Friday, July 24, 2009 - Page 2

Foxconn’s CEO Supposedly Under Tax Evasion Investigation By IRS?

Foxconn, otherwise known as the company responsible for the iPhone suicide, supposedly just had their CEO fingered by the IRS for tax evasion. Up to $US1.49 billion worth. But it’s not so simple.


Hunt And Peck Keyboard Thinks It’s Helping, But It Really Isn’t

Say, for some reason, you’ve never encountered the QWERTY keyboard layout we’ve used in the US and UK for nearly 150 years. This Hunt and Peck keyboard think it’s helping by reorganising the keys alphabetically, but trust us, it’s not.


Mobile

Toshiba TG01 Gets Super-Sensitive With Third-Party Motion Sensor

Folks at Usuda Research Institute and Systems Corp got tired of their Toshiba TG01s just not being sensitive enough. (Unlike that dreamy Wii MotionPlus!) So rather than calling it quits on the relationship, they built a super-sensitive motion sensor.


Why Aren’t There More In-Dash Satnav Solutions?

Gizmodo AU

Pioneer’s just announced their latest AVIC in-dash satnav system, and considering it’s got an RRP of just $1,199, it made me wonder why we aren’t seeing more companies getting behind the in-dash satnav option.


Loop-In Concept Allows Users To Surf On Sidewalks

The Loop-In transportation concept hopes to combine the sensations of surfing and skating in to one device that users can use anywhere.


Mobile

Hacker Claims IPhone 3GS Encryption Is Dangerously Easy To Crack

Noted iPhone security destroyer Jonathan Zdziarski has cracked the iPhone 3GS encryption security, which is to be expected, but the ease and speed with which he did it is worrisome. Zdziarski claims the iPhone 3GS is thus “useless” to businesses.


Gadgets

Handerpants: Support Where You Never Knew You Needed It

Do you ever find yourself lacking support, your middle and index fingers dangling all over the place?—yes!—well you’re in luck, Handerpants are here to save the day.


Entertainment

Pioneer’s Entry Level Blu-ray Still Costs $599

Gizmodo AU

What’s the sweet spot for an entry level Blu-ray player? $150? $200? $599? We’re going to say that it’s definitely not the latter…


Sony’s Interior Walls Are Slowly Coming Down

Sony’s problem wasn’t just that its right hand didn’t know what its left hand was doing, it was that its right index finger didn’t even know that its right thumb belonged on the same hand. But they’re changing. Slowly.


Cameras

Meet The Sartorialist Of Tokyo’s Film Camera Scene

As The Sartorialist goes around the world photographing people with incredible style, John Sypal goes around Tokyo, taking photos of people with incredible film cameras. Tokyoites do nerd obsession better than anyone else, and this is some gorgeous old-school equipment.