Friday, January 1, 2010

Gadgets

Shine On, You Crazy Gadgets

4:00PM January 1, 2010 | Brian Lam

I spent this decade hunting for the perfect gadget. I never thought I would end up with tech as good as this. But it’s not the tech that interests me the most anymore. More »


How Many Times Have You Broken Your Phone Under Contract?

3:00PM January 1, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

When thinking about the cost of a mobile phone, we consider the phone itself and any service plans, but what about the price of misuse? How often are we finding ourselves paying an unsubsidised price to replace phones under contract? More »


Science

Mysterious Lunar Base Hole Explained

2:14PM January 1, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

“We discovered a vertical hole on the moon,” says JAXA’s Junichi Haruyama. A mysterious tube so large and deep that it can shelter a future moon base. Until the creatures inside kill everyone, which is what happens in these cases. More »


DIY Wolverine Claws Seized During Postal Crackdown

2:00PM January 1, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

A wannabe Wolverine is crying somewhere in the UK, because these homemade claws of his were seized by border agents as part of a crackdown on illegal goods shipping into the country. Guess he’ll just hope for a mutation now. More »


Gadgets

How To Build The World’s Most Useless Machine

1:00PM January 1, 2010 | Sean Fallon

No, this isn’t an instructional guide on how to build a TwitterPeek. This device is even more useless. Impossible? Hardly. Check out the video. Then hit the following link for the complete set of build instructions. More »


LED Shower Bathes You In Cascading Light (And Lots Of Water)

12:00PM January 1, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Visentin’s LED shower heads are pretty stunning, that is, until you realise that, not only are you completely naked in front of your guests, but you’re also splashing water all over the living room. More »


Mobile

Apple Refuses To Send Stolen iPhone To Rightful Owner After Repair

11:00AM January 1, 2010 | Sean Fallon

When your stuff gets stolen, FILL OUT A POLICE REPORT. Consumerist reader Alisa is figuring this out the hard way after Apple received her stolen phone for repair. Even though it’s clearly hers, they refuse to return it. More »


Mobile

Wireless N Support In Next Gen iPhone Implied By Apple Job Posting

10:36AM January 1, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

After the iPhone 3.0 firmware update, we wondered whether the the next gen iPhone would bring a new chip with support for 802.11n. Now a job posting on Apple’s website is feeding that theory. More »


Software

Single Photo Tutorial: How To Make A Mask With Photoshop

10:00AM January 1, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Get it? Get it?? Yeah, I bet you got it. [tumblr via tumblr via Super Punch]


Computing

Laptops In The Year 2000 Were The Smartphones Of Today

8:00AM January 1, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Now I want you to close your eyes and squint really hard. Because I’m going to tell you about a time that feels ancient, a time when Sony made some of the baddest laptops around. More »