Monday, August 31, 2009 - Page 2
Mobile

Find My iPhone Leads Cops To Robbery Suspects

Find My iPhone to the rescue again! Pittsburgh Police nabbed three robbery suspects over the weekend, after the man they allegedly robbed used the MobileMe online service to point police to their location.

Geek Out

Caffeine Snack Test: Who Needs Coffee When You Got Cookies And Gum?

I’m lightheaded, twitchy and kinda have the runs. This was never going to end well. The mission: Test if caffeine-infused munchies like cookies, mints, chewing-gum, and lollipops pack the same punch as energy drinks and coffee. (Hint: Most do).

Gaming

PlayStation Motion Controller: A Quick Look Behind The Scenes

Sony, you’re such a tease. The PlayStation motion controller wand won’t hit shops until next spring (our autumn), but SCEA research head honcho, Richard Marks, gives a pretty interesting look at its background and capabilities in this video.

Say Hello To Toyota’s New Hybrid Camry Making Robots

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As I mentioned earlier, Toyota switched on some fancy hybrid-car making robots today. I call the big one Bob…

Cars

Toyota Pushes The Big Black Button To Start Hybrid Camry Manufacturing

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Today I’m down in Altona – on the outskirts of Melbourne – at Toyota’s manufacturing plant for official launch of the Hybrid Camry. There are robots, politicians and fluoro yellow safety vests everywhere!

Gadgets

The Kitchen Scale, Unsung Hero Of Great Cooking

Food writer and culinary expert Michael Ruhlman didn’t want us to get through a week of celebrating kitchen gadgetry without singing praise of the digital scale. Damn the cups and tablespoons, cooking by weight is the only path to awesomeness.

Vodafone Extends 3G Network To Most Of The Country Today

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Voda’s flicked the switch on their regional 3G network today, bringing the joys of faster mobile to thousands more Australians.

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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I’m down in Melbourne today with Toyota for the official start of manufacturing for their upcoming Camry Hybrid. Exciting!

Here’s the best of the weekend: Rumour: Apple Working On XL Tablet Running Full Mac OS X Haven’t we heard this one already?

Food Tech: What Doesn’t Make You Stronger Could Kill You Dammit!

10 Takes On OS X Snow Leopard: Furry And Ferocious Grrr…

8 Foods That Should Never Be Canned Gross.

Supposed Canon EOS 7D Poster And Lenses Turn Up Online Considering how long we waited for the 5D MKII, this surprises me.

GPS With Real-Time Info Can Save Four Days Of Driving A Year That’s a lot of time…

Cooking With Magnets: An Intro To Induction This is definitely going into my kitchen when I renovate one day. LG Preparing To Reveal Largest Retail OLED TV Next Month Must own….

Computing

Will Someone Please Tell Me Exactly What A PC Can Do?

I don’t know what I like more about this 1981 4-page ad for the Apple III: The naive list of 100 things a computer can do, or the fact that precognitive designers created Mac OS X’s aqua look back then.

Cameras

Ask A Pro: How To Shoot (and Not Get Shot) In A War Zone

Ever wonder how war photographers survive out there? We’ve enlisted Teru Kuwayama—a photographer who has covered nastiness in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hotspots for Time, Newsweek and Outside—to explain the perils of working in a war zone.

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