Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - Page 2
Entertainment

Family Guy And Microsoft Team Up For Hackiest Ever Hackathon

Hack-tacular comedy murderer Seth MacFarlane is teaming up with Microsoft to create a commercial-free, partly live-action special in which the Windows 7 brand-name will be integrated into the show’s content. Commercials might actually have improved this idea.

Science

Astronomers And The Air Force Face Off Over Lasers

Astronomers are arguing with the Air Force over being allowed to use lasers pointed at the sky to adjust telescopes. The Air Force fears that satellites could be accidentally blinded while astronomers are concerned about missing significant heavenly observations.

Gadgets

Laser-Cut, RFID Paper Radios Tell Your Speakers What To Play

Designer Matt Brown created these sweet-looking laser-cut paper radios with a twist: They’re equipped with RFID chips that can interact with a speaker to broadcast messages or change the radio to a pre-decided station.

The Cause Of The Sidekick Fiasco? “All Signs Point To Sabotage”

This past week’s Sidekick data disaster was so extraordinary, you would think that either T-mobile or Microsoft would issue an explanation. There’s one insider who might have the reason why one hasn’t come yet: it was an inside job.

Cameras

Australia Getting The 4GB Flip Mino HD In November

Gizmodo AU

While Flip is announcing that the US is getting an 8GB Flip MinoHD, in Australia we’re finally getting the original Mino and 4GB MinoHD some time next month. Woo-hoo?

Cameras

Next-Generation Flip MinoHD: Sleeker Design, Double The Memory

The newest Flip MinoHD was just announced, and it’s a lot like the first-gen, but with upgrades all around. You’ve got double the memory, a much sleeker aluminium design, bigger screen and HDMI port. Sweet!

Cameras

Nikon D3s DSLR Has Night Vision With 102,400 ISO (Yes, You Read That Right)

The D3s is not simply the D3 plus 720p video recording, a la the D300s. A redesigned sensor allows it to shoot at up to ISO 102,400. Yeah, that’s a six-digit ISO.

Entertainment

Freeview Lays The Smackdown On DViCo

Gizmodo AU

So earlier today when I said that DViCo was Freeview badged? Turns out that they stuck the logo on without actually jumping through Freeview’s anti-ad skipping hoops. Which could be a win for potential customers.

Software

Dev Team Cracks iPhone 3.1.2, Jailbreaks Even Previously Unbroken iPhones

The Dev Team has struck again, negating the security work of the iPhone 3.1.2 update. Looks like it’ll work even if you’ve never jailbroken your phone before (though soon-to-be-released hardware may not?). Pwnage can be attained here. [Thanks, SE!]

Gadgets

Prevent Imposter Lovers With The Fingerprint Ring

Are you paranoid that your lover uses a lookalike stunt double on occasion? That her twin sister shows up instead of her? With the fingerprint ring, you can just compare fingerprints and know when it’s the real thing.

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