iPhone. Maybe they left Giz off the list because deep down they were so ashamed to be charging $10 a month just for the right to tether your iPhone… More »


Gaming

Xbox.com Redesign Puts More Emphasis On The Handsomer, Slimmer Virtual You

3:00PM June 18, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

While the brief maintenance-related outage didn’t result in new updates for Xbox Live or Zune, Xbox.com’s MyXbox page got a nice little aesthetic overhaul. The new design gives your avatar more prominence as well as offering faster access to stats. More »