Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - Page 2
Gadgets

Asus Eee Reader Could Have Dual Colour Touchscreens

So about that Asus eBook reader expected by Christmas: The Times suggests that not only could it have dual colour touchscreens like the prototype Asus showed at CeBIT (pictured), but it might even undercut Sony and Amazon on price.


TomTom Launches Voice Activated Satnavs

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Apparently the new TomTom satnavs allow you to activate over 100 tasks by the power of your voice alone. I wonder if flipping off that dickhead who cut you off is one of them.


Dexim S7 iPhone Case Adds Battery Life And A Kickstand

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Battery life is the iPhone’s kryptonite. It sucks away all of Apple’s supergadget powers so you’re left with a pocket-sized brick after less than a day’s use. The Dexim S7 is like a Kryptonite shield for your iPhone, adding a heap of battery life, while also doubling as your iPhone’s very own ice palace (it has a kickstand so you can watch movies handsfree).


Computing

Mac The Magazine Officially Launches

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It’s not like there’s a shortage of Apple-specific publications around the world and on the Internet, but the latest one is actually worth a bit of your time. Mac The Mag is an online magazine, edited by former Australian Macworld editor Mathew JC. Powell, and it has officially launched its first issue.


Online

Rollip Converts Your Pics To Polaroids, For If You’re Feeling Nostalgic

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So now that Polaroid’s dead (despite attempts to revive it), it seems that there’s a void in the market for slightly blown out photos in a solid white frame. Enter Rollip, a web service that will convert your normal digital photos into a polaroid-like shot.


Sennheiser’s New Wireless Headphones Are All Digital

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I remember when I first started working in this industry, one of my first jobs was to review a pair of wireless RF headphones from some low-end Chinese manufacturer. They were terrible. Interference that manifested itself as random bursts of static blasting through the headphones, they showcased both the need to buy better quality, and the shortcomings of RF technology as a wireless audio standard. These new Sennheisers are all digital though, which should mean static is a thing of the past.


It’s Labor Day In The US, So No Breakfast Wrap Today

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Instead, here’s a picture of a a boy riding a turtle. You’re welcome. [Img: Superpunch]


Software

The Week In iPhone Apps: Dead Or Alive, You’re Coming With Me

In this week’s leisurely app roundup: Watchmen grows up, and grows large; you avoid getting sick; and Robocop’s got a few things to say to you.


What Is This?

At first I thought it was the map for some game level. Or the plans for a new secret underground station of the Dharma Initiative. The answer is a lot more bizarre than that, as the video shows:


Where The Hell Is Waldo, The $130,000 Red Algae Hunting Robot?

$130,000. That’s how much Waldo—an autonomous underwater robot from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida—costs. Now they have to find it, and the bloody thing doesn’t even wear a white and red striped sweater.