Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - Page 2
Computing

MIT Plans To Rebuild Artificial Intelligence From The Ground Up

After 50 years and countless dead ends, incremental progress, and modest breakthroughs, artificial intelligence researchers are asking for a do-over.


I Guess You Don’t Need A Flagship Store If No One Wants Your Flagship Phones


Entertainment

Cutting Through The Blu-ray Digital Copy Confusion

Gizmodo AU

It’s an idea that makes so much sense. Buy a movie, and get a digital copy inside the box for your PC or iPod, so you don’t have to go through the hassle of ripping/torrenting/pirating a copy for when you’re not in front of the TV. But the simple truth is that every movie studio has a different idea of exactly what a digital copy means, despite almost universally using the “digital copy” terminology. So to help, here’s how digital copy is implemented by each of the studios:


The Printer Toaster Unfortunately Doesn’t Use Butter And Jam For Ink

I liked this clever toaster design that mimics an inkjet printer. But then I realised how much I wanted a toaster that also prints on the butter and jam. Can’t have it all, I suppose.


Seagate Introduces Pulsar, Its First Solid-State Drive

Seagate just announced their first line of SSDs, named Pulsar. It’s a 2.5-inch drive in slightly odd 50GB, 100GB and 200GB sizes, and it’s packing some pretty impressive speed.


Software

Too Much AT&T Fail

Remember that Mark the Spot iPhone app for telling AT&T where they suck? Um, yeah. [Thanks Joe!]


Software

World’s Most Popular Dictation Software Comes To App Store

There’ve been some dictation apps before now, but now Nuance, makers of Dragon, the world’s most popular desktop dictation software, is invading the App Store with their own. Plus, it’s free (for a limited time)!


Computing

Vostro V13: Dell’s New $450, 16.5mm Ultraportable

There aren’t very many details available about the Dell Vostro V13 other than the fact that it’s an ultra-thin, ultra-light ultraportable with a seemingly very reasonable $US450 price tag, but at least there are a few teasing pictures.


Gadgets

EBeam Whiteboard Delivers Notes To Kindle, For The Kid Who Forgot His Glasses

In elementary school, I was that kid who always had to sit up front when I forgot my glasses. Think of all the time I could have spent goofing off! If only I had those notes delivered to my Kindle…


Entertainment

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Reality shows tend to put me to sleep, but some part of me wants to grab energy drinks and watch this entire iPhone development reality show. There has to be drama, right?