Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - Page 2
Mobile

Jetstar Trialling SMS Boarding Passes

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This is great news for frequent travellers – Jetstar is trialling a system that lets you use an SMS message as your boarding pass, forgoing the need to actually print anything off.


Gadgets

Digital Radio Gets An Official Launch Tomorrow

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Tomorrow is August 6, and you know what that means? The often delayed DAB+ digital radio is being officially launched across the country. And to celebrate, all the breakfast radio personalities* from all the radio stations will be having one great big love-fest where they broadcast together and talk about how good digital radio is. Huzzah!


Computing

Lenovo Nettop Will Have A Touchscreen, Eventually

Here at the GDGT launch, Lenovo introduced an all-in-one nettop we haven’t seen before: The IdeaCentre C100 is an Atom-based, 20-inch nettop that will eventually pack Windows 7 and a touchscreen, but it’ll have touchless Vista first.


Gadgets

DefCon Badge Hack Fools Facial Recognition Systems With Pulsing Light

DefCon’s badges encourage hacking. In fact, the best hacks at the conference receive a black über badge signifying free lifetime admission. But why compete for the über badges when you can use steal them with this year’s winning hack?


Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

The Mac Pro That Didn’t Exist…Our Nominee for Sexiest Use of Modern Video Production…A Gas Stove You Wear Around Your Neck…The Decline and Fall of Wikipedia…


Science

Forget Dentures, Grow New Teeth In 50 Days

I thought this mousey was chewing gum, but it turns out that green lump in its mouth is a fully-functional, bioengineered tooth, the result of “tooth regenerative therapy” research at Tokyo University (of the ear-pulling navigation system fame).


New Xbox 360 Bundle Brings Lots Of Halo

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If you were going to pick up an Xbox 360 for Halo 3, surely you would have done it by now?


Palm Continues Hiring Apple’s Ex-Employees

Apple and Palm may not like each other much, but it seems like their employees sure do as yet another former Apple boy is heading over to Palm. After two stints with Apple, Jeff Zwerner is quietly taking up a post as Palm’s new Senior Vice President of Brand Design.


Gadgets

CEA Fights NYC Over Stricter Electronics Recycling

CEA, the organisation that represents every gadget-maker (and throws CES every year) is involved in a squabble with the NYC Department of Sanitation over new, stricter laws governing proper disposal of electronics. Do they have a leg to stand on?


Computing

NZXT Beta EVO Mid Tower Case Looks Great For Budget Builders

NZXT, makers of PC gaming hardware, introduced its new Beta EVO mid tower case, offering some pretty nice premium features like direct cooling for video cards and CPU and thoughtful wire management, all for $US50. Not bad.