Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Dumb Microphone-Speaker Mouse Allows You To Pull A Scotty

11:50PM September 16, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

There are many other microphone/speaker combo mice in the market. But as stupid as they are, none of them can be used for making Skype calls and ordering Big Macs, like this dumb “3-in-1 optical mouse”. Scotty lives. More »

Science

The Future Of Sex Is Torrenting Yourself

11:30PM September 16, 2009 | Danny Allen

Are the rapid advancements in technology and science, in artificial-intelligence and genetics, leading us to a moment in time—a technological singularity—where ultraintelligent machines improve on their own designs, while we humans are free to edit our own evolution? More »

Science

So, This Is What Those High Voltage Danger Signs Mean

11:10PM September 16, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Remember kids, never plug your head in a high voltage capacitor. On the other side, watermelons are fine and fun. More »

GPS Compass Could Make For Grandest Treasure Hunt Of All Time

10:45PM September 16, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Allow me to geek out for a moment. I mean, really geek out—more than dressed up D&D geek out. I mean like, this is the shit you don’t share with people for fear of complete social and parental ostracism. More »

Sony Adds S640, S740 Walkmans, Promises Long Battery Life

9:15PM September 16, 2009 | Danny Allen

Yesterday we argued that the old-school PMP might be dead, but Sony sure doesn’t think so. It’s just updated its S-series with two two-inch LCD Walkmans that include the new 720×480 TV-out and noise-cancelling features built into the upcoming A-Series. More »

Sony A-Series Is The Thinnest Walkman Yet, Has OLED Screen

7:54PM September 16, 2009 | Danny Allen

The sleek-looking player has a 2.8-inch WQVGA OLED screen, FM radio, TV-out, digital noise cancelling and is beautifully thin: just 7.2mm. Oh, and it only weighs 62g. Unlike the failed X-Series, the A has no touch screen or Wi-Fi. More »

Software

Opera Mini 5 Beta Out Now: Tabbed Browsing, Speed Dial Bookmarks

5:30PM September 16, 2009 | Danny Allen

Unlike Opera Mobile, Opera Mini crunches pages a server for viewing on your Java phone or BlackBerry. The new beta has a snappier interface geared for touch or keypad control, and adds tabbed browsing, speed dial and a password manager. More »

Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

3:30PM September 16, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Google treats developers to Android 1.6 SDK aka “Donut”, Facebook becomes more phone sex friendly, boring mobile phone makers join forces, and black-and-white tech speculation returns in archive form in tonight’s issue of Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post…until now. More »

AMD Athlon II X4 620: Four Cores For $US99

3:20PM September 16, 2009 | Danny Allen

AMD’s new Athlon II X4 chips are like a Phenom II minus the L3 cache. And they’re super-cheap: $US99 (2.6GHz-620), and $US122 (2.8GHz-630). Also looks like they hold their own against the $US150 Core 2 Quad 8200: [Maximum PC] More »

Gaming

New Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 Bundle Comes With 250GB HDD

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3:16PM September 16, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Microsoft love their Xbox 360 bundles, and the latest one is a real beauty. Partnering with Activision, the Modern Warfare 2 bundle is the first to offer a 250GB hard drive inside. More »