Thursday, March 11, 2010

Entertainment

These Ads For MSN And MTV Should Be Expanded Into Movies

11:00PM March 11, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

This Australian production/advertising agency, Umeric, has created two of the best commercials I’ve seen. The first, for MTVNHD (MTV Nickelodeon High Definition) is my favourite – anyone else reminded of War of the Worlds when watching it? More »


Computing

Rumour: Hexacore i7 Mac Pro Coming Next Tuesday

10:29PM March 11, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

ZDNet is receiving tips claiming Apple will upgrade its Mac Pro line with an Intel Core i7-980x chipset, which certainly isn’t the first time we’ve heard Core i7-shaped gossip. Supposedly it’ll all be unravelled next Tuesday, March 16. [ZDNet via BGR]


Mobile

Motorola Replacing Google With Bing On Chinese Android Phones

9:21PM March 11, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Cynics will likely say China’s forcing Motorola to include Bing search instead of Google in Chinese Android phones, due to the ongoing war o’ censorship with Google. Me? Well, Bing is the better search engine. Kidding! More »


Software

Opera Mini 5 Browser Beta Out Now For Android

8:49PM March 11, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The latest beta version of Opera Mini for Androids is now out as of today, with a new interface and multi-tabs support thrown in. It’s not entirely dissimilar to Opera Mobile 10 on Symbian and WinMo, though. More »


Pioneer’s DJM-2000 Shows Why Every Digital Mixer Should Come With Multitouch

5:20PM March 11, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Pioneer is known to make digital mixers that leave us drooling and wishing for some DJ skills. First they gave us the CDJ-2000 with its beautiful LCD screen, and now they’ve given us the DJM-2000, a multitouch screen-having per-frequency-mixing beauty. More »


Cars

When Heavy Machines Crash They Make A Terrible Noise

4:40PM March 11, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

It doesn’t matter if the machine you are using is a massive crane or a tiny smartphone: You will always curse in the same way when it crashes. The deafening noise, however, won’t be the same. More »


Check Out Samsung’s New 3DTVs At Byteside Next Week

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3:59PM March 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

I’ve got a pretty strong opinion about 3D televisions, which I’ll share with anyone ready to listen. But if you’re going to be in Sydney next Tuesday night and want to check out the technology for yourself, Samsung’s going to have some of their brand new sets on display at Byteside. More »


Fashion As Futurism

3:59PM March 11, 2010 | John Herrman

It’s hard for a lot of us to relate to what goes on in fashion, but Alexander McQueen, recently deceased, strode across some familiar territory in his final works. Shots like this are as sci-fi as they are high-fashion. [BoingBoing]


Girl Recognises Lego Star Wars Minifigs By Sucking On Them

3:20PM March 11, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

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You really have to suck a whole lot of Lego Star Wars minifigs to do what this girl is doing: Identify the characters by putting them inside your mouth. Somehow, I find all this strangely arousing. More »


Software

Mocal Is Another iPhone Turn-By-Turn Navigation App

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3:01PM March 11, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Just in case you weren’t happy with the vast range of satnav apps available for the iPhone already, there’s now another all-Aussie option called Mocal. On the upside, they’ll let you use the full version of the app for free for the first 30 days. More »