Saturday, July 18, 2009

Cameras

Digital Cams Haven’t Caught Up To Film’s Resolution: Does It Matter?

8:46PM July 18, 2009 | Brian Lam

Lenses being equal, a large format 8×10 piece of film can capture the equivalent of 800 Megapixels. Just saying. But does it matter? Discuss! More »


Computing

What Is This?

3:31PM July 18, 2009 | Brian Lam

Q: What classic computer and Apple II competitor opened its steel case up like a car hood? And was named after a domestic rock toy popular at the time? More »


In The Future, Metroids Will Provide Our Internet

11:00AM July 18, 2009 | Adrian Covert

UK Internet provider TalkTalk asked a team from Goldsmiths, University of London to come up with some concept router designs focused around four areas: signal strength, energy efficiency, home design, and “pure enjoyment.” More »


Entertainment

With Plans To Recast ‘Futurama,’ Fox Infuriates Fanboys Everywhere

10:30AM July 18, 2009 | Adrian Covert

But seriously—why in the hell would you go and do that, Fox? More »


Software

The Week In IPhone Apps: Augmented Everything

10:00AM July 18, 2009 | John Herrman

In a very special late night edition of your weekly iPhone apptacular: Apps that make things that are already good—FM radio, video games, shopping, spouses, the city you live in—a little bit better. More »


Full Size Gundam Get Attacked By Laser During Inaugural Ceremony

9:30AM July 18, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I am not a full size Gundam in Tokyo—although I want to be one when I grow up—but if I were attacked with greeen lasers during my inauguration ceremony, I would get pretty damn pissed off. Then I would destroy everything in sight, and go to have a carrot cake and coffee afterwards. [Mainichi Daily News]


Intel 8088: The Chip That Gave Birth To The Borg

9:00AM July 18, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

This is the Intel 8088. A beast with 29,000 transistors that could be clocked up 8MHz in its 1979 heyday, it was the second chip to use the x86 architecture, and the brains inside the original IBM PC. More »


Software

Apple ‘Resisted’ The Opportunity To Integrate Facebook Into OS X

8:30AM July 18, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Fast Company has an interesting interview with Facebook’s senior platform manager Dave Morin (formerly an Apple developer), who mentions that a few years ago, Apple turned down the chance to integrate some of Facebook’s social networking aspects into OS X. More »


Gadgets

The 1979 Klingon Happy Meal

8:00AM July 18, 2009 | Jason Chen

You may think the weird Happy Meal bundling came during the ’80s, but McDonalds was already busy making sure kids got their fix of movie-promotion McNuggets by 1979. Today is a good day to supersize. More »


Software

Palm WebOS Mojo SDK Sadly Impotent As Expected

7:40AM July 18, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

iPhone developer Craig Hunter confirms some of our fears about Palm’s entirely web-language based Mojo SDK for WebOS—it’s weak sauce, with pitiful access to the Pre’s powerful hardware. More »