Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Announcements
Why Gizmodo Went Down
11:58PM 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 »
Games
The PS3 Slim Approaches (So The Evidence Says)
11:40PM 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 »
Hardware
Nvidia Ion LE: So Windows XP Netbooks Don’t Have Crappy Graphics Either
11:18PM 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 »
Hardware
Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card
10:39PM 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 »
Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card Is The World’s Largest, Fastest
10:39PM 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
10:29PM Mark Wilson | Carrying a lightbulb around in your pocket has always led to precariously sharp pocket lint. Or worse. Or worser. More »
Sorry Visa, Our Credit Cards Have Light Bulbs Now
10:29PM 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 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 »
Hardware
