Friday, January 22, 2010

Science

Turbine City Concept Should Be The Future Of Energy And Tourism

11:40PM January 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Norway already boasts the world’s first floating wind turbine, and is apparently the windiest coastline in Europe, making it perfect for even more turbines. Or a turbine city, like On Office’s proposal which shows a stunning vision of the future. More »


Software

Windows Mobile 7 WILL Launch End Of Year, Apparently

10:07PM January 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Yet more to-ing and fro-ing about the Windows Mobile 7 launch, this time with Digitimes pointing at a Mobile World Congress announcement of an end-of-2010 launch. It’s nothing we haven’t heard before, but they’re piling up thick ‘n’ fast now. More »


Computing

Fox News: Apple Tablet Will Be Sold By Both Verizon And AT&T

9:11PM January 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Fox News. When they’re not talking of celebrity chests, they’re opining about Apple rumours! They got next week’s event date wrong, but now they’re quoting sources saying Apple “is in talks” with both Verizon and AT&T for the tablet. More »


Mobile

The Next Fruits Of Garmin And ASUS’ Relationship Appear

8:59PM January 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

It’s not the Android phone that Asustek’s president was bragging about yesterday, but the WinMo 6.5.3 model we heard whispers of actually looks nicer than expected, if this Taiwanese pre-order picture extravaganza is anything to go by. More »


TomTom Shares Dip Following Nokia’s Free Ovi Maps Giveaway

8:35PM January 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

It was sadly predictable, especially after the exact same thing happened last October when Google released their free turn-by-turn navigation. Cheer up though TomTom and Navigon – at least you’ve got iPhone apps, right? Oh. [Yahoo Finance via TechRadar]


Software

Instapaper For Kindle Updated, Reading Long-Form Articles Easier

5:30PM January 22, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

Instapaper, a program that lets you mark articles to be sent to your Kindle for later reading, just got a substantial update – and there isn’t even a Kindle app store yet! More »


Judges Decide “Wolf Jumping Over Fence” Photo Is Fake… Sort Of

4:20PM January 22, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

This beautiful photo of a wolf jumping over a fence elicited the usual rabble of “fake!” claims when it won a prestigious wildlife photography competition. The photographer denies the claims, but he’s just been stripped of the award. More »


Gadgets

Weekend Gadgets: HTC HD2 And Edifier iPod Dock

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4:00PM January 22, 2010 | Nick Broughall

I’ve got a couple of really cool gadgets to play around with this weekend, including the HTC HD2 and the Edifier if350 portable iPod dock. Maybe I should take them both to the beach. More »


Lonely? Play Rock-Paper-Scissors Against Your Shirt

3:40PM January 22, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Augmented reality is often used in pointless ways, but here’s finally something decent: A rock-paper-scissors shirt. Just plop down by a computer and play with the creepy hand jumping out from your chest like the fun people in this demo video. More »


Gadgets

The Fastest Text Input Test: Laptop, iPhone, Pen, Palm Or Newton?

3:00PM January 22, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

In this totally unscientific but reasonably fair test, one man writes a long paragraph on several different devices (including pen and paper) to test speed. The results may surprise and anger you. More »