Thursday, July 2, 2009

What Is This?

11:50PM July 2, 2009 | 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 »


Geek Out

Here Are Some Cute Ducks Trying To Use An Escalator

11:30PM July 2, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Mobile

iPhone Patents Promise To Automate Our Relationships At Last

11:10PM July 2, 2009 | 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 »


Hello I’m A Pear, Hello I’m An Apple

10:50PM July 2, 2009 | 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 »


Computing

Psystar Emerges From Bankruptcy With New Product, Same Insane Resolve

10:30PM July 2, 2009 | 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 »


Computing

Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness

9:17PM July 2, 2009 | 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 »


Cars

Time Lapse Video Of Atlantis Getting Mounted On Its 747 Mothership

8:05PM July 2, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

newVideoPlayer("/shuttleferry_gizmodo.flv", 640, 500,""); 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 »


Sonos Remote Goes Touchscreen; New System Bundle On Its Way

7:50PM July 2, 2009 | 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 »


Computing

ASUS Eee Keyboard Glides Past June Release, Now Set For August

7:10PM July 2, 2009 | 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

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

3:15PM July 2, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

…When It’s Not OK To Steal From a Church…Best Buy Shoppers Admit This Smartphone Thing Is Soooo Confusing…Apple May Say Buh-Bye to Nvidia…Who Is America’s Fastest Typist?… More »