Everybody take to the streets with streamers, quick, the recession is over. Google’s earnings were back up this quarter (27 per cent increase in profits over last year, to $US1.64 billion) with internet advertising picking up again. Google’s gonna start spending money and hiring people again. Money! Jobs! Everything’s okay now. For Google, anyway. [WSJ]
Ready for sprawling aisles of Microsoft stuff, a guru bar and giant wall-sized screens? The first store in Scottsdale, Arizona is receiving its final touches and may open on or just after October 22, according to the Wall Street Journal. More »
DASH, a UC Berkeley-designed, cockroach-inspired robot, manages to take what makes cockroaches so resilient and even retain the cockroach’s singularly creepy movement. This thing is near-indestructible. More »
Some cool gadgets for me to play with this weekend: Most exciting of which are the PXC310BT headphones from Sennheiser which cram in both A2DP Bluetooth and noise cancellation. More »
Sure, we’ve seen bartending robots before, but isn’t anything that makes a drink for you worth a mention? The guys at NYC Resistor built the Barbot out of old recycled Barbot parts, Arduino controllers and blood pumps. More »
The Expendables Trailer Looks Incredibly Silly, Explosion-y…Plants Know and Work With Relatives, Unlike Some People…Luxury Wine Vending Machine for Less-Wealthy Oenophiles… More »
