digital
Random Stuff
Conde Nast Closes Four Magazines, Focusing On Digital Distribution
11:00AM Jason Chen | Normally the closure of two bridal magazines, a dining magazine and a mum magazine wouldn’t be notable; except that this time their publisher, Conde Nast, notes that they’re going to focus on digital distribution instead. More »
Peripherals
The Mini DisplayPort To HDMI Adaptor Now Has Digital Audio
1:40AM Jason Chen | The USB audio version of the Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor hasn’t shipped yet, but Kanex just came out with an even more updated version of it with digital audio. More »
Cameras
12:50AM Jesus Diaz | 21-friggin’-times optical zoom, MPEG4 video recording, digital camera, night mode, and digital music player to play the James Bond theme on repeat. That’s what the Avatar Digital Binocular Sports and Spy Camera will get you for just $US129. More »
Ultimate Peeping Tom Device Disguises Itself As Digital Camera, Media Player
12:50AM Jesus Diaz | 21-friggin’-times optical zoom, MPEG4 video recording, digital camera, night mode, and digital music player to play the James Bond theme on repeat. That’s what the Avatar Digital Binocular Sports and Spy Camera will get you for just $US129. More »
Gadgets
Why Amazon’s Power To Delete Books Is Absolutely Horrifying
10:00AM Matt Buchanan | Editors from Columbia’s Science and Technology Law Review explained to us a year ago the pitfalls of not owning your Kindle books, a fact that Amazon revealed to be more horrifying than we thought. Guess what? It’s worse. More »
Music
BlackBerry’s Getting A Music Store In September
6:57AM Jason Chen | RIM’s signing up with 7Digital to bring a 6 million track library to BlackBerry phones starting September. The service will hit in “UK, US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Spain,” and will be priced at the standard $US0.99 track and $US9.99 album model. [TGDaily via Electronista]
Design
Digital Ruler
7:30AM Brian Lam | This wooden, yet digital, concept ruler combines “values of a traditional ruler, with advantages of a digital interface.” I think it still needs lines, but how cool is it that it sets the zero point wherever you start measuring? More »
Gadgets
Panny IPod Merge Will Let You Connect IPod, Cameras To Inflight Ent
11:40PM Jesus Diaz | According to Mary RunwayGirl Kirby—I call her Freckles myself—you will be able to use Panasonic’s new iPod Merge inflight entertainment system to access your digital camera photos and fully access your iPod as early as this fall. More »
Music
A PMP This Ugly and Expensive Had Better Sound Amazing
1:35PM Dan Nosowitz | But I think we’re clear on the sound quality front. The HifiMAN HM-801 is a digital audio player, yes, but its modular design allows for a portable amp to be popped right inside. More »
Peripherals
Cassette To Digital USB Gadget Preserves Milli Vanilli For Eternity
6:00AM Sean Fallon | If, for some strange reason, you still have tons of cassettes lying around, this USB gadget from Japanese company Novac will help you convert them to MP3, WMA or WAV files. More »
Music
