Saturday, October 3, 2009

Software

WebOS 1.2.1 Fixes Palm Pre iTunes Syncing, MS Exchange

5:52PM October 3, 2009 | 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 »

Computing

Russian Casemod Freak Builds A Living Room Inside His PC

2:30PM October 3, 2009 | 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 »

Concept Watch Projects The Time Onto Your Wrist…With Lasers

2:00PM October 3, 2009 | 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 »

Mobile

More Details Surface On Motorola’s Verizon Android Phone

1:40PM October 3, 2009 | 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 »

Chair Designed During Windows Panic Attack?

1:20PM October 3, 2009 | 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 October 3, 2009 | 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 October 3, 2009 | 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 October 3, 2009 | 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 »

Cars

Air Combat Command Converting Actual Pilots Into Drones

12:00PM October 3, 2009 | 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 »

Geek Out

Pizza Factory Workers On Strike Over Internet Porn Sackings

11:40AM October 3, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Pizza and porn. The two just plain belong together. So why has a pizza factory fired three employees over a little bit of on the job ooh-la-la-look-at-her? And why can’t they settle the resulting (so far) five week strike? More »