Friday, November 13, 2009 - Page 2
Gadgets

Remainders — Stuff We Didn’t Post (And Why)

YouTube Going 1080p So That You Can Watch Silly Videos In High-Def…Yet Another “Virus” Attacks Unsecured Jailbroken Phones…USB AM/FM Tuner Made By Company Who Hasn’t Heard Of Internet Radio…Pirates Decorate Their MacBooks With Crossbones…


Entertainment

Foxtel’s New Channels Launch On Sunday

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Remember Foxtel subscribers: all your shiny new channels, including a heap of HD stuff, will be available for you to watch from Sunday. Also launching are the new iSuggest and Record Me functions for iQ and iQ2 users. Which all means that from next week we’ll probably all be watching a lot more TV… [Foxtel]


Geek Out

Automatic Holy Water Dispenser To Fight Swine Flu

Some churches in Italy are installing automatic holy water dispensers that, much like soap dispensers, squirt out an individual portion when you place your hand underneath it. To fight swine flu, of course!


Gadgets

Chumby One Review: Totally Frivolous, But Totally Adorable

The new Chumby One model ditches the old beanbag casing for a retro TV–inspired look and slashes the price, though the internals are unchanged. It remains a pretty frivolous gadget yet I can’t help really liking it.


Science

Aussie Scientists Are Hard At Work Growing Bigger Boobs

Even though there are benefits to artificial enhancement, sometimes “natural” is the way to go. Imagine if plastic surgeons could grow boobs instead of relying on traditional implants? It could happen sooner than you think.


Gadgets

The Philco Signal Tracer iPod Dock

I don’t have a clue what a Philco Dynamic Tester is or what it did back in 1946. Quite frankly, I don’t care. I want to believe it was used to carry the navigational computers inside Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles.


Entertainment

LG Soundbar Offers 4.1 Audio Plus Blu-ray For $1499

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Can anyone explain to me how 4.1 surround sound works from a soundbar? I can understand virtual 5.1 and Sharp’s 3.1 well enough, but what about 4.1? Is that three front speakers and one rear? Stereo front and stereo back? Three back and one front? I’m confused!


This Is No Ordinary Jacket

In reality, the Scottevest/SeV Pack Windbreaker doesn’t look as cool as in this — fake — X-ray image, but it packs a lot of nice features for gadget lovers, including a clear, touch-sensitive pockets, and more pockets than Batman’s suit.


Gizmo5 Currently Closed To New Users

We knew that Gizmo5 was acquired by Google, but now we’re seeing the first effect of that merger as Gizmo5 has closed its doors to new users until the Google-powered re-launch. [Cool Geex]


Intel Deems The Dual Core Atom 330 Too Hot For Netbooks

We’ve been curious as to why Intel decided to keep the N330 chip out of netbooks, and now we finally know: The chips are just too damn hot.