Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Page 2

Olive 4 HD Music Player Brings Minor Updates, Now Costs $US2000

The Olive 4 HD isn’t too different from the Olive Opus N4 we saw back in July, but has a few nice additions and a steeper price: The 2TB version now comes in at $US2000. Youch.


Gadgets

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

Samsung’s Bada Mobile OS to Launch in Early 2010…Google Talk Knows When You’re on Android, and Likes It…California Passes New Efficiency Standard for TVs…Acer Ferrari Netbook’s Tackiness Burns My Eyes…


Entertainment

Details On Telstra’s T-Box Announced

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Back in March, Telstra said they’d be launching 100Mbps cable in Melbourne. Today, the Big T announced that they’d be flicking the switch on December 1, as well as confirming details on the T-Box. Not to be confused with the T-Hub, this one’s a DVR! For TV.


Stump Light: Light From A Stump

Egg Collective’s Stump Light is exactly what it sounds like. It’d be a thematically appropriate bedside table-light combination if you’ve got a cabin in the woods, or a seriously dilapidated urban apartment. [Unpluggd]


Cars

Bird’s Eye View Of Some Fast Birds

The GeoEye-1 satellite snapped a picture of the Dubai Airshow and we can see all the pilots’ pretty planes, lined up and waiting to zip-zip-zoom through the sky. Anyone wanna play Guess the Aircraft? [PopSci]


Our Favourite Lifehacker Posts Of The Week

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This week, Lifehacker looks at why Aussies are less vulnerable to malware, DIY camera lens and media centres, how to get Google Apps on your desktop, the best online backup tools, and free passes on offer to the SME Technology Summit!


Gadgets

Soothing Gifts For Geeks Who Need To Relax

Life is stressful! If the person you’re shopping for is anxious all the time, you might as well help them out with a gift that will let them chill out, if but for a little while.


Computing

Super Cheap, Super Small Lenovo X100E Leaks

Lenovo’s new X100E ultrathin laptop just leaked out, and it’s looking pretty sweet: 11.6-inch screen, redesigned chiclet keyboard, a supposed starting price of less than $US500 and colours. Colours, you guys. On a ThinkPad.


Entertainment

LED Backlighting Is LCD’s Trump Card

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Up until recently, LCDs just couldn’t compete with plasmas when it came to showing blacks or colours. They weren’t just bad, either: they sucked, at least in comparison to plasma. But then came LED backlighting, and things changed.


Steve Jobs On Pixar Circa 1996

Steve Jobs wanted to turn Pixar into one of the biggest names in entertainment when Toy Story was released, according to Pixar’s 1996 annual report. You can’t help but compare his thoughts on the Pixar brand and the Apple brand.