Thursday, September 3, 2009

Computing

Anorexic Looking Samsung X-Series Attempts To One Up Sony

11:30PM September 3, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Apparently there is a movement to starve the laptops. Sony impressed yesterday with its .55 inch thin X Series and 24 hours later Samsung is out with its X3 that looks just as thin. More »

Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer And Naughty Bits

11:20PM September 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Amid their new products clusterf–k, the Philips Notebook Sleeve called my attention. Not only because it’s pretty—or in a pretty setting—but because it’s designed to work as a nice laptop pad, and not only because it’s hardened. More »

Software

If You Got Snow Leopard, Go Upgrade Adobe Flash NOW

11:19PM September 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Oh, the irony. While Apple killed some old apps in Snow Leopard, they also left inside an old Adobe Flash player, version 10.0.23.1. The current Flash version is 10.0.32.18, which fixes some security holes that you obviously don’t need. So go get it here. [Adobe via PC World]

Vudu 1080p Streaming Movies Come To Connected Mitsubishi TVs

11:00PM September 3, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Like LG before them, Mitsubishi is embracing the HD streaming video awesomeness of Vudu with two new HDTVs: a 46-incher at $US2800 and one at 52 inches for $US3300. More »

The Philips Aurea Remote Dreams To Be A Mobile Phone One Day

10:48PM September 3, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The glowing Philips Aurea has been out for a few years (in Europe), but the luminescent display (worthy of Jesus’ teeth) is finally receiving a remote worthy of its famed eccentricity. More »

Mobile

LG Gets Aggressive: Three WinMo 6.5 Phones Soon, 10 More In 2010

8:42PM September 3, 2009 | Danny Allen

LG’s aggressive roadmap kicks-off with three upcoming WinMo 6.5 phones. It’s being intentionally mysterious about a full touchscreen device and a touch slider with QWERTY keyboard, but we do know the GW550 (pictured) will be a QWERTY bar-style handset. More »

Panasonic Adds 58 And 65-inch To Beautiful V10 NeoPDP Plasmas

6:57PM September 3, 2009 | Danny Allen

Amongst lots of chatter about 3DHD tech we’ve already seen, Panasonic has turned out two larger V10 NeoPDP models at the IFA electronic fair in Berlin. Specs follow the existing 42-50-inch models: 1080p, 600Hz sub-field drive and VIERA CAST web-content. More »

Entertainment

Hitler’s A Gun On Flight Control

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6:10PM September 3, 2009 | Nick Broughall

I admit that the whole Hitler subtitle meme has had its day in the sun, but this one had me literally laughing out loud. Is it weird that I actually felt bad for the guy? I mean, it can’t be easy to lose a top 5 ranking in Flight Control, or the ability to read news on the toilet…

Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote Gives You More Buttons

6:00PM September 3, 2009 | Jason Chen

The $US150 Logitech Harmony 700 is much like their other non-touchscreen universal remotes in that you have a load of physical buttons to push. However, the 700 is difference since it gives you four physically labelled activity keys. More »

Logitech’s New Squeezeboxes Streams Audio To The Living Room

6:00PM September 3, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Logitech has just announced two new Squeezeboxes that stream audio over Wi-Fi: the Squeezebox Radio and the Squeezebox Touch. The Radio is a stand-alone device, while the Touch is designed to work with your existing stereo. More »