Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Asus Designo MS Series LCD Leans On A Donut

11:59PM September 8, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Be honest. You’re a bit surprised to see such a nice-looking monitor branded with “Asus.” More »

Gaming

Google Maps’ Giant Game Of Monopoly Begins Tomorrow

11:30PM September 8, 2009 | Mark Wilson

No, that’s not a snarky business headline. Google and Hasbro are launching a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the board. It’s called Monopoly City Streets. More »

Mobile

Samsung Rogue Has AMOLED Display, May Be Better Than Glyde

11:10PM September 8, 2009 | Joanna Stern

We less than liked Verizon’s Samsung Glyde, but perhaps the Glyde 2 or the Rogue will make us forget. The Rogue looks like a normal slider but its AMOLED display should be bright (much like the Impression’s). More »

Altec Lansing Orbit Speaker Drops The Batteries, Grows A USB Tail

10:55PM September 8, 2009 | John Herrman

Some interestingly sideways gadget evolution from Altec Lansing today: The ultraportable Orbit speaker, which originally called for a child’s fistful of batteries, is now powered directly over USB. Which is great, for some people. More »

Technical Troubles With New iPods To Delay Release?

10:20PM September 8, 2009 | Mark Wilson

At tomorrow’s Apple event, we’re all expecting to hear about a new iPod touch and nano with integrated 3.2MP cameras. According to AppleInsider and Hardmac, however, they won’t be available right away. More »

Software

HP Launches App Studio For World’s First Web-Connected Printer

10:00PM September 8, 2009 | Joanna Stern

Apps are taking smartphones by storm, so why not invade every other consumer electronic device. Back in June HP released its PhotoSmart Premium with TouchSmart Web and now developers can write apps for the world’s first web-connected printer. More »

Massive 364-Foot Taekwon V Statue Will Crush Puny Humans

9:45PM September 8, 2009 | Danny Allen

Holy crap! So Japan builds giant Gundam and Testsujin statues (18 and 18.3 metres, respectively), now South Korea is building this freakin’ huge Taekwon V (Voltar the Invincible) replica that will be more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. More »

Software

Commodore 64 Emulator iPhone App Approved! Removed

8:34PM September 8, 2009 | Danny Allen

Update: After finally hitting the app store, the fully-licensed C64 emulator has been yanked after a user workaround made Apple realise that Manomio didn’t completely ditch the old-skool BASIC 2.0 interpreter it objected to. More »

Sony’s Bravia ZX5 LED HDTVs Are Beautifully Slim

8:00PM September 8, 2009 | Danny Allen

Yeah, they’ve got 240Hz “Flow Motion”, but the draw of the 46- and 52-inch ZX5s is their super-slim 15.8mm and 16.6mm frames. That’s partly due to their edge-mounted LED-backlighting, but also because they receive 1080p video via a wireless receiver. More »