Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Hardware
11:41PM John Herrman | Confusing, meaningless name? Check. Ostentatious styling added by a third party, completely unsuited for a component that you often can’t see? Check. Bizarre, irrelevant marketing claims? Oh, check. More »
The Current State Of Graphics Cards, In A Photo
11:41PM John Herrman | Confusing, meaningless name? Check. Ostentatious styling added by a third party, completely unsuited for a component that you often can’t see? Check. Bizarre, irrelevant marketing claims? Oh, check. More » 
Design
Dear Diary, I Saw A Wooden Workstation Today, I Think I’m In Love
11:20PM Sean Fallon | Marlies Romberg’s Dear Diary 1.0 Workstation takes the wooden keyboards and PCs we are used to seeing and integrates them into a completely wooden workstation. More »
Music
11:00PM Dan Nosowitz | The Gadgets: Panasonic’s SL-850 quadraphonic turntable, featuring the unusual 4.0 discrete-channel format for stereo-besting sound. (As the brochure says, “In the real world, sound comes from literally every direction.”) Plus, GE’s 4-Channel Receiver, with a built-in 8-track cassette player. More »
Lightning Review: Panasonic Quadraphonic Turntable And GE 8-Track Receiver
11:00PM Dan Nosowitz | The Gadgets: Panasonic’s SL-850 quadraphonic turntable, featuring the unusual 4.0 discrete-channel format for stereo-besting sound. (As the brochure says, “In the real world, sound comes from literally every direction.”) Plus, GE’s 4-Channel Receiver, with a built-in 8-track cassette player. More »
Software
RIM Starts “MyBlackBerry” Social Network, Integrated With App World
10:30PM John Herrman | RIM has popped off the lid off their MyBlackBerry social network, which is half App World enhancement (reviews, decent PC interface), and half per-device support forum. It’s invite-only for now, but the site, with previews, is live. [MyBlackBerry] More »
Cameras
Samsung Enters Flip Territory With HMX-U10 1080p Pocket Camcorder
9:37PM John Herrman | Samsung has finally joined the illustrious, bulging ranks of Flip-imitating manufacturers, announcing the HMX-U10, a 1080p-recording, 10-megapixel-shooting compact camcorder set to land in September. More »
Software
Google Plans Three More Android Updates This Year
8:50PM John Herrman | Official word about Android’s 2009 roadmap has been handed down, and it contradicts the early scuttlebutt: the mobile OS will get not two, but three updates by 2010, each named for a slightly more esoteric dessert than the last. More »
Music
8:09PM John Herrman | The Cowon S9 Curve built an imposing wave of hype on the strength of its looks, which made its underwhelming performance especially disappointing. This softly beautiful white version, though, makes me feel like it’s 2008 all over again. More »
Cowon S9 Goes Blond For Summer
8:09PM John Herrman | The Cowon S9 Curve built an imposing wave of hype on the strength of its looks, which made its underwhelming performance especially disappointing. This softly beautiful white version, though, makes me feel like it’s 2008 all over again. More »
Hardware
Fonera 2 Router Upgraded With 802.11n, Support For Flickr, Others
7:29PM John Herrman | FON has done some elective surgery on their Fonera 2 router, released just a few months ago with NAS, 3G and BitTorrent support. On top of those previous upgrades, the newest version includes 802.11n connectivity, web app upload support and reduced power usage. But first: What the hell is Fonera? More »
Random Stuff
Repost: Geek Moustache
4:50PM Brian Lam | There is history between geeks and facial hair. See: 1978. More »
Computers
