Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Gadgets

WikiReader Puts Wikipedia In Your Pocket, Forgets We’re In 2009

11:30PM October 13, 2009 | Danny Allen

Three buttons, three million topics: Wikipedia in the palm of your hand. Openmoko’s $US99 WikiReader could be useful for kids (or luddites), but it’s an odd little gizmo in a world of 3G Smartphones. More »


Gadgets

GlideTV Navigator: A Trackpad For Your Hand

11:18PM October 13, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The GlideTV Navigator—a trackpad remote for an HTPC, AppleTV, WMC, Boxee, PS3 or Mac—is shaped so strangely that you figure the ergonomics must be amazing. More »


Sonos Gets More Affordable With ZonePlayer S5 Wireless Speaker

10:35PM October 13, 2009 | Danny Allen

Sonos’ wireless home audio system is great for convenient, hiss-free streaming, but it’s pretty pricey. The S5 changes that (a little), by incorporating a receiver and speaker into a single unit-compared to the $US350 ZP90 which requires separate powered-speakers. More »


Computing

Acer’s Dual-Bootin’, Android Lovin’ Aspire One Almost Here

9:50PM October 13, 2009 | Danny Allen

As you may have heard, the 10.1-inch Aspire One D250 dual-boots between Android and, err, Windows XP. It has a 1.66GHz Atom 280 processor, 6-cell battery rated for 9 hours, and is now up for pre-order on Amazon for $US350. More »


SanDisk Starts Shipping X4 Flash Cards, Will Eventually Be Awesome

7:20PM October 13, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

SanDisk’s X4 tech packs four bits of data into each memory cell, compared with the typical one or two bits. That means they’ll be able to far exceed the 32GB limit on SDHC, microSDHC and others, and they’ve started shipping. More »


Steve Jobs Whips Disney Stores Into Shape

6:40PM October 13, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Disney retail stores, like many other venerable chains, have been suffering in recent years. But Disney’s got an ace in the hole (or, more accurately, on their board): Steve Jobs. Think Apple Store meets Zac Efron. Weird, I know. More »


Computing

Why Desktop Touch Screens Don’t Really Work Well For Humans

6:14PM October 13, 2009 | Brian Lam

Why don’t touchscreen desktops work very well? You’ll get tired gesturing on a monitor for more than a few seconds. (Try it on a desktop monitor now — see?) [Techcrunch]


iPhone iBend Stands Are So Thin That iHurled

5:20PM October 13, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

iBend iPhone Stands are flimsy, foldable stands that you can tuck into your wallet or purse without difficulties. And now these bulimic-looking stands are available in a special Artists Series to make spending eight American bucks on plastic sheets more appealing. More »


Online

Facebook Poke Results In Arrest

4:40PM October 13, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Today I’m thankful for many things, including whoever arrested Shannon Jackson for poking someone over Facebook. It may have been over a protection order violation, but I’ll be damned if I haven’t dreamed of doing worse to Facebook pokers. More »


No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge

4:00PM October 13, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

At 470m, the Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane is one of the longest footbridges of its kind and so eco-friendly that it generates more energy than it uses for its lighting system. Oh, and it’s kinda pretty. More »