Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Gadgets

What Is This?

11:40PM June 30, 2009 | John Herrman

Hint: It involves South Korea, agriculture, television, and the geopolitics of love. More »


Cameras

Photo Basics: Shooting At Night Without A $US2000 DSLR

11:20PM June 30, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

If you own a D700 or 5D Mark II, their miraculous sensors make it incredibly easy to shoot at night without extra gear. But what if you own a $US500 DSLR? Photography Bay has some basic reminders for night shooting. More »


Cars

Aeroplanes Getting Stronger Seats And Better Pillows Airbags

11:00PM June 30, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Starting this fall, all new planes will be required to have heartier seats that can withstand 16x gravity without popping out of place. Plus, they’ll be getting airbags in select areas. More »


Software

Skype 3.0 For Windows Mobile Shares Files, Sends Texts, Skypes

10:45PM June 30, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Skype’s finally dropped a brand new version of their app for Windows Mobile. Three dawt oh brings file sharing and SMS texting, for free. Weeeeeeeee. [Skype via jkontherun]


Brando Camera Action Mount Is One Step Above Duct Tape

10:20PM June 30, 2009 | John Herrman

If you’re going to haphazardly strap a camera to your handlebars, helmet, rear-view mirror or belt buckle, you may as well do it right. More »


Gaming

Sony Opens “Official Licensed Product” Program For PS Peripherals

9:17PM June 30, 2009 | John Herrman

Sony’s will soon start slapping their new seal, seen at left, onto approved third-party peripherals for their game consoles. This could mean a) more vetted, decent accessories b) nothing at all, except higher prices and some new stickers. [Kotaku]


Lenovo On The Slow, Painful Evolution Of Keyboards

8:36PM June 30, 2009 | John Herrman

The Lenovo T400 series, aside from its occasional tussles with heavy machinery, doesn’t immediately stand out in the mid-size, high-end laptop crowd. That is, until you try to type on one. More »


Online

Pirate Bay Bought Out, Suddenly Respects Copyrights

7:40PM June 30, 2009 | John Herrman

The Pirate Bay has been (effectively) acquired by a gaming company called Global Gaming Factory X, who is plunking down nearly $US8 million for the privilege. Their grand, surprising plan for the Pirate Bay is to pay content providers. Seriously. More »


Gaming

Doom Resurrection For IPhone Hits App Store, Costs $10

6:30PM June 30, 2009 | John Herrman

Doom Resurrection, the first properly new title in the Doom franchise since Doom III, has finally landed in the App Store, and it’s not cheap. But is it sufficiently Doom-y? Dark? Graphically lush? Good? More »


Mobile

HTC Launches Pro2, Diamond2 and Snap Handsets

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3:57PM June 30, 2009 | Nick Broughall

HTC went handset release crazy today, launching the Pro2, the Diamond2 and the Snap Winmo handsets upon suspecting Australian tech journos. Here’s what you need to know: More »