Saturday, February 27, 2010 - Page 2

10 Billion Songs Sold Contest Winner Thought Steve Jobs Was A Prank Caller

Louie Sulcer won Apple’s 10 Billion Songs Sold contest. He just didn’t believe that he won or that the guy calling to congratulate him was Steve Jobs himself. Guess he thinks Cupertino is full of prank callers.


The Life Vest Messenger Bag Is Stylish But Dangerously Misleading

From what we can tell, the $US175 Life Vest Messenger Bag, while quite fashionable, does not actually float. Thank goodness we clarified that before anyone got hurt on the way to some beach bound Starbucks.


Cameras

A Hypothetical Look Inside The Webcam-Spying Principal’s Office

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You’ve probably heard about the school district that installed spy software on laptops issued to its students so they could spy on them without their knowledge. Creepy! Well, here’s a peek at the principal who came up with the idea.


i-Tab Offers Rock Stardom By Way Of Huge Geekdom

Music and technology aren’t unfamiliar bedfellows, but the i-Tab offers a unique method for enhancing your guitar with gadgetry: clamp it on. Like a TomTom for tunes, the electronic songbook prompts players with chords and lyrics for thousands of songs.


Computing

Does The Mac Vs PC Ad Song Sound Like Baby Music?

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You know that Mac vs PC music in EVERY ad? Do you think it sounds like baby music? Because everyone at Gizmodo just got into a huge debate over it and are not talking to each other now. Tiebreaker please?


Amazon’s Desperate Phone Calls To Publishers

Amazon started calling publishers before Steve Jobs had even left the stage at the iPad event, according to the NYT. They wanted to know what Apple promised them – and more importantly, what they promised Apple.


Computing

Engineers Solve 80-Year-Old Computer Modelling Puzzle

A quantum physics breakthrough that can predict the kinetic energy of electrons in simple metals – and semiconductors – will enable computers to simulate the behaviour of new materials up to 100,000 times faster than they currently can. That’s huge.


Gaming

Nintendo DSi Uses Camera Face Tracking To Create 3D Mirages

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Three-dee displays make me dizzy. I want to see real 3D without eyeglasses, which is exactly what this new Nintendo DSi game does. It opens a world to a new dimension, and its demo just blew my mind.


Geek Out

So Exactly Why Is Bill Gates In Antarctica?

Yesterday, up popped our buddy Bill on Twitter, saying he was in Antarctica with a decent satellite connection to the internet – good enough for tweeting at least. But what’s he doing down there?


Gadgets

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Breaking News Edition

In today’s Remainders: news that’s breaking. Boxee Beta is available on Apple TV; Symbian^4 rears its ugly head; analysts analyse things and predict cheaper iPhones; Carly Simon reveals who was so vain; and a nation-sized iceberg breaks free in Antarctica.