Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Computing

Samsung’s Hybrid Desktop Notebook Concept

11:24PM October 28, 2009 | Danny Allen

I’m not sure how practical this design would be on the road, but it sure looks sweet at 2.7mm thin. The stunning 14-inch screen supports a resolution of 1366×768, and because it’s AMOLED, has a 1000000:1 contrast ratio and 300cd/m2 brightness. More »

FCC May Reclaim Some TV Airwaves To Boost Wireless Broadband

10:28PM October 28, 2009 | Danny Allen

You’ve heard lots about the FCC and net neutrality, but they’re also working on another important problem: Mobile broadband is growing faster than wireless providers have expansion room to cater for. What the FCC calls the “looming spectrum gap”. More »

Apple’s Fourth Manhattan Store Almost Ready

9:39PM October 28, 2009 | Danny Allen

After a year of construction, the store on Broadway and 67th looks just about ready. The design remains under wraps (despite obsessive RC helicopter action), but is expected to borrow elements from stores in Fifth Ave and Sydney, Australia [CNET] More »

Online

China Accuses Google Of Unfair Censorship

7:40PM October 28, 2009 | Adrian Covert

China’s state-run newspaper, People’s Daily, is accusing Google of unfairly censoring it’s online book section from search results, calling it “revenge” because they published a story questioning Google’s book-scanning practices along with possible copyright issues. My friends, this is rich. More »

Gadgets

Photographic Proof Of The Apple Tablet…From 20 Years Ago

7:00PM October 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

I know, I know, that headline’s a dirty trick. But this is still pretty cool: TechCrunch obtained a shot of the Apple Pen Mac, a stylus-driven tablet concept circa 1990 that eventually collapsed in favour of the Newton. More »

Cameras

Can You Tell The Difference Between Film And Digital Shots?

6:40PM October 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Shane Hurlbut, who’s been Director of Photography on, ahem, illustrious projects like Terminator: Salvation, is a huge proponent of consumer DSLRs, especially the Canon 5D MKII. Now, he’s challenging viewers to separate digital from film shots in his new movie. Can you? More »

Rumour: Select Intel Atom CPU Netbooks To Be Allowed 2GB RAM

6:20PM October 28, 2009 | Adrian Covert

Leaks from the Pine Tree Pine Nut Pine Trail roadmap from Intel suggests that going forward, certain Atom processors will support 2GB of RAM, a jump from the previous 1GB max instituted by Intel as a measure to prevent cannibalisation between netbooks and processors in middle tiers. More »

Geek Out

Why, What Do You Use? An iPod? Pssh.

6:00PM October 28, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

I bet your iPod can’t play music at FIFTY-TWO X. That’s so many X’s, you guys. Plus, it doubles as a retractable cupholder. [There, I Fixed It]