Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - Page 2
Entertainment

Pioneer WiMax In-Car PMP Streams Audio, Video From Your Home Server


Software

Sugar On A Stick Turns Any Netbook Into Your Very Own OLPC

While it’s probably not very practical for typical day-to-day laptop use, the Sugar Linux desktop environment, designed for the OLPC project, is a novel take on user interfaces. Now, Sugar Labs has released Sugar on a Stick, a version of the OS that is designed to boot, run and save data from and on a USB drive. [Techradar]


Mobile

Is HTC Launching New Android Phones Today?

HTC’s London event, happening today at about 12:00am GMT (7:00am Eastern) today, has already been pegged as a launch for two new Android phones in a report by Digitimes. Their invitation also contained certain, ahem, floral clues. Now, this tweet:


Software

RealPlayer SP Rips, Converts, Shares And Syncs Internet Video

Real’s new RealPlayer SP software, currently in beta, adds functionality to rip YouTube and other streaming videos from the Internet and get them onto whatever handheld you choose. It works well enough, but it’s also crammed full of unnecessary features.


Will You Attend Optus’ Midnight iPhone 3GS Launch?

Gizmodo AU

I just received word from Optus that due to popular demand, they’ll be opening their flagship stores at midnight on Thursday night to start selling the iPhone 3GS.


Software

Boxee Beta Comes To Windows, Brings MLB, Digg, Tumblr Support

Boxee held a big developer’s meeting today in San Francisco, and boy did they pack in the announcements. Aside from Windows support, the platform as a whole now supports Digg, Tumblr, and MLB. Most importantly, it’s finally leaving alpha.


Mobile

Vodafone Announces iPhone 3GS Pricing

Gizmodo AU

Vodafone just announced their iPhone 3GS pricing. Check it out below the jump:


Computing

Panasonic Toughbook Survives Tiger Attacks, Elephant Stomps, And Gunshots

Most of us have no need for Panasonic’s Toughbook-30: Its specs are unremarkable and the 13.3-inch laptop weighs over 8 pounds. But then, our mortal laptops could never survive the ridiculous, almost cartoony beating Forbes gave it.


News

Win! One Of Three Complete Stargate Atlantis Box Sets

Gizmodo AU

If I were to discover the lost city of Atlantis, I would totally turn it into a Wet ‘n Wild type themepark. I love waterslides!


Uncategorized

Hospital Confirms Steve Jobs’s Transplant, Denies He Received Preferential Treatment

With Steve Jobs’s consent, the Memphis hospital that conducted his liver transplant two months ago issued a statement denying he received any special treatment, classifying him as “the sickest person on the waiting list.”