Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - Page 2
Entertainment

The Spectacle This Week At CES: Television In Three Dimensions

We’re here, in Las Vegas. Home of gambling, awkward celebrity impersonations and oh yes, CES. Meaning we’re in for a week of gadgetsTVsPCsPMPsandwaymore. And, by the looks of it, tons of 3D, in case you didn’t already know.


Millennium Falcon Can Do The “Free Bird” Guitar Solo


Geek Out

So Banks Around The World Think It’s 2016 Too? This Can’t Be A Coincidence…

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When Windows Mobile started sending SMS messages from the future the other day, it was a relatively harmless glitch. But as multiple news outlets are reporting, both the Bank of Queensland and Bankwest are suffering the same glitch, and it’s actually hurting businesses.


Apple Buying Quattro Wireless For $US275m?

Following Google securing a place in mobile advertising with a $US750 million purchase of AdMob, there’s talk that Apple has purchased Quattro Wireless, an AdMob competitor, for $US275 million. What’s Apple getting into now? [All Things D]


Astonishing Burj Dubai Opening Fireworks Will Boggle Your Mind

Forget about any Olympics inauguration ceremonies or any New Year’s Eve celebrations: The Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world, and it got the highest fireworks too for its opening ceremony. So colossal you’ll think they are destroying it.


Dazer Laser Fights Crime With Nefarious Intentions, Stupid Moves

After writing this morning about the Glare LA-9/P, a device that can blind people from 4km away, I got this video of a product called the Dazer Laser. It seems like a joke, but it’s real. I think?


Software

Understanding Windows 7′s ‘GodMode’

Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden “GodMode” feature that lets users access all of the operating system’s control panels from within a single folder.


Entertainment

Battlestar Rhapsody Combines Your Love Of Queen And Battlestar Galactica

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Muppets doing Bohemian Rhapsody. Mario dancing to Don’t stop me now. It seems Queen is having a bit of an internet meme resurgence of late. And now some clever sod has gone and combined Queen and Battlestar Galactica to create a mashup of epic proportions, with a solid dose of hilarity thrown in.


Cameras

Specs And Pictures Of Panasonic’s Newest Cameras Leak

Ooh hello! Photo Rumors has come across what appear to be the specs of Panasonic’s six newest cameras along with their pictures. And they’re as lovely as can be.


Samsung IceTouch PMP Has A Transparent AMOLED Screen, But Why?

I don’t know what’s going on over at Samsung, but as PMPs die, you’ve got to come up with some way to differentiate your product – and I guess a see-through screen is as good a way as any.