Tuesday, August 4, 2009

News

Why Gizmodo Went Down

11:58PM August 4, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

As you may have noticed this weekend and yesterday, Gizmodo US—and all the Gawker sites—went down in flames for a couple of days. They are now back at full power, and have a pretty accurate idea of what happened. More »


Gaming

The PS3 Slim Approaches (So The Evidence Says)

11:40PM August 4, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Whether it’s the PS3 Slim or the PS3 Rocket Ride, something is happening in Sony land. Let’s review the crazy (and growing) pile of evidence: More »


Nvidia Ion LE: So Windows XP Netbooks Don’t Have Crappy Graphics Either

11:18PM August 4, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The Ion LE is a quiet launch from the usually boisterous Nvidia: It’s a cheaper version of their Ion graphics chip for netbooks, stripped of DirectX 10 support, which is only needed in Vista, so hopefully it’ll find its way into more cut-rate XP-powered netbooks. [Fudzilla via Engadget] ] More »


Kensington Dock Charges Mini Battery Alongside Your iPhone/iPod

11:15PM August 4, 2009 | Danny Allen

Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card Is The World’s Largest, Fastest

10:39PM August 4, 2009 | John Herrman

On one hand, it’s great to see the SDXC standard—which theoretically tops out at 2TB—flexing its muscles a little but. On the other, I kinda wish Toshiba wouldn’t announce an SD card six months before release. More »


Gadgets

Sorry Visa, Our Credit Cards Have Light Bulbs Now

10:29PM August 4, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Carrying a lightbulb around in your pocket has always led to precariously sharp pocket lint. Or worse. Or worser. More »


Science

Personal (Spy!) Satellite Is A Bargain At $US8,000

9:40PM August 4, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

The TubeSat lists one of its possible uses as Earth-from-space video imaging—very scientific, of course. But to me that means “Now you can spy on your hot neighbour Steve Jobs without leaving the comfort of your home!” More »


Geek Out

Zombie Boot Camp: Because Brain Eating Is NOT An Inherent Skill

9:20PM August 4, 2009 | Adrian Covert

World’s Fastest DDR3 Memory Belongs In A Rice Rocket

9:00PM August 4, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Not being much of a crazy overclocking modder myself, I don’t really get the ridiculous Fast and the Furious design on this A-Data XPG Plus RAM, but the stats don’t lie—this module is super speedy at 2,200MHz. More »


Gaming

80GB PS3 Discontinued In Japan: One Step Closer To The PS3 Slim?

7:10PM August 4, 2009 | Danny Allen