Thursday, July 9, 2009 - Page 2
Software

Are These The First Chrome OS Screenshots?

It’s hard to totally disprove these first Chrome OS shots, though there are plenty of reasons to be suspect. Setting our scepticism aside for a second, here’s what alleged leakster allegedly saw, allegedly:


Online

Internode Offering 30GB for $50/Month, With A Catch

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Choosing a broadband plan for you or I is a fairly simple task, because we know what we want. We know how much data we’ll need, we know how fast we need our broadband, we know whether we get ADSL2+ or not… but for some people it’s a confusing mess of acronyms and figures. That’s apparently why Internode has launched its “Easy Broadband” plans, so those people can just sign up and get 30GB of data every month for just $50.


Gadgets

Sex Toys Make Delightful Additions To Any Home

This little site provides illustrated guides to using all kinds of sex toys in new and unexpectedly G-rated ways around the house. If you were wondering how to turn that two-foot-long-double-headed-you-know-what into a keyboard wrist-rest, read on.


News

Don’t Forget To Enter Our iWorld iPhone 3GS/Blackberry Comp

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Just a reminder that there’s only a couple more weeks left to win one of five iPhone 3GSs or one of five BlackBerry Curves. Considering how easy it is to enter and how long this promotion has been running for, all of you should have already entered, but alas, you haven’t.


Samsung’s New Smartphone QWERTY Idea: Keep Trying, Guys

Samsung filed a patent for this avian-looking smartphone concept: Two spring-loaded half-keyboards burst from the sides of the phone, which in theory provides both a larger keyboard and more screen space, since hands are out of the way. In theory.


Computing

Sony’s W-Series Vaio Netbooks To Cost $999

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Those Sony Vaio netbooks that were announced the other day? They just got local pricing. Ouch.


Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Invisible ink reappears…Mobile app tracker turns up 3rd-gen iPod Touch…UFO-shaped seating sure to upset City Hall…Porn publisher takes blame for overheated iPhones…


Cars

Pegasus Open 50 Log: Day 4, Following The Low Pressure

July 8, 3:30 PM PSTPegasus has been chewing up the miles and we are very lucky for that. Our last two days were 305 and 295 nautical miles respectfully.


Software

iPhone 3.0 Software Sending Group SMS Messages As MMS

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Considering the iPhone had email, MMS wasn’t really at the top of my “must-have feature” list for the 3.0 software update, but when it was announced anyway, I shrugged my shoulders with indifference. Only now that indifference has become annoyance with the discovery that the iPhone now refuses to send group SMS messages, instead forcing you to send them as group MMS.


Gadgets

Solar-Powered County Fair Makes So Much Sense

This year’s Marin County fair in northern California took its environmental theme seriously. A huge photovoltaic setup provided about 40% of the fair’s energy with clean solar power—and a solar-powered county fair makes perfect sense.