Thursday, February 4, 2010 - Page 2
Software

iPhone Finding App Better Suited As Whoopee Cushion

“Where Is My Phone” is a clever little app designed to help you locate your misplaced iPhone simply by whistling. But I think we can agree that there are better uses for whistle-triggered sound effect playback than finding your phone.

There Is Much Wrong With This Batman iPod Shirt

A list of things wrong with this shirt: 1. Batman has speakers, very excellent ones, built into his cowl. 2. They are wireless. 3. He uses a Zune HD. 4. Where’s his other leg????

Gaming

Put Your Wii On A Pedestal And It’ll Pretend To Be Organised

It’s tough to motivate yourself to keep remotes, add-ons and games organised. But when the organisation system simply depends on shoving a console and all that junk onto an acrylic base that actually looks good? Suddenly things are neat.

Proximity Sensing T-Shirt Helps Nerds Of A Feather Flock Together

The Locked ON Proximity Sensing t-shirt is a stone cold radar-detecting piece of apparel. When separated from companions, its radar screen stays in scan mode. But get within a few metres of another Locked ON wearer? Target detected, baby.

Samsung Offering Bonus Goodness To The IT Managers Of Australia

Gizmodo AU

Bonus promotions are great for consumer products, but what about all those poor IT managers who spend thousands of dollars on hardware without getting anything extra chucked in? Why should they miss out? Well, Samsung has come to the rescue, with a promotion specifically for their IT range of products.

Cameras

HT4Sight Plugs Aerial Surveillance Video Into Any Mobile Phone

HT4Sight seems like something only available to rogue agents who break people’s legs and shout out their lungs every time they want to know where a nuclear head is, and nobody – except a hacker with permanent PMS – believes in them.

Science

Real Rules For Time Travellers Is A Handy Helper For Lost Theories

Discover Magazine has a great article on the real science and logic of the paradoxes of time travel. Just what is possible and what isn’t? Prepare to have your brain at least partially melted.

Online

H.264 Will Stay Royalty-Free For Free Internet Video Through 2016

Appropriately following our explainer on why HTML5 won’t save the internet (yet) and the embedded discussion about video codecs and the future of internet video, MPEG LA – who licenses the H.264 codec – has announced they’re going to continue H.264′s royalty freeness for free internet video through 2016.

Cameras

Nikon’s Latest CoolPix Range For Australian Consumption

Gizmodo AU

Must be new camera season: Nikon has announced local details for their new range of Coolpix cameras. Details below:

Gaming

THQ CEO Suggests PS3 Motion Controller Will Be Called “Arc”

We’ve heard rumours that Sony’s PS3 motion controller would be called Arc. Now we’ve got Brian Farrell, President and CEO of game developer THQ, referring to device by the same name. It’s not conclusive, but it’s certainly suggestive evidence. [Kotaku]

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