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Software

Your Future Morning View Will Make You Vomit

6:40AM Jesus Diaz | Current augmented reality: Computers recognising your surroundings and overlaying useful information over the real world. Future advertising-driven augmented reality according to Keiichi Matsudafor: A mind blowing view that will make everyone of us puke. Even his simulation makes me dizzy. More »
Online

Google Buzz On Phones Is Kind Of Ridiculous (In A Good Way)

5:42AM Matt Buchanan | Google Buzz is actually slightly more insane on Android phones and iPhone than the desktop: There’s a revamped, Buzzier Google homepage and you can post entirely using your voice. More »
Online

What Is Google Buzz?

5:22AM Mark Wilson | So what exactly is Google Buzz? Used on a PC or mobile, Buzz reminds us of an RSS combined with all of your social networking – all within the existing Gmail and Google.com infrastructure. More »
Design

Tower Skins Modernise Ugly Buildings, Generate Energy, Collect Rain

5:20AM Kat Hannaford | I’m not sure how I feel about these tower skin concepts, which can turn ugly buildings into modern icons. A lot of the post-war buildings aren’t the nicest-looking, but as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. More »
Games

Microsoft Refused To Sell Xbox 360s To The Military For Training

4:40AM Adam Frucci | The military currently trains its soldiers using PCs, but they were interested in switching to the Xbox 360 for a number of reasons. Unfortunately, Microsoft was not too interested in helping them out. More »
Peripherals

Netgear 3G Mobile Broadband Router Offers Ethernet Lan, 802.11n

4:01AM Kat Hannaford | Netgear and Ericsson have been tinkering away on a joint project, the fruits of which have weaned today – the MBRN3300E 3G mobile broadband router. More »
Design

Child Engineers World-Peace-Promoting Ice Cream Rocket Car

3:40AM Mark Wilson | While this is really just a Honda ad, I had to share its charms with you. Because not only is the alleged Alec probably the most promising mind of his generation; he’s likely husky and rejected by his peers. More »
Entertainment

The ’80s HBO Logo Was Spinning Brass And LEDs

3:33AM Joel Johnson | CGChannel uncovered this fantastic ’80s vintage documentary that details the three-month process behind HBO’s iconic pre-movie intro. Grit your teeth past the corny “Illusion!” song. It’s worth it to see how special FX were made “with computers” before CG. More »
Business

Shock: When You Raise iTunes Prices, People Buy Less Stuff

3:32AM Matt Buchanan | A shocking revelation from Warner Bros earnings call this morning: Since they bumped prices on a bunch of iTunes music, growth has slowed down! Digital track growth dropped from 10 per cent in the fall quarter to just 5 per cent for this past quarter, which means less money – digital revenue grew less than half as much, 8 per cent, versus 20 per cent a year ago. Warner Music’s CEO apparently conceded that raising prices during the recession was maybe not his finest idea. More »
Computers

iMac 27 Shipping Again

3:19AM Jesus Diaz | After the rumoured iMac 27 global shipment halt, reader Adam Pattee has sent us confirmation that his unit – purchased on January 29 – is now shipping. Apple says his iMac will arrive on February 16. More »