Thursday, July 16, 2009
Screens
Sony KV-1375 “Citation”
11:50PM John Herrman | Huge investments as they were, 1970s TVs were subject to the same kind of bleary-eyed lusting as today’s hottest gadgets. Unlike now, though, cutting-edge features weren’t easily quantifiable. So what was there to drool over, if not specs? Plenty. More »
Sony KV-1375 “Citation” Is Was The Future Of Televisions
11:50PM John Herrman | Huge investments as they were, 1970s TVs were subject to the same kind of bleary-eyed lusting as today’s hottest gadgets. Unlike now, though, cutting-edge features weren’t easily quantifiable. So what was there to drool over, if not specs? Plenty. More » 
Entertainment
NASA Releases Restored Moon Landing Footage
11:30PM Adam Frucci | NASA has been working with Lowry Digital in Burbank to restore all of the original tapes from the July 20, 1969 moonwalk, and they just released the first clips of it. More »
Gadgets
Apple Patent Puts Flash Storage, Device Settings In Headsets
11:10PM John Herrman | Apple’s patent policy—filing for basically any idea that any employee is willing to sketch, ever—gives us an endless supply of speculation grist, some interesting, some not. Take this patent, which calls for flash microstorage in headsets and earbuds. More »
Cameras
10:00PM Matt Buchanan | The Polaroid SX-70 was not the first instant camera. Released in 1972, it was the first instant SLR, and the first to use Polaroid’s iconic integral print film that developed automatically. It folded up so it fit in your pocket. More »
Polaroid SX-70: The Joy Of Instant Photography Before Digital
10:00PM Matt Buchanan | The Polaroid SX-70 was not the first instant camera. Released in 1972, it was the first instant SLR, and the first to use Polaroid’s iconic integral print film that developed automatically. It folded up so it fit in your pocket. More »
Software
BlackBerry OS 5.0 Gets Tabbed Browsing At Last
9:56PM Matt Buchanan | The latest beta of BlackBerry OS 5.0 has tabbed browsing. Great! Except “switching between two or more tabs is, quite frankly, a huge pain in the arse as there is no keyboard shortcut.” I’d rather have Javascript performance that isn’t completely shittastic, personally. [BGR] More »
Phones
LG Chocolate BL40’s Little Brother Outed As BL42 Slider
9:50PM John Herrman | Sure enough, that mysterious baby brick sitting next to the stretched-out BL40 is a direct descendant of the last generation of LG Chocolates, the BL42. The 3G slider is rumoured to have a 240×320 non-touch display and a 3-megapixel camera. More »
Games
Guitar Hero 5 Official Drumset Has More Realistic Cymbals
9:23PM John Herrman | The official Guitar Hero 5 drumset has finally been unveiled! And it’s…it’s… exactly like the last one, except with rounder, Rock Band-y cymbals. No price yet, but it ought to be cheaper than Logitech’s. Full tracklist and more at Kotaku. More »
Business
Nokia Is Doomed, Pt. III: Profits Plummet By Two Thirds
9:09PM John Herrman | Matt declared their latest, greatest salvo in the smartphone wars a wide miss, and analysts chimed in to say that yes, Nokia’s high-end prospects are grim. Well, Nokia’s second quarter earnings are in, and boy, are they gruesome: profit is down 66% from the same time last year, market share is basically flat, and product-wise, there’s no obvious cure on the horizon. [WSJ]
Entertainment
Hulu Speaks On PS3 Blocking: Blame The Content Providers
7:50PM John Herrman | A few weeks ago, Hulu silently blocked access through the PS3’s web browser. G4 did some digging, and found an entirely predictable culprit: Reluctant content providers! More »
Business
