Sunday, June 28, 2009

Mobile

Sony Reported To Be Working On Famed PlayStation Phone

8:30AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Nikkei, one of the largest media conglomerates in Japan, is reporting that Sony has been working on a combination mobile phone/game system for nearly a year. It’s a rumour we’ve been hearing for years, so what’s different this time? More »


Gaming

Retro-Gen Plays Dusty Old Sega Genesis Cartridges And Digital ROMs

8:00AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

We’ve seen reimagined Genesises (Geneses?) before, but this might be the best one yet. It’s portable, it plays both original cartridges and ROMS off an SD card, it’s got TV-out and it only costs $US50. Sign us up. More »


Pixar’s Animatronic Luxo Jr. Melts Our Hearts In Live Action

7:00AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Entertainment

Autobots And Decepticons Agree: Palm Pre Rulz, IPhone Sux

6:00AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

You may have thought, after eons of punching each other in movies with nonexistent plots, that Autobots and Decepticons wouldn’t agree on anything. But as proven on Attack of the Show, they both agree that the Pre bests the iPhone. More »


Magnetic Levitating Turntable Concept Looks Impractical, Amazing

5:15AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Rhea Jeong’s “void” turntable concept uses what would have to be incredibly strong and precise magnet control to levitate a record above its base. That little red ball on top of the vinyl is actually the needle. More »


Entertainment

Nerds Beat Netflix’s Recommendation System, Qualify For $US1 Mil Prize

4:30AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

In a very shrewd move, Netflix created a contest more than 3 years ago to award $US1 million to anybody that could create an algorithm more than 10% more accurate than theirs. Now, a team has finally done it. More »


Computing

Sony Finally Achieves The Unholy Grail: A $US2000 Netbook

3:45AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

We’re not sure if there’s been a lot of clamouring for an crocodile-skin laptop, but Sony’s new Vaio Signature Collection looks to fill that void. Even crazier is their customised Vaio P netbook, checking in at a crazy $US2,000. More »


QOTD: How Did You Learn About Michael Jackson’s Death?

3:00AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

It’s the sad news that nearly killed the Internet. Google News, Yahoo!, MSNBC, CNET, Twitter, LA Times, and more all went down from the insane amounts of MJ-related traffic. So we ask: How did you learn of Michael Jackson’s death? More »


S’More Keyboard Would Not Survive 10 Minutes On My Desk

2:15AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Yes, this keyboard is made of real, carved chocolate, mini-marshmallows, and sheets of graham crackers. No, it doesn’t actually work. And finally, yes. We are kind of hungry, now that we think about it. [Geek Pad via Foolish Gadgets]


Software

Palm Pre’s Mojo SDK Leaked: Bring On The Apps

1:40AM June 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Palm’s Mojo devkit has leaked to the web ahead of schedule—they had announced it would arrive in late summer, and instead developers are treated to the SDK right now. More »