Friday, January 8, 2010

Online

Sarkozy Goes For Google In Attempt To Claw Back Piracy Revenue

11:56PM January 8, 2010 | AddyDugdale

President Sarkozy, that small man with the excellent peripheral – wife Carla Bruni – could be going for the internet giants in order to claw back some of the revenue he claims that creatives are losing through piracy. More »


Moritz Waldemeyer’s Home Disco Is Best iPod Dock Ever

11:26PM January 8, 2010 | AddyDugdale

Now this is what I call an iPod dock. It’s crazy guy Moritz Waldemeyer, the guy behind OK Go’s LED suits for their tours a couple of years back. What is it, chaps? A smoky, light-y Home Disco! More »


Pleo To Return In 2010 – Jurassic Park, As Alan Partridge Might Say

8:30PM January 8, 2010 | AddyDugdale

Despite the fact that we thought they had become extinct in, oh, 2009, Pleo is, apparently, back for 2010 with a second-gen model, and an outsized version of the current extinct model. More »


Geek Out

CESpool: An Old King Finds Another Shot At Greatness

6:45PM January 8, 2010 | Brian Lam

At CES, The world’s greatest Elvis impersonator sings his song at the Motorola booth. This last year, Moto’s Android-powered Droid fast tracked them back to relevance.


Looptastic For The iPhone Is A Hybrid DJ/Music Maker App

6:08PM January 8, 2010 | Adrian Covert

When I have nothing better to do, I love killing a few minutes with music maker apps such as Melodica or Band on my iPod touch. From the looks of it, I might have to add Looptastic to the arsenal. More »


Gaming

SNES Glasses Case Offers 16 Bits Of Optical Protection

5:00PM January 8, 2010 | Adrian Covert

C’mon, like you didn’t see this one coming. $US25 here. [Etsy via Geek Sugar via Unplggd] More »


Entertainment

Netgear Push2TV Links Your Laptop To Your TV, Sans Wires (Sorta)

4:30PM January 8, 2010 | Adrian Covert

With digital content becoming more prevalent, some of us want to directly link our computers to our TVs quickly and easily. But we don’t all have a dedicated HTPC to make life simple. Enter Netgear’s Push2TV wireless display adaptor. More »


Gadgets

Weekend Gadgets: LG GW620 Edition

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4:23PM January 8, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Welcome to the first Weekend Gadgets for 2010! This weekend, I’ll be continuing my review of the LG GW620 Android handset. More »


Entertainment

Monsoon Volcano Is A Slingbox And Slingcatcher Rolled Into One

4:00PM January 8, 2010 | Adrian Covert

Dave Zatz got an early peek at Monsoon’s new video placeshifter, the Volcano, and was pleasantly surprised by its feature set, which combines the functionality of a Slingbox with that of a Slingcatcher. Oh, reeaaaallly? More »


Kogan Releases Two LED Backlit LCDs, Available To Purchase Today

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3:30PM January 8, 2010 | Nick Broughall

As a general rule, LED backlighting does a pretty good job of boosting an LCD’s brightness and colour performance, as well as making the TV a bit thinner. So it’s nice to see Kogan launching a couple of LED backlit LCDs in Australia, starting today. More »