Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - Page 2
Gadgets

Retro Parade: A Gallery Of First-timers

Gizmodo AU

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first consumer mobile phone on the market, news.com.au is running a “then and now” picture gallery celebrating first-time technologies and their modern counterparts. Neat.


AMD Confirms Six-Core Consumer Processors Codenamed “Thuban”

Just one day before Intel’s IDF conference, AMD dropped a little bit of a bomb on us, confirming that they will bring hexa-core processors to consumer computers. Even better, they’ll be backwards compatible with existing AM3 and AM2+ motherboards.


Did Snow Leopard Eat Your Printer Profiles?

Gizmodo AU

It could be me. It could be my printers. Or it could be Snow Leopard. I’m sending out a call to Snow Leopard-using Gizmodians to gather a consensus on what is going on here. Did Snow Leopard mess with your printer profiles?


Cars

$US1.2 Billion Yacht Comes With Anti-Paparazzi Shield

Famed Russian yacht-fanatic Roman Abramovich added a new feature to his 170-metre, $US1.2 billion monstrosity, Eclipse: A laser shield that sweeps the boat’s surroundings for paparazzi and then fires a bolt of light at the camera to destroy any photo.


Computing

MSI Wind U110 Eco Updated (Slightly) With 15-Hour Battery Life

MSI’s Wind U110 was a perfectly fine netbook when it was released in January, but the newer Toshiba NB205 and HP Mini 5101 make it look outdated. MSI updated the U110 with a 15-hour, 9-cell battery, but is that enough?


Chances Are This Is The Only Mug With A Coffee-Stained Underbite

I think it is pretty safe to assume that you will be the only one in the office brushing your mug’s teeth after each coffee break. [MollaSpace via 7Gadgets via Likecool]


News

Win! One Of Five Copies Of Fringe Season 1 On Blu-ray

Gizmodo AU

JJ Abrams latest geek-friendly TV show, Fringe has just been released on Blu-ray. We’ve got five copies of the hit show to give away this week.


Software

Mobile Retail Therapy For Blackberry Users

Gizmodo AU

Following the somewhat wishy-washy advisory of a Netflix app coming for iPhone, like, “some day” (vapourware, anyone?) comes the news that iDumpit is offering Blackberry users an Australian shopping app.


Gadgets

MP3 Inventor Demonstrates First Working Laser Mic

Anyone who’s ever attended a Styx concert can tell you that lasers and smoke are both integral components to any musical act. But now compressed audio pioneer David Schwartz is squeezing the tech into microphones to achieve higher fidelity recording.


Gadgets

OXX Appoints Oz Distributors

Gizmodo AU

Haven’t embraced digital radio yet? Perhaps you don’t really care? Perhaps you don’t have the right device? The former is your problem, but OXX Digital can help with the latter, having recently appointed its new Australian distributors.