Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Cameras

Lomo LC-A+ Camera Goes High-End With 24ct Gold Finish

11:49PM March 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Lomo cameras (back in the day) were popular as they were cheap as chips and almost disposable, made from just flimsy plastic. Now, they’re coated in 24-carat gold and in limited-edition runs of 130 pieces. More »


Software

Layar, The iPhone’s Best App, Is Back In The App Store

11:03PM March 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

After it was pulled in December due to some bugs, Layar is back in the App Store, available for iPhone 3GS users. More »


Cars

Honda’s Space-Age Trike Gets Filmed From Every Angle

10:34PM March 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Seen through the eye of the YouTube gloryhole is Honda’s eco-friendly trike, which debuted this week at the Geneva Motor Show. More »


Cast Zombie Shadows And Hope Simon Pegg Can Save You

10:07PM March 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Simon Pegg may’ve confirmed they’re never making a sequel to Shaun of the Dead, a TV series, or a radio show based on the zombie-fest, but this zombie shadow cast only costs $US15. Tempted? You bet! More »


Gaming

Bets Being Taken On Next Console To Suffer From “Global Glitch”

9:49PM March 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

UK bookies Paddy Power doesn’t have much faith in the state of console gaming. After the PS3′s spectacular shitstorm of a failure this week, they’re putting odds of 11/8 on it happening again. The Xbox 360 meanwhile has 7/4 odds. More »


Computing

Even AT&T’s CEO Thinks The Wi-Fi iPad Is The Better Option

9:18PM March 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

People have been thinking long and hard for well over a month now whether they’ll buy the Wi-Fi version which is available this month, or wait for next month’s 3G model. AT&T isn’t arguing their case well here. More »


Software

Free Skype App Now Available On Nokia Symbian Phones

8:41PM March 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Nokia’s picked the beta version of the Skype app up off the floor, dusted it off, and granted it a shiny new spot in its Ovi Store, for all Symbian^1 phones. More »


Insane Asylum Inspires Batman, Becomes A Residential Community

4:20PM March 3, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

This is Danvers State Insane Asylum, the inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham Sanitarium “which in turn was the inspiration for Arkham Asylum in the Batman comic book series”. Today, the building is part of Avalon Danvers, a pleasant residential community. More »


Software

The Windows XP F1 Bug: Hijacking Computers One Help Menu At A Time

3:40PM March 3, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

So there’s this tiny unpatched bug in VBScript that lets sneaky websites run malicious code on machines running Internet Explorer on Windows XP. It’s triggered when you try to access the help menu by hitting the F1 key. Whoops. More »


Mobile

Nokia N900 Launching In April

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3:28PM March 3, 2010 | Nick Broughall

If you were hoping to use your mobile phone as a remote trigger flash for your Nikon D40, then you’ll be happy to know that the Nokia N900 will be landing in Australia next month. More »