Monday, January 4, 2010 - Page 2
Computing

ThinkPad Edge Review: A Murky Middle Ground

Somewhere between the buttoned-up utility of the ThinkPad and the sleek efficiency of the IdeaPad sits an untapped sweet spot for affordable, entry-level notebooks. At least, that’s clearly what Lenovo is banking on with their new ThinkPad Edge series.


Online

Take Part In Whirlpool’s Annual Broadband Survey

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The Australian Whirlpool forums are one of the best resources anyone can ask for when it comes to working out which ISP is best suited to your needs. That’s why you should fill out their annual Australian Broadband Survey, which is running now.


Cameras

Samsung NX10 Gets Real, New Camera Format And All

The compact Samsung NX10 is official this evening, with many if not all of the features we saw leaked in December making the final cut in time for some hands-on time at CES.


News

Giz AU’s Biggest Stories Of 2009

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It’s the new year, so it’s time to look back and see exactly which stories floated your boat on Gizmodo Australia in 2009. The results are a little surprising…


Science

The Sun Eats A Comet

Maybe the little guy is safe. Maybe he went… around back? In any event, this senseless celestial murder was captured by SOHO today. The dirty deed gets done toward the end, coming from left to right.


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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A slightly belated Happy New Year, Gizmodians! Anyone else find that the past week flew by too fast? I’m back on board now, and ready to wrap the hell out of the past few days. Let’s get to it:

The Socially Acceptable Geek Subgenre Scale Yay, geeks validating themselves! We rule!

The Decade In Tech Stocks: Hope You Had GOOG And AAPL Man, I wish I had them.

Shine On, You Crazy Gadgets It’s been a good decade, wouldn’t you say?

Microsoft’s Lost Decade In Mobile Someone say “dropped ball”?

Google and HTC Working On A Chrome OS Tablet So many tablet rumours, yet still nobody’s telling me why I’d want one… Also, I’d take this rumour with a grain of salt…


ZOMM Keeps Careless Owners In Touch With Their Phones

Even if you drop your phone down a hole, or trap it in a locked briefcase, ZOMM promises to be there to connect incoming calls. It’s kind of like a leash for those of us prone to abusing our phones.


Computing

Toshiba, Gateway Netbooks Add To Growing Pile Of Leaked CES Gear

With the Lenovo laptop/netbook CES leak still fresh in our minds, let us consider Toshiba and Gateway this afternoon, and the netbooks we now know they’ll be bringing to the show as well:


AT&T Moves Goal Post In Latest Luke Wilson 3G Commercial

With the new year one might have expected the retaliatory Luke Wilson AT&T coverage map ads would have ceased once the crystal ball reached bottom. You expect wrong. Here’s a new one, now with revised numbers!


Mobile

Multitouch Browser Comes To Droid By Way Of Software Hack

We know the Europeans have been tooling around with Droid and multitouch since December, but today, courtesy of a hack of sorts, the Yanks can have it to, albeit for a browser only in this particular case.