Monday, August 24, 2009

Mimobot Expands Their Star Wars USB Empire

11:40PM August 24, 2009 | 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 August 24, 2009 | 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 »


What Is This?

10:00PM August 24, 2009 | Danny Allen

Hint: Once you know it’ll make sense, and no, it’s not a trippy visualisation for Burning Man. More »


Computing

Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook Packs GPS, 3G, HDMI and…Windows

9:30PM August 24, 2009 | 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 »


Asus uBoom Sound Bar Speakers Let You Party Like It’s 1999

8:30PM August 24, 2009 | 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 »


Mobile

Samsung Instinct HD Shows Up: 5MP Camera, HD Video Confirmed

6:41PM August 24, 2009 | 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 August 24, 2009 | 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 August 24, 2009 | 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]


The F1OC Overclocking Comp Sounds Pretty Definitive

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2:26PM August 24, 2009 | 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

Foxtel’s New Channels To Be Mostly Movies And Sports?

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1:20PM August 24, 2009 | 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 »