Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Peripherals
Dumb Microphone-Speaker Mouse Allows You To Pull A Scotty
11:50PM 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 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 Jesus Diaz | Remember kids, never plug your head in a high voltage capacitor. On the other side, watermelons are fine and fun. More »
GPS
GPS Compass Could Make For Grandest Treasure Hunt Of All Time
10:45PM 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 »
Music
Sony Adds S640, S740 Walkmans, Promises Long Battery Life
9:15PM 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 »
Music
Sony A-Series Is The Thinnest Walkman Yet, Has OLED Screen
Software
Opera Mini 5 Beta Out Now: Tabbed Browsing, Speed Dial Bookmarks
5:30PM 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 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 »
Hardware
AMD Athlon II X4 620: Four Cores For $US99
3:20PM 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 »
Games
3:16PM 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 »
New Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 Bundle Comes With 250GB HDD
3:16PM 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 » 
