Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Page 2
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The Week In iPhone Apps: FCC Inquiry Edition

Let’s take our minds off all this nasty Google Voice business for a minute, and focus on the apps that we do have. Google may not make an appearance this week, but how about Wikipedia? NPR? Simplify?

OMG Chat Pillows FTW

The Throwboy people are at it again with more pillows for 21st century boys and girls. Now with chat dialogs with common chat phrase contractions, from WTF to FTW, going through OMG and BRB. Wait, no TFSU? For shame. [Throwboy]

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Fastest Data Connection In Space Comes From The Moon

Right now, data is arriving across 384,300 kilometres at 100MBps (as in megabytes per second, not megabits), dwarfing every home internet connections out there. That’s a total of 461GB of data transmitted per day, thanks to this moon-orbiting device.

Hide Your Porn Room Behind A Staircase For Ultimate Privacy

There are few things cooler than having hidden passageways in your home. And unless your home is a castle of some kind, you probably don’t have any. If you’ve got the scratch and motivation, however, that could change.

You Can’t Read The Good Part Of Google’s FCC Response

While AT&T and Apple let everything they said to the FCC all hang out, Google’s response to the rejection of its own is pretty tame. Why? The good part of the response, detailing the conversations between Google and Apple about Google’s apps getting rejecting, are redacted, meaning we can’t read them.

Coleman’s Steel Belted Chest Cooler Isn’t Messing Around

What do you get when you spend a whopping $US173 on a cooler? Stainless steel and cold beers, that’s what.

Our Favorite Kotaku Posts Of The Week

It’s all about the PS3 Slim this week and we have the Aussie take for you right here. Also, first impressions of Diablo III and Transformers DLC brings back more of the Transformers we love.

Apple and AT&T Answer FCC About Google Voice Rejection

PR speak doesn’t usually come this blunt, but the situation warrants it. AT&T’s full response to the FCC’s investigation into the Google Voice app rejection can be summed up like this: This one’s on Apple. As for Apple’s? It’s complicated.

Over 50 Per Cent Of You Need Serious Help For Internet Addiction

Yesterday, I asked you to complete a screening questionnaire developed for the reStart Internet Addiction Treatment centre. The results were quite frightening.

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Uh, What’s Going On With Palm’s App Catalogue?

When Palm lets new any new apps into the App Catalog, it’s news. Why? because there are only, like 40 apps to start with, and since additions are hand-chosen, they’re usually pretty great. Then, there’s this batch.

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