Thursday, August 13, 2009 - Page 2
Computing

Kogan Cuts Price Of Its Agora Netbooks

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Even though it wasn’t exactly the best netbook I’ve ever looked at, the Kogan Agora 10-inch was still noteworthy for being cheap. And now it’s even cheaper, dropping $100 for both the base model and the “premium” version.


Man Goes Ape Shit After Mum Throws Out Gundam Action Figures

A 29 year old from Kasai City, Japan who doused himself with kerosene and torched his house, escaped without injuries and told police he wanted to kill himself after his 55-year old mother tossed “his valuable Gundam plastic models.”


Software

iPhone App Developer Uses Fake Tablet Video To Push Crappy Game

This whole Apple rumour game has reached a new low point: In addition to the usual morons doing it for kicks, an iPhone software developer has “leaked” a video of Apple’s new tablet running their probably craptabulous game.


Cameras

Samsung’s ST500, ST550 Touchscreen Shooters See Double

Hey, it may not be a projector, but the 1.5-inch secondary LCD on these 12.2-megapixel point-and-shoots is pretty unique. Tap it and frame self-portraits, or play animations to capture kid’s attention (and terrorise those with a fear of clowns).


Software

DLNA Media Center Software, Compiled And Simplified

Want to get media onto your TV using some of that fancy DLNA standard hardware? You still might be at a loss for which media centre software is right for you, but now there’s a handy chart.


Software

Nokia And Microsoft Announce Mobile Office For Symbian

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So that Microsoft and Nokia partnership announcement happened last night. Not quite the Windows Mobile on Nokia announcement some pundits expected it to be – instead the two companies are working together to bring Mobile Office to Nokia’s Symbian platform.


Sony, Of All Companies, To Ditch Proprietary eBook Formats

Sony, which we’ve blasted in the past for an insistence on proprietary formats, will support the open standard ePub format for its ebook readers. Open, of course, doesn’t mean “free of DRM”: This is really a jab at Amazon.


Gadgets

Remainders—What We Didn’t Post

Ms. Pac-Man Becomes Ms. Mac-Man…A Topographical Map for Your Beloved…300 G.I. Joes To Take Kansas City By Parachute…


Entertainment

3D Sony Blu-Ray Players To Launch Next Year?

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Despite the fact that a whole heap of manufacturers are pushing to release 3D TVs for the home, and movie studios are pushing 3D movies in a big way, there’s still a big issue still to be overcome – what will actually be playing the 3D content? According to CNet, Sony reckons it could have a 3D Blu-ray player on the market by the end of next year.


Cars

Wood-Framed Renovo Bicycle Reminds Us Of Simpler Times

With all the technological advances, it’s easy to forget how devilishly beautiful bikes are. Designer Sean Denham and Renovo Bikes hope to change that perception with their new wooden frames.