china
Software
China Bans Most Versions Of Windows Because Of Two Fonts
3:42PM Rosa Golijan | Courts ruled that Chinese language editions of Windows 98 SE, 2000, XP and Server 2003 will be banned from being sold in China due to Microsoft infringing on the intellectual property of a Beijing-based software company. By using two Chinese fonts. More »
Design
Gigantic LED Funnels Will Light Up 2010 Expo And Suck Rain
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | See that enormous blue funnel in the middle of those buildings? It’s just one of the six canopies that will light up the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. As the close-ups show, the scale of these things defies belief. More »
Gadgets
Next Room’s Eavesdropping Device Is Better Than A Drinking Glass
9:20AM Sean Fallon | Next Room is kind of like a mash-up between a stethoscope, MP3 player and an old-fashioned drinking glass. According to the product page, you can hear what is being said through wooden walls, doors, windows and even steel plates. More »
Cameras
Coke Zero Has Zero Calories And Sugar, But Is High In Spy Cameras
1:00PM Sean Fallon | This realistic-looking can of Coke Zero isn’t filled with a refreshing, low calorie liquid — it’s actually a 4GB spy cam DVR that can capture footage in VGA (640×480) resolution. More »
Phones
Windows XP Phone: First Look At Its Custom Touchscreen Interface
4:10AM Danny Allen | Remember the xpPhone? The 4.8-inch touchscreen slider has netbook-like specs, some sort of “AMD Super Mobile CPU”, and runs a full-blown copy of Windows XP. They’ve just sent through shots of its phone-function interface…and they actually look pretty good. More »
Online
China Accuses Google Of Unfair Censorship
7:40PM Adrian Covert | China’s state-run newspaper, People’s Daily, is accusing Google of unfairly censoring it’s online book section from search results, calling it “revenge” because they published a story questioning Google’s book-scanning practices along with possible copyright issues. My friends, this is rich. More »
Design
3:25AM Jesus Diaz | They may have some of the dirtiest city skies in the planet, but at least the Chinese authorities are doing some nice and beautiful urban planning for the future of Beijing. More »
Beijing Expansion Looks Like High Tech Eden
3:25AM Jesus Diaz | They may have some of the dirtiest city skies in the planet, but at least the Chinese authorities are doing some nice and beautiful urban planning for the future of Beijing. More »
Design
11:00AM Mark Wilson | Constructed during a ceramics festival in China, this toilet waterfall is…well…it’s darn convenient is what it is. [Izismile via Fortean Times via boingboing]
Toilet Waterfail
11:00AM Mark Wilson | Constructed during a ceramics festival in China, this toilet waterfall is…well…it’s darn convenient is what it is. [Izismile via Fortean Times via boingboing]
Vehicles
2:00PM Chris Jacob | The Chinese military has apparently been copying American UAV designs for a while now. After they got bored simply rebuilding Uncle Sam’s models, they decided to design a few of their own. And they blow ours out of the water. More »
Chinese Knockoff UAV Better Than The Real Thing
2:00PM Chris Jacob | The Chinese military has apparently been copying American UAV designs for a while now. After they got bored simply rebuilding Uncle Sam’s models, they decided to design a few of their own. And they blow ours out of the water. More »
Cameras
