Saturday, July 18, 2009 - Page 2
Geek Out

Man Sues Apple For Conspiring With The Mafia To Track Him Using His IPod

A Californian man has sued Apple, accusing the company of conspiring with the Italian Mafia to track him down using his iPod. He says they also inserted the word “herpes” into Mike Jones “Still Tippin” (video NSFW). Sounds reasonable:


Gadgets

Then And Now: Sony’s A/V Range


LG XF1 500GB Multimedia HDD Comes Complete With HDMI-Out

The LG XF1 is a 500 GB “Multimedia HDD” that packs a HDMI-out for quick media playback, and has a slick looking design to boot.


Computing

$US799 Batman’s Black iMac Is Damn Cool Until You Turn It Around

If you think that aluminium is the new beige, gliding capes are the smartest complement for a cocktail party, and batarangs are the best way to fight crime, then the Averatec 22-inch D1005 all-in-one should probably be your new PC.


Gadgets

Add To Our List Of 8 Comically Enormous Retro Gadgets

We pointed out why gadgets were more expensive 30 years ago, but it is also important to note that many of these gadgets were hilariously huge. I’ve collected eight examples, I’ll leave it up to you to add the rest.


Gadgets

Amazon Remotely Deletes Legitimately Purchased Books From Thousands Of Kindles

Amazon basically guaranteed that I’ll never buy a Kindle last night by bending to the wishes of a publisher and deleting every single legitimately-purchased copy of 1984 and Animal Farm from all Kindles remotely. Ridiculous.


Dark Knight Motorcycle Suit Gets You Accepted Into The Nerd’s Angels

Somehow I can’t picture a rugged, tattooed and bearded biker squeezing into this officially licensed Dark Knight armour replica. More like Comic Book Guy riding on a moped.


Frog Design’s Hartmut Esslinger On Design In 1979

Hartmut Esslinger’s Frog Design made WEGA/Sony’s electronics fetish items, and then designed the “Snow White” language the Mac used. He’s a design legend and an author. Here he tells us about the challenges of designing, then and now.


Software

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta Adds New Win 7 Functionality

We all know Windows 7 has a bunch of fancy new tricks. Now, the new Power Pack 3 beta software upgrade for Windows Home Server has been bolstered to support some of those features.


Mobile

What In The Hell Is Palm Doing With These Pre Ads?

Hey look, it’s another Palm Pre ad starring Tamara Hope! And I…don’t get it.