Friday, March 5, 2010 - Page 2
Mobile

How To: Heroically Salvage A Scratched-Up iPhone

One drop. Five minutes in a pocket with your keys. Three months of regular use. This is all it takes for an iPhone’s backplate to go from a mirror-like shine to a scratched-to-hell eyesore. Here’s how to fix it.


Thodio A-Box Bulletproof Speakers Are Perfect For Your Bunker

Back in 2007, Thodio made the lovingly hand-crafted iBox speakers. But you know what? That was then. In today’s rough and tumble world, your iPod needs speakers wrought with freakin kevlar. Welcome, survivalists, to the Thodio A-Box.


Gaming

Over 55,000 Submissions To R18+ Discussion Paper

Gizmodo AU

It’s time to stand up and take note, politicians, because gamers have put down their controllers and found their voices. According to Randolph Ramsey at Gamespot AU, the public discussion paper for the introduction of an R18+ adult classification received over 55,000 submissions.


Online

Jalalabad’s Fab Fi: How Junk Was Turned Into A Wireless Network

Members of MIT’s Bits and Atoms lab visited Afghanistan some time ago. While there, they showed locals how to turn pieces of board, wire, a plastic tub and some cans into reflectors for a wireless network. The result? Fab Fi.


Online

Code Organ Turns Your Website’s Code Into Music

Gizmodo AU

It’s a pretty simple idea – analyse the HTML code of a website and convert that information into music. Actually, it’s not that simple an idea, but it’s pretty awesome, nonetheless.


The Loch Ness Monster Isn’t In Scotland, She’s Lighting Up My Home

Alright, so maybe Nessie isn’t lighting up my living room just yet, but you can bet that if this concept lamp design ever gets produced, she will. The big question though: Shall I put her on a wall or ceiling?


Online

Mayor Wants All Firstborn Children To Be Named “Google Fibre”

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Hey, Topeka, Kansas! Duluth, Minnesota is calling you out for changing your name to Google in an attempt to get Google’s Gigabit Fibre Internet. They’re announcing that all firstborn children shall be named Google Fibre. Or Googlette Fibre for gals.


Gadgets

The Sony Timeline: Birth, Rise And Decadence

At the beginning there were Ibuka and Morita, the founders of Sony. At the end, a clusterfuckassery of blah models. And in the middle, a Big Bang of brilliant electronic gadgets, full of firsts and smallests. Here’s the whole timeline.


Online

Whirlpool Broadband Survey Results Are In

Gizmodo AU

After a couple of months and 23,683 applications, the official results from the Whirlpool Australia Broadband Survey are in. Among the findings: Whirlpool users don’t care much for the mandatory internet filter, although they also reckon they’ll be able to bypass it.


Gadgets

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Multi Edition

In today’s Remainders: the many. A new multitouch test app shows that multiple fingers confuse the Nexus One; Windows 7 has sold multiple copies (roughly 90 million); Chrome and its numerous extensions are catching up to Firefox, and more