Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Phones
iPhone Push May Be Sending AIM Messages To Random People
11:57PM Jesus Diaz | According to developer Till Schadde, random people may be receiving your AIM messages if you have a jailbroken or unlocked iPhone. In fact, anyone with a jailbroken iPhone may be getting it, according to his testing: More »
Music
Devotec Portable Solar Speaker Enjoys Long Walks On The Beach
11:46PM John Herrman | Battery constraints are the biggest hindrance to portable speakers, especially when they use power-sucking Bluetooth streaming. Devotec’s Solar Sound Bluetooth Speakers should help oceanside podcast listeners, backyard music aficionados and tailgate dance partiers relax a little but harder. More »
Music
11:28PM Jesus Diaz | According to a “well-connected Wired’s source,” Apple’s Chinese contractors are already churning out iPod touch units with integrated cameras and microphones. A classic rumour that may transform the smart media player into almost-an-iPhone, thanks to Wi-Fi hotspots and 3G-to-Wi-Fi hubs. More »
Rumour: iPod Touch With Camera And Microphone Coming
11:28PM Jesus Diaz | According to a “well-connected Wired’s source,” Apple’s Chinese contractors are already churning out iPod touch units with integrated cameras and microphones. A classic rumour that may transform the smart media player into almost-an-iPhone, thanks to Wi-Fi hotspots and 3G-to-Wi-Fi hubs. More »
Random Stuff
14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline To Be Like Optimus Prime
10:50PM Jesus Diaz | I remember the boys jumping off roofs and windows when Superman came out back in 1978 (girls, being a lot smarter than boys, don’t do these stupid things). Looks like Transformers has had a similar effect in one boy: More »
Business
Rumour: iPhone Leak Interrogations Drive Foxconn Employee To Suicide
9:10PM John Herrman | The security team for Foxconn, the company that manufactures the iPhone for Apple, is said to have subjected employee Sun Danyong to “unbearable interrogation techniques,” leading him to commit suicide. He was under investigation for losing a prototype device. More »
Entertainment
4:17PM Nick Broughall | So apparently during the last Ashes Test match, the umpire made a heap of bad calls. I wouldn’t know, I was sleeping. But apparently one of them was missed by not only the umpire, but also the commentators (which isn’t surprising given how boring the sport actually is). That is, until Foxtel iQ owners picked up on the incorrect decision and letr the commentators know via a flood of emails. More »
If Only The Umpire Had An iQ…
4:17PM Nick Broughall | So apparently during the last Ashes Test match, the umpire made a heap of bad calls. I wouldn’t know, I was sleeping. But apparently one of them was missed by not only the umpire, but also the commentators (which isn’t surprising given how boring the sport actually is). That is, until Foxtel iQ owners picked up on the incorrect decision and letr the commentators know via a flood of emails. More »
Phones
3:38PM Nick Broughall | No longer will cheapskate Australians have to wander through the back alleys of Hong Kong or China to pick up quality counterfeit gadgets, with word that a Victorian market raid ended up seizing some high-quality iClones that were (almost) indistinguishable from the original. More »
Australia Finally Getting iClones
3:38PM Nick Broughall | No longer will cheapskate Australians have to wander through the back alleys of Hong Kong or China to pick up quality counterfeit gadgets, with word that a Victorian market raid ended up seizing some high-quality iClones that were (almost) indistinguishable from the original. More »
Weapons
Man Bursts Into Flame After Being Hit With Taser
2:40PM Dan Nosowitz | An Australian man burst into flames after a policeman hit him on the bridge of the nose with his Taser. Sound ridiculous? Not so much if you know the man was arrested on suspicion of huffing gasoline. More »
Gadgets
1:00PM Nick Broughall | Last year, ex-Midnight Oil frontman turned Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett took TVs to task, mandating that they should carry energy rating stickers like fridges. This year, he’s doing the same to your PC and monitor. More »
Now Your PCs And Monitors Will Be Energy Rated
1:00PM Nick Broughall | Last year, ex-Midnight Oil frontman turned Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett took TVs to task, mandating that they should carry energy rating stickers like fridges. This year, he’s doing the same to your PC and monitor. More »
Gadgets
