Friday, March 19, 2010

Online

Old Websites Sure Are Embarrassing

11:34PM March 19, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The Wayback Machine offers an incredible catalogue of what the web once was. But unlike that beloved Polaroid of your dad donning tweed and an afro, anyone can access the skeletons in your digital closet, anytime. Here’s our peek wayback.


Software

Leaked BlackBerry OS 6.0 Screenshots Show Widgets Aplenty

11:27PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

This is it. This is the moment us BlackBerry users have been waiting for. After countless Android, Symbian and Windows Phone 7 OS leaks, our time has come. This could be the turning point – BlackBerry OS 6.0. More »


Computing

LEAK: HP Slate Priced At $US540 With June Launch Date

10:41PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Well, they’ve succeeded in coming in at under $US630, but even so the €400 ($US542) price rumoured for the Slate is still too much when it’s coming up against the $US499 iPad. More »


Sony Aibo’s Pre-Death CAT Scans And X-Rays Emerge

9:57PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Four years after the Aibo puppy was discontinued, some CAT scans and X-rays have emerged showing two of the models’ inner parts. The CT scans don’t appear to show any abnormalities, but then I’m no doctor. Or roboticist. More »


Online

If Everyone Watches This Google Japan Street View Video…

9:10PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

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…world peace would likely reign – or at the very least, privacy watchdog hissers would slink back to their fluoro strip-lit offices. More »


Science

Invisibility Cloak Project Becomes More Realistic

8:51PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Invisibility cloak project is back on! It’s from a different team of scientists that were using silver-plated nanoparticles in water though, with these latest Harry Potter enthusiasts using photonic metamaterials to change light rays. More »


Laptop Concept Folds Into Briefcase For Ultra Portability

8:06PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Cut out the laptop bag middleman with a laptop that transforms into a briefcase. OK, so there’s no room to stash the power cord, but this concept is like a grown-up Fisher Price laptop I had as a kid. More »


Online

Google Rumoured To Shut Down Chinese Arm In April

7:49PM March 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

We’ve already explored some of the repercussions that could come if Google exits China, but that’s looking all the more likely now that an actual date has been pointed at by one of their Chinese employees. More »


Skype Giving Free Wi-Fi Access Worldwide This Weekend

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4:00PM March 19, 2010 | Seamus Byrne

As part of a promotion for their new SkypeAccess service, which lets you buy Wi-Fi access using Skype credit on many Wi-Fi hotspots around the world, Skype is offering free Wi-Fi access at compatible locations everywhere all weekend. For Aussies that means early Saturday until early Monday. More »


Mobile

“Last Summer, I Forgot My Friend Norman’s Birthday.”

3:49PM March 19, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Dave Pell, on what it means to have our heads in the cloud, as he puts it: More »