Thursday, July 2, 2009
Design
What Is This?
11:50PM Jesus Diaz | I thought this was some kind of bird hunting device sitting on top of a massive forest. In reality it may be your next vacation destination. And you will need the largest thermal airship to get it up there. More »
Phones
iPhone Patents Promise To Automate Our Relationships At Last
11:10PM Mark Wilson | Unwired View uncovered three new iPhone patents that promise to turn everything from calling grandma on her birthday to turning off your phone in a movie theatre into gloriously mindless activities. More »
Design
Hello I’m A Pear, Hello I’m An Apple
10:50PM Jesus Diaz | Do the Pear Post-it notes require a Registry to work and get viruses? Are the Apple Post-it notes snotty and obnoxious? I don’t know, I don’t care. They are both pretty and will match your monitor nicely. [D-Bros via Mocoloco] More »
Computers
10:30PM John Herrman | In what is probably the most surprising non-celebrity-death story in weeks, recently bankrupt Psystar—surly makers of all things hackintosh—is now claiming to be ready for a comeback, with a new product in tow. This makes very little sense. More »
Psystar Emerges From Bankruptcy With New Product, Same Insane Resolve
10:30PM John Herrman | In what is probably the most surprising non-celebrity-death story in weeks, recently bankrupt Psystar—surly makers of all things hackintosh—is now claiming to be ready for a comeback, with a new product in tow. This makes very little sense. More »
Computers
Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness
9:17PM John Herrman | The new litter of thin, cheap laptops, as we’ve seen from Lenovo and Dell, is inherently charming, making the experience of using a cheap, portable laptop bearable for people put off by netbook tininess. There’s just one problem. More »
Vehicles
Time Lapse Video Of Atlantis Getting Mounted On Its 747 Mothership
8:05PM Jesus Diaz | We have seen the shuttle on an spectacular shot on top of its 747 mothership and a video of their almost impossible take off, but we have never seen a time lapse video on how everything gets ready. More »
Music
7:50PM John Herrman | It’s fair to say that everyone would’ve loved it if the last remote for the Sonos wireless media systems, the $US400 C100, had a touchscreen. It didn’t. Years later, the CR200 does, but it might be a bit late. More »
Sonos Remote Goes Touchscreen; New System Bundle On Its Way
7:50PM John Herrman | It’s fair to say that everyone would’ve loved it if the last remote for the Sonos wireless media systems, the $US400 C100, had a touchscreen. It didn’t. Years later, the CR200 does, but it might be a bit late. More »
Computers
ASUS Eee Keyboard Glides Past June Release, Now Set For August
7:10PM John Herrman | ASUS’s touchscreen PC-in-a-keyboard was expected to land in June, according to rumours direct statements from company executives. That didn’t happen! Prices and specs are presumably unchanged, but the new release date is somewhere in August. [Techdigest via Slashgear]
Gadgets
