Monday, August 24, 2009
Peripherals
Mimobot Expands Their Star Wars USB Empire
11:40PM Mark Wilson | In case you’ve missed earlier editions of Mimobot’s Star Wars USB drives, they’ve returned (a la Jedi) with new, cuter than ever characters. More »
Software
Snow Leopard Shipping August 28
10:33PM Mark Wilson | The Apple Store has come back online and its pretty obvious announcement is confirmed. Snow Leopard will ship out starting August 28 as a $US29 upgrade. The Friday launch should make for a wild, crazy weekend. More »
Design
What Is This?
10:00PM Danny Allen | Hint: Once you know it’ll make sense, and no, it’s not a trippy visualisation for Burning Man. More »
Computers
Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook Packs GPS, 3G, HDMI and…Windows
9:30PM Danny Allen | So Nokia’s got a 10-incher with built-in 3G and A-GPS (Ovi Maps) in the works. Interesting, but will it be just another netbook? I’d love to see a Nokia touchscreen interface on top of Windows. What about easy tethering with mobile phones? More »
Music
8:30PM Danny Allen | That’s not necessarily a compliment; you’ll either love or hate the dated design of the uBoom and uBoom Q sound-bar speakers. On the upside, the Q connects directly to a notebook via USB—no need for audio-cables, drivers, or power supply. More »
Asus uBoom Sound Bar Speakers Let You Party Like It’s 1999
8:30PM Danny Allen | That’s not necessarily a compliment; you’ll either love or hate the dated design of the uBoom and uBoom Q sound-bar speakers. On the upside, the Q connects directly to a notebook via USB—no need for audio-cables, drivers, or power supply. More »
Phones
Samsung Instinct HD Shows Up: 5MP Camera, HD Video Confirmed
6:41PM Danny Allen | Why hello Samsung Instinct HD. Looks like the Instinct S30 successor (aka Instinct S50 and Dash M850) will be exclusive to Best Buy at the shops, and have a 5MP camera with video capture, HD-TV-out, Wi-Fi and visual voice mail. More »
Software
Rhapsody Music Streaming Headed To iPhone And iPod Touch
6:00PM Danny Allen | Good news Rhapsody fans: An app has finally been submitted to Apple. If approved, it will give iPhone/iPod Touch owners with a $US15-a-month Rhapsody To Go account unlimited-streaming over Wi-Fi, 3G and Edge. Here’s what it looks like in action. More »
Online
Want To Improve Your Web App Delivery?
3:16PM Kym Weathersten | A heads up for all you IT gurus; the Citrix NetScaler VPX conference will take place this Wednesday and Thursday in Sydney and Melbourne. Starting at 8am, the three-hour seminars will cover web app acceleration, dynamic layer 4-7 load balancing, ensuring availability of business-critical applications and application level firewalling. For more details, click through to the seminar web page and register. Did we mention it includes breakfast? [Citrix]
Hardware
2:26PM Nick Broughall | This sounds like it’s going to be pretty hardcore: The Overclocker Magazine has somehow managed to convince all the top PC component manufacturers to compete against each other and the world’s best overclockers to see who really does have the best equipment. It sounds like they should have a steel cage on standby… More »
The F1OC Overclocking Comp Sounds Pretty Definitive
2:26PM Nick Broughall | This sounds like it’s going to be pretty hardcore: The Overclocker Magazine has somehow managed to convince all the top PC component manufacturers to compete against each other and the world’s best overclockers to see who really does have the best equipment. It sounds like they should have a steel cage on standby… More »
Entertainment
1:20PM Nick Broughall | Now that D3 is up and orbiting the earth, it must be time to begin speculating as to exactly what bonus content we’ll get on Foxtel later this year when they flick the switch. The Australian today reckons we’ll be seeing a lot more movies and sports. More »
Foxtel’s New Channels To Be Mostly Movies And Sports?
1:20PM Nick Broughall | Now that D3 is up and orbiting the earth, it must be time to begin speculating as to exactly what bonus content we’ll get on Foxtel later this year when they flick the switch. The Australian today reckons we’ll be seeing a lot more movies and sports. More » 
