Saturday, October 3, 2009
Software
WebOS 1.2.1 Fixes Palm Pre iTunes Syncing, MS Exchange
5:52PM John Herrman | When webOS 1.2 didn’t re-fix the syncing compatibility that iTunes 9 re-broke, it almost looked like this bizarre little Apple/Palm standoff had finally just, you know, puttered out. Well, nope, for some reason! Cue webOS 1.2.1. More »
Computers
2:30PM Adrian Covert | Because the one sentence written about this miniature-living-room-inside-a-PC-case was composed in Russian, I’ll just say this — whoever created it is awesome, but they might also be a serial killer. More »
Russian Casemod Freak Builds A Living Room Inside His PC
2:30PM Adrian Covert | Because the one sentence written about this miniature-living-room-inside-a-PC-case was composed in Russian, I’ll just say this — whoever created it is awesome, but they might also be a serial killer. More »
Design
Concept Watch Projects The Time Onto Your Wrist…With Lasers
2:00PM Adrian Covert | Sure, some of us wear the time on our wrist, but this concept watch quite literally puts the time on your wrist. More »
Phones
More Details Surface On Motorola’s Verizon Android Phone
1:40PM Adrian Covert | Android Central has more details on Motorola’s Android phone for Verizon which may or may not have a 600MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 3.7-inch 854×480 screen, 5MP camera, video recording and Android 2.0 Eclair (with native flash support!). More »
Design
1:20PM Wilson Rothman | We already knew about painting by Windows error, but this mindbending chair at the London Design Festival looks like it was designed in the middle of a full-on Win 98 meltdown. [Core77]
Chair Designed During Windows Panic Attack?
1:20PM Wilson Rothman | We already knew about painting by Windows error, but this mindbending chair at the London Design Festival looks like it was designed in the middle of a full-on Win 98 meltdown. [Core77]
Gadgets
Remainders — Things We Didn’t Post
1:00PM Jason Chen | Today in remainders…a new GPS system, a woman who shouldn’t be doing what she’s doing, a big arse disc and a couple old men talking about boards. More »
Cameras
High Definition War Footage Taken With Canon 5D Mark II
12:40PM Jesus Diaz | I’m amazed by the cinematic qualities of this high definition footage from Frontline’s documentary Obama’s War. The colour, the depth, the texture, it all screams film to me. Except it’s just a Canon 5D Mark II rigged by Danfung Dennis. More »
Science
Mighty Mouse Has One Less Gene, Lives 20% Longer
12:20PM Rosa Golijan | Sorry, Apple. Researchers have already created a mightier mouse: By deleting a single gene from a mouse’s genetic makeup, they’ve enabled it to suffer fewer age related ailments and live 20% longer. On humans, that’d be about 16 bonus years. More »
Vehicles
Air Combat Command Converting Actual Pilots Into Drones
12:00PM Jesus Diaz | The sensors dome mounted on this Cessna 182 comes from a Predator. And it’s under that wing because there’s a shortage of Predators and Reapers, so pilots can’t get training with real drones. The solution? Convert other pilots into drones. More »
Random Stuff
