Thursday, June 18, 2009 - Page 2
Software

IPhone 3.0 Features Clueless “Objectionable Content” Warnings

Amidst all the great stuff in iPhone 3.0, there’s bound to be a few oddballs that just aren’t as impressive or useful as we’d like—for example, “objectionable content” warnings on such harmless apps as Shazam.


Online

Microsoft Resorts To Bribing People Away From Firefox

Gizmodo AU

So it appears that Microsoft has given up on trying to compete with Firefox on a simple feature for feature basis, and instead has opted to go for bribery in an effort to get people to download IE8.


Where Bolt-Action, Electromagnetic Coil Guns Are Made

I don’t know what kind of school this kid goes to, but I doubt my shop teacher would have allowed me to build an electromagnetic coil gun that can send a round through a soda can.


Computing

You Can Run Over A Lenovo ThinkPad T400s With A 11,750Kg Truck

I mean, I don’t really see why you’d want to run over a non-rugged, Lenovo T400s laptop with a large truck. But as I was told many times as a kid, it’s a free country. Anyways, the spinnerific HDD survived.


Artmu Laptop Sleeve ‘Transforms’ Into A Mouse Pad

Triggering a “why the hell didn’t I think of that?!” moment, Artmu has designed a laptop sleeve that, when unzipped and opened up completely, transforms into an effective mouse pad. Altogether now: Why didn’t I think of that? [Aving]


Samsung’s 24-Inch Monitor Comes With 5 Megapixel Webcam

Most standalone webcams are still trying to capture video at 3-megapixels, but Samsung’s gone and pasted a 5-megapixel webcam on the 24-inch Scopia VC240 monitor. Now we can finally see topless Jesus in all his HD glory!


Mobile

iPhone 3GS Definitely Coming to Three in July

Gizmodo AU

So after yesterday’s rumour, today, Three have added a pre-registration page to their store for the iPhone 3GS, which pretty much confirms that they’ll be selling the iPhone. There’s absolutely no information about pricing or deals, other than they’re asking if you’re interested in an 8GB, 16GB or 32GB model.


Gaming

Video Of NVidia Tegra Powering Augmented Reality Game Is Awesome

Gizmodo AU

How many of you brushed off NVidia’s Tegra platform announcement a few weeks ago as just another boring processor development? Yeah, thats what I thought. Well, watch this video and you will very quickly change your mind.


Cameras

Researchers Cram A Camera Into A Sheet Of Fiber

Another day, another innovation from MIT researchers. This time, it’s a camera built in the middle of a 25mm fibre sheet, which might be the coolest invention we will never use (save for an appearance in Splinter Cell 10).


Software

iPhone 3.0 Tethering Working On Vodafone, Not Optus Or Telstra

Gizmodo AU

Now that a good chunk of the 40 million iPhone owners around the world have upgraded to iPhone 3.0 software, we’re hearing local reports that internet tethering is working for Aussie Vodafone customers, but not Telstra or Optus ones. Typical.