Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Peripherals
USB Cigar Puts Your Laptop One Martini Away From Benderhood
11:40PM Mark Wilson | We appreciate a good electronic cigar, but we never imagined that we could roll our own with USB storage. More »
Music
Great Sony Walkman TV And Print Ads Of The 1980s
11:00PM Wilson Rothman
To commemorate the Sony Walkman’s 30th birthday, here are the trippy ads Sony used to promote it in the ’80s. Noble monkeys, off-key kids and sweet-toothed senseis—where’s that f’d up sense of humour now, Sony? More »
Online
The Most Detailed 3D Map Of Earth Yet
10:00PM Jesus Diaz | Forget Google Maps: NASA and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry have released the most detailed three-dimensional map of Earth yet. It covers our planet between the 83 north and 83 south parallels thanks to 1.3 million stereo images. More »
Computers
Dell Mini 10 Gets Full Geolocation, Navigation Options
9:40PM John Herrman | Starting next week, Dell Mini 10 netbooks will land a new geolocation option—and not just to foil bad guys. It’s a proper A-GPS+Wi-Fi system, complete with CoPilot navigation software and network location services from SkyHook. More »
Robots
The Tokyo Gundam Like You Have Never Seen It Before
9:00PM Jesus Diaz | Now fully finished, the amazing full-scale Gundam is now an unofficial Tokyo landmark. The robot is so impressive that photographers are populating Flickr with beautiful photos showing every single little detail. [Flickr Search] More »
Music
8:20PM John Herrman | Amidst all the business turmoil, tepidly-received new products and high-concept gaming news, it’s easy to forget that, man, Sony can still do hardware design. Exhibit A: The NAS-Z200iO media player dock, CD player, radio and network streaming device. More »
Sony NAS-Z2000 IPod Dock Streams Over DLNA, Has One Hell Of A Remote
8:20PM John Herrman | Amidst all the business turmoil, tepidly-received new products and high-concept gaming news, it’s easy to forget that, man, Sony can still do hardware design. Exhibit A: The NAS-Z200iO media player dock, CD player, radio and network streaming device. More »
Software
IPhone OS 3.1 Features: Better Video Editing, Voice Control, More
7:55PM John Herrman | Now that the iPhone OS 3.1 SDK (and accompanying beta firmware) is out in the wild, new features are showing their faces. The update improves video editing and app integration, Voice Control over Bluetooth and a slew of minor tweaks. More »
Software
Windows 7 Beta Shutting Every Two Hours Now
7:40PM Jesus Diaz | If you still have the Windows 7 Beta installed, today is the day when it starts shutting down every two hours. You know, to annoy the hell out of you. So go and get the Release Candidate. At least that one will only start shutting down every two hours in about a year.
Vehicles
