Monday, July 27, 2009

3D Projection Gives Building Fantastical, Undulating Skin

11:40PM July 27, 2009 | Mark Wilson

If you kill 7 minutes on an internet video today, make it this clip of a minimal building facade transforming through illusions of 3D projection. More »


Mobile

BlackBerry Curve 8520 Officially Ball-less, Out Aug. 5 For $US130

11:18PM July 27, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

A long time coming, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 will officially hit T-Mobile (and Walmart) on Aug. 5 for $US130. No 3G and it’s got a dinky 2MP camera, but hello trackpad and “out of the box” Mac compatibility. [Marketwire, RIM]


Forgotten 1987 Music Video Full Of Steve Jobs Clones Playing Music

11:00PM July 27, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

By some weird coincidence I came across the long-forgotten video of one of my favourite 80s song—I bought that vinyl, damnit—full of Steve Jobs clones in an Apple keynote-like scenario… ten years before Steve’s return to Apple. More »


Online

Why Did AT&T Block 4Chan?

10:59PM July 27, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

It’s indisputable at this point that AT&T blocked 4chanwhat’s 4chan, you ask?—the cesspool that has spawned some of the internet’s greatest memes, like LOLCATs. We hear it’s because of a massive DDoS attack emanating from that IP address. More »


Gadgets

A First Person View Into The Future

10:27PM July 27, 2009 | Mark Wilson

This? It’s not just a tiny screen running Windows. It’s a tiny screen running http://www.slashgear.com/diy-wearable-computer-with-head-up-display-2450216/Windows that fits over your eye. More »


WD Scorpio Blue Drive Is First 1 Terabyte Mobile Drive Ever

10:05PM July 27, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I seriously need the new WD Scorpio 1 terabyte drive. I want to be able to tote around all my desktop data, without any external drives hanging around, and $US250 seems like a little price to pay for that. More »


Computing

Financial Times Confirms Apple Tablet For September

1:10PM July 27, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

According to the Financial Times, Apple is racing to launch the fabled Apple tablet in September, along with new iPods. They claim Apple is working with record labels and book publishers on new iTunes features created for the new device: More »


Computing

Dell Releases All-In-One Vostro 320 In Oz

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12:19PM July 27, 2009 | Nick Broughall

All-in-one’s are the only way to desktop and Dell’s just announced their new Vostro 320 all-in-one for the Aussie market. It’ll cost you a cool $999, and is targeted mostly towards small businesses. Doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the eye candy though… More »


Entertainment

Why Are Movie Studios So F%&king Stupid?

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10:10AM July 27, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Last week I picked up a copy of Zack and Miri Make a Porno on Blu-ray. Part of me really wanted to see it, being a bit of a Kevin Smith fan, but part of me was just intrigued by the big sticker on the front that said “INCLUDES DIGITAL COPY”. It was the first movie I’d seen that sticker on ever, so I desperately wanted to discover what the digital copy was like. Turns out, it’s a clusterf%&k of complete failure that could only have been thought up by demons in the seventh level of Hell. More »


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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8:31AM July 27, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Garmin Neverfone Nuvifone G60 Ships Next Week To Someone, Somewhere holy crap! Really? Should we unleash the streamers and party balloons yet?

Dad Builds Imperial Walker Bed For Himself His Son As an impending father myself, I will always compare myself to this hero. And probably end up disappointed…

Greatest Single Phone Call In History Gets Microsoft To Change Laptop Hunter Ads That’s right Microsoft – talk it up, then do exactly what Apple tells you to.

Help Me Obi Wan, Here Is My Augmented Reality Business Card I must have one of these for myself.

Leak: Inside The Microsoft Store With Wall-Sized Screens And The Answers Bar If true, it looks kinda awesome, although I expect it will be US only for a while…

Record-Setting Bodysuits Banned In Major Swimming Competitions Talk about dropping the ball – if this was going to happen, it should have happened when the suits were new.

Tron Legacy Trailer Released, Makes Me Want A Light Cycle Oh man, this is surely going to disappoint…

Android Donut Out: Full Multitouch, Universal Search, Automated Backups AND Better Performance I wonder how long Dream owners will have to wait for it…