Monday, October 26, 2009

Computing

Mac OS 10.6.2 Leaks New Core i5/i7 MacBook Pros?

11:54PM October 26, 2009 | Mark Wilson

It’d be the most obvious leak in history, but the 10C531 build of OS 10.6.2 references the “MacBook Pro 6.1 and the MacBook Pro 6.1b”. All current Macbooks are strictly “5″ status. More »


Gadgets

Have A Happier Halloween With The Fleshlight Succu Dry

11:50PM October 26, 2009 | Danny Allen

If you’ve seen our own Adam Frucci’s hilarious review of the Fleshlight Sex in a Can, you know the deal. It’s a fake beer can/rubbery vagina that you put your wang in. Well, now it has fangs…if that’s your thing. More »


Gadgets

Sega Genesis/Saturn Lighters, Or Why Sonic No Longer Runs 5Ks

11:40PM October 26, 2009 | Mark Wilson

It’s easy to think, hey, America and Japan aren’t so different! Then Sega licenses fantastic, official Genesis/Saturn lighters ($US114). And I can’t even begin to imagine the Truth campaign that would stem from the controversy here. [Net-you via Kotaku]


PhotoTrackr Mini DLP900 Adds Geotagging To Any Camera

11:12PM October 26, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The Eye-Fi Geo can add Geotagging to almost any camera through an SD card, but what about systems that use CompactFlash? For these instances, the PhotoTrackr Mini is probably your best bet. More »


100-Core Tilera TILE-Gx Processors Planned For 2011

10:56PM October 26, 2009 | Danny Allen

While Intel and AMD look to make a complete jump to 8-cores, Tilera (an MIT start-up) says its upcoming 100-core chip has “at least four times the compute performance of an Intel Nehalem-Ex, while burning a third of the power”. More »


Samsung’s Sexy “Needle Slim” 3mm HDTV

10:24PM October 26, 2009 | Danny Allen

At just 3mm thick, Samsung’s latest 40-inch LED backlit LCD HDTV is as thin as Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV. It almost makes the 1-inch thin Panasonic Z1 Plasma look chubby and Samsung’s current LED LCD TVs (about 1.2 inches) look fat. More »


Rumour: Is This the Apple Tablet’s SIM Card Tray?

9:54PM October 26, 2009 | Danny Allen

Today in micro-rumours: Is this the Apple Tablet’s SIM card tray? (And are we this desperate for photos?) More »


Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview

6:30PM October 26, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

Most of you may not have 16 minutes to spare on this and probably don’t care anyway, but I promised to post the full video, if only so you can understand the context of our five highlighted segments. More »


Cars

Test Driving The Segway-Killing Toyota i-REAL

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4:10PM October 26, 2009 | Damian Francis

I’m sitting at AMLUX in Tokyo watching Toyota demonstrate the i-REAL personal mobility vehicle. Currently there is a Japanese women tearing around the room in one of these things. That’s right, she’s tearing it up. For those that used to compare the i-REAL to the Segway, consider the comparison dead. The i-REAL looks cooler and goes faster. And you sit in it rather than stand. More »


Science

What Is This?

4:10PM October 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

At first I thought this image was a tattoo under a powerful microscope. One near some feminine naughty bits. But no, there are no tattoos as weird and wonderful as what this image really is. Not on this planet, anyway. More »