Sunday, September 13, 2009
Gadgets
Kwikset’s Connected Locks Feature Remote Locking, Email Notifications
9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Every city dweller has had that panicky moment of “Crap, did I leave the door unlocked this morning?” Kwikset’s new locks let you check to see if you did in fact forget, and then lock the door if you did. More »
Peripherals
During The Recession, Even Your iPhone Lives In A Cardboard Box
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Fancy-pants iPhone cases made out of Rockefeller materials like rubber, metal and plastic are fine during times of economic prosperity, but in these dark days, we need a more suitable material. Case-Mate dug through their recycling bin for the answer. More »
Design
What Is This?
7:30AM Dan Nosowitz | It’s not a bar of soap, and it is an actual, electronic gadget. But what does it do? More »
Phones
Motorola Cliq To See October Release, Maybe
6:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Boy Genius Report has a source claiming Motorola’s Android saviour, the Cliq, will be coming to T-Mobile in mid-October. Interestingly, the only pictorial proof he has is a roadmap slide showing a November release. More »
Toys
DIY Swivelling Lego iPhone Dock Fulfills Our Weekend Lego Quota
5:45AM Dan Nosowitz | This is a pretty simple construction that actually doesn’t look as ridiculous as it sounds. The dock rotates, taking advantage of the iPhone and iPod Touch’s accelerometer and making use of allowing movie-viewing landscape mode. Not bad! [BricksInMyPocket via DVICE]
Music
iPod Touch And Classic Updates Actually Decreased Some Specs
5:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Considering the iPod Touch and Classic both received modest (some would say boring) updates in the form of capacity bumps and a faster processor for the Touch, it’s surprising that in some ways, they’re actually worse than their predecessors. More »
Software
How To: Back Up All Your Stuff, For Free
4:00AM John Herrman | People don’t neglect backing up their computers because it’s hard—it isn’t, at all. No, people file into the inevitable death march of data loss for one reason: Backing up usually costs money. But it doesn’t have to. More »
Software
Worst Case Scenario: Windows 7 Upgrade Can Take 21 Hours
3:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Now, this is extremely unlikely, and doesn’t correspond to my own experiences, but Microsoft says that in certain situations (crappy hardware, outrageous amounts of data, 32-bit install), the Windows 7 installation could take up to 21 hours to complete. More »
Games
