Friday, February 5, 2010 - Page 2

Panasonic Admits Automatic Plasma TV Black Level Change

In response to complaints regarding black level performance in its plasma TVs, Panasonic has issued a statement admitting that “background brightness will increase”, but described the change as “automatic” over the TVs’ lifespan and being intended to maintain optimal performance.

Gadgets

Electronic Key Impressioner Could Make Car Thieves Very Happy

Frustrated after seeing his father try to make a replacement car key without the ID code, Steve Randall and Ted Schwarzkopf created the Electronic Key Impressioner. If it works, it could be great news for locksmiths. And maybe thieves too.

Gadgets

Sound Booth To Lie To Your Significant Other

If you go out to party with your friends and leave your significant other at home, chances are that he or she wouldn’t be very happy. Fortunately, here’s the perfect solution.

Computing

Fujitsu Releases Their Intel Core Line Of Laptops

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Fujitsu’s Lifebook lineup of notebooks have just received their inevitable spec upgrade to Intel’s Core family of processors, starting with the T900 tablet pictured above. Full details for the T900, plus the other notebooks in the range, are below:

Computing

An Early Account Of How Microsoft Strangled Its Own Tablets

In former VP Dick Brass’s stabbing assault on Microsoft, he pointed to how his tablet projects were strangled to death by competing groups inside the company. So it’s interesting to see the record of infighting go back further.

Gadgets

Full Gadget Ratio Formula Calculates The Actual Size Of Gadgets

The maths itself doesn’t make much sense, but I like the concept of this formula to calculate the real size of your gadget. One thing is clear: the Apple fanboy constant automatically sets the weigh to near-zero.

Software

Leak: Buy Office 2007 March 5 Or Later, Get Office 2010 Free?

According to a leak spotted by Ars, if you buy Microsoft Office 2007 anytime between March 5 and September 30 of this year, and you activate the product and save your dated receipt, you can get Office 2010 for free.

Software

Comic Books Will Look Incredible On The iPad

I’d buy an iPad just to read comic books. Think I’m nuts? I probably am, but see how you feel after this first look at what Panelfly, maker of a popular comic book iPhone app, is building for the iPad.

Gaming

Sony Still Loses Money On Every PS3 They Sell

A tiny but significant factoid in Sony’s earnings report from the WSJ: “Sony loses about six cents for every dollar of PS3 hardware sales.”

Science

Most Detailed View Of Pluto To Date

Oh Pluto, Pluto… You may not be a planet anymore, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love you. Even while you look like a big mouldy ball of mud in this image capture by Hubble, the most detailed to date.

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