Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - Page 2
Software

Palm Doesn’t Want You To Buy Too Many Apps

There have been mentions of odd limits on how many apps you can install on your Palm Pre. Now there are whispers that Palm is ignoring this issue entirely. What gives, Palm? Don’t want to profit from app sales?

Software

Want To Know What’s Inside The Windows 7 Party Pack?

Gizmodo AU

Remember a couple of weeks ago how we told you that Microsoft wants people to host Windows 7 launch parties? Well, turns out we applied, and we’re going to be hosting our own little Windows 7 launch party in a couple of weeks. Our party package just arrived, and it’s filled with Windows 7 stuff:

Science

Electrical Shocks Slow Down Gamers, Speed Up Parkinson’s Patients

Researchers somehow found volunteers willingto accept electrical shocks while playing video games. Ooookay. The study’s mostly good news though: Small zaps to the brain might help Parkinson’s patients. The bad news? They’d turn us into bad video game players.

Griffin eXport Cable Connects iPhone To In-Flight Entertainment

Intrepid Runway Girl Mary Kirby has got her hands on the new Griffin eXport In-Flight Video Cable, which will let you connect your iPhone or iPod to the in-flight entertainment system in your aeroplane seat, displaying content and data.

Mobile

Danger For Microsoft’s Project Pink?

A anonymous source gave details to MobileCrunch about Microsoft’s Pink phone project, which we had shots and info of here, that might point to trouble for people involved.

From Abandoned Nuclear Missile Silo To Kickass Home

Apartment hunting sucks, so I can’t blame Bruce Townsley for just plain giving up and moving into an abandoned nuclear missile silo. Actually, after seeing more pictures of the place, I kinda wanna follow his example.

Mobile

First Look At Blackberry’s Essex And Rumours About The Dakota

Forget the mockups of the Blackberry Essex, what may be a picture of the real thing has leaked along with news of Dakota, RIM’s first phone with a “touchscreen in a conventional shape” and a “liquid lens“.

Gadgets

The 80s Have One More Cassette Tape Measure To Be Proud Of

Only Gama-Go would be able to take a Cassette Tape and make it into a pun-based product that’s both useful and compact. Plus, it’s only $US8. [Gama-Go]

Software

Slingplayer Mobile iPhone App Has Finally Launched In Australia

Gizmodo AU

Okay, it happened a couple of weeks ago, but I was away and didn’t get to share it with you. The Slingplayer Mobile iPhone app, which streams content from your Slingbox to your iPhone over Wi-Fi, is now available from the Aussie iTunes store…

Software

This Is A Photoshop And It Blew My Mind

PhotoSketch is an internet-based program that can take the rough, labelled sketch on the left and automagically turn it into the naff montage on the right. Seems unbelievable but—as the video shows—it works:

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