Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Geek Out

Inline Skater Races Down 860m Roller Coaster In 60 Seconds

11:57PM July 22, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Leave it to crazy German sportsman Dirk Auer to race down a huge roller coaster at a Stuttgart theme park. 860 metres in just 60 seconds. Doesn’t sound impressive enough? He was using inline skates, as the video shows. More »


Gaming

Report: Project Natal Coming In 2010, Just Like Ballmer Said

11:20PM July 22, 2009 | John Herrman

In case early rumours, Ballmer’s indications, and Microsoft’s subsequent non-denial didn’t turn you into a believer, Digitimes has called upon their army of component supply industry muckrakers to tell us again that Project Natal will land in H2, 2010. [Digitimes] More »


Mobile

Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures

11:00PM July 22, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The iPhone probably doesn’t use Synaptics’ original ClearPad capacitive screen multitouch technology, but maybe Apple will use the ClearPad 3000, since it registers ten fingers simultaneously. I hope they steal this three-finger crumple gesture at least, it’s so cool: More »


Mobile

HTC Firestone Has Snapdragon, Capacitive Screen, Goes By “Leo”

10:42PM July 22, 2009 | John Herrman

It’s easy to forget nowadays, but Android is only a small part of HTC’s product line, and the much larger Windows Mobile portion could be about to get a new flagship device: the 4.3-inch, capacitive-screened, Snapdragon-powered Leo. More »


Geek Out

Prankster Gets Verizon’s CEO Private Address, Visits Him To Protest His Privacy Policies Using A Megaphone

10:38PM July 22, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

John Hargrave tracked down Verizon CEO’s private address and mobile phone number. Then he went to his home—megaphone in hand—to ask him to stop Verizon’s lousy privacy policies. The video is quite funny and his message is clear: More »


Online

Google Wave Going (Semi)Public On September 30th

9:36PM July 22, 2009 | John Herrman

In May, the world was SHOCKED to find out that Google was pregnant, again, with what could best be described as a genetically modified inter-species lovespawn between Gmail, Google Docs, Twitter and AIM. Google called it “Wave;” Matt called it “frothy;” whatever it is, it’ll become available to about 100,000 interested users come September, and has started rolling out to developers, API in tow, already. [Google via CNET] More »


Cameras

Smiley Fujifilm 3D Point-and-Shoot Camera Does Video, Doesn’t Require Glasses

8:58PM July 22, 2009 | John Herrman

Fuji’s two-eyed 3D consumer camera grinned its way into our lives last week, but Time spared us the details. Now, a proper announcement: the FinePix Real 3D W1 camera shoots 3D stills and video, which can be viewed on camera. More »


News

Giz And Pals Looking To Hire A Sales Guru

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3:32PM July 22, 2009 | Nick Broughall

If you’re a sales type guy or gal with a love for gadgets, games and technology in general, then we want to talk to you. More »


Mobile

Nokia Launches 6760 Slide Out Of Nowhere

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3:22PM July 22, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Wow, not sure where this came from. Okay, it came from Finland, but whatever. Nokia’s 6760 features a slide out qwerty keypad, push email and social networking built into the device. Plus, the buttons look squishy. More »


Cameras

Fujifilm Busts Out Five New Cameras, Including A Prosumer Faux-DSLR

3:00PM July 22, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Fujifilm today announced five new cameras at an array of prices, ranging from the $US90, 10MP A170 to the “prosumer” DSLR-lite FinePix S200EXR (pictured) at $US600. It’s a pretty solid lineup of low- to mid-end shooters. More »