Saturday, June 27, 2009 - Page 2
Software

The Week In IPhone Apps: It’s Never Too Early To Dance

iPhone 3.0 apps are still dropping fast and furious, left and right, cats and dogs, etc, but there’s some reprieve for non-3.0 stragglers this week, too. Morning music? Personal broadcasting? Smug food habits? It’s all here.


Gadgets

Hot For Tools Is A ‘Pleasurable’ ‘Tool’ Instruction Video


Philips Brilliance LCD Computer Display Knows If You Are There Or Not

The new Philips Brilliance LCD computer display has a sensor that can detect people in front. While TVs like the latest Sony Bravias can detect people too, this seems to be the first for a desktop monitor.


The Intelligent Hose Keeps Your Wasteful Ways In Check

We all know that washing cars, watering lawns and impromptu wet t-shirt contests mean bigger utility bills at the end of the month. That is why designers are putting consumption meters on everything these days—including this intelligent hose concept.


Mobile

White IPhone 3GS Overheats To The Point Of Discolouration?

We don’t know how many people have hit this problem (the Apple support forums talk about only overheating here and here, as a sample), but at least one user claims that his white iPhone 3GS has become PINK with heat.


Geek Out

People Don’t Always Call 911 For Emergencies

The 911 system is a streamlined way for the authorities to be notified of emergencies in their jurisdiction. It’s also a number that morons call when their fast food orders are screwed up or they forget what day it is.


This Is Probably The Cruelest Bomb Ever Invented

Once upon a time in World War II, British scientists conceived what may be the cruelest bomb ever developed. Inside the bomb, there were needles like these. Poisonous needles which would have been released in a cloud of death.


Gadgets

Nite Coaster Nighttime Illuminated Coaster Lightning Review

The Gadget: A motion detecting bedside coaster that will make sure that your glasses (both eye and drinking) are bright enough for you to see in the dark, while at the same time not too bright to wake you up.


Cameras

Michael Jackson Gets His Geek On

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more humanising clip of Michael Jackson than this Access Hollywood footage from 2006 in which the King of Pop admires the crew’s HD cameras.


Software

Bing: The Fastest Way To Google

Have you guys heard about Bing? It makes Googling stuff super easy.