Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Cameras

Leica Debuts 18MP Full-Frame M9 Rangefinder

11:51PM John Herrman | Last week’s leak couldn’t have been more on: Leica’s officially announced the their full-frame followup to the retro-fabulous M8, as well as some chum for more mainstream users, in the form of the APS-C-sensored X1 compact, for “beginners.” More »
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Phones

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx): T-Mobile’s First 3G BlackBerry

11:40PM Danny Allen | Here’s the first official shot of the 9700 (codenamed Onyx), T-Mobile’s first 3G BlackBerry, which could arrive as early as November. T-Mobile says it’ll support UMA Wi-Fi calling (as part of the carrier’s HotSpot@Home service), visual voicemail, and corporate email. More »
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Toys

Lego Boba Fett Costume Owns All Star Wars Costume To Date

10:50PM Jesus Diaz | If there’s anything better than a home made Boba Fett costume, it has to be this Lego Boba Fett costume. This little kid will be one of the most popular and happiest kids next Halloween, as his face shows: More »
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Games

PlayStation Motion Controller: Behind The Scenes Part 2

9:00PM Danny Allen | In part one, Sony explained that next spring’s (our autumn) glowing wand will have rumble feedback. Here, Anton Mikhailov (the guy from the E3 demos) dishes that prototype was built using parts from Home Depo, and caused a stir with airport security. More »
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Peripherals

First Pics Of Apple’s New iPod Touch 3G, Nano 5G?

8:14PM Danny Allen | Has Cygnett let the cat out of the bag by publishing info on its new cases ahead of today’s Apple event? Matching previous rumours, here the Touch looks to have a built-in camera, while the nano has an elongated screen. More »
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Music

Cheaper iPods Briefly Appear Before Apple Event

7:23PM Danny Allen | The 32GB model is now $US189 (down from $US399), the 16GB is $US249 (was $US299), and the 8GB Touch is $US189 instead of $US229. Could a 64GB model arrive at Apple’s event later this morning? More »
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Computers

HP Mini 311: An 11.6-inch Netbook With Nvidia ION LE Graphics?

6:45PM Danny Allen | Specs of several upcoming HP notebooks have been dug up by Web-sleuths, including info on a Mini 311 netbook. It looks like it may also have an Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard disk, and a six-cell battery. More »
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Software

Microsoft To Best Buy Staff: Here’s Why Linux Sux

3:30PM Danny Allen | Microsoft is offering Best Buy employees Windows 7 for $US10 if they complete training that includes selective truths about Linux. Apparently Windows 7 is totally safer, and Linux won’t work with cameras, iPods, or games like World of Warcraft. WTF? More »
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Software

Telstra Launches An AFL Finals iPhone App

3:15PM Nick Broughall | Just in time for finals season, Telstra has released the AFL Finals iPhone app. It’s not just for Telstra customers though, and it actually looks fairly swish. More »
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Random Stuff

Dallas Cowboys Stadium Continues Streak Of Giant Screen Fails

3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | After their giant screen blocked a punt, you’d figure the owners of the Dallas Cowboys stadium would be extra careful with their massive displays—but it looks like somebody didn’t shut down his computer properly. Whoops! [Thanks, Richard!]
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