james bond
Phones
6:48AM John Herrman | Samsung’s only real watchphone competitor hasn’t even launched its product yet, so it’s a little early for the marketing oneupmanship. Regardless, the S9110 is an impressive piece of kit, with a 1.76-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, email support and MP3 playback. More »
Samsung “World’s Thinnest” Watchphone Also Happens To Be One Of The World’s Only Watchphones
6:48AM John Herrman | Samsung’s only real watchphone competitor hasn’t even launched its product yet, so it’s a little early for the marketing oneupmanship. Regardless, the S9110 is an impressive piece of kit, with a 1.76-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, email support and MP3 playback. More » 
Random Stuff
Want to Be the Real Q? Apply Here
9:25PM Jesus Diaz | If you want to be the gadget inventor for Her Majesty’s Intelligence Service, the MI5—British Military Intelligence Section 5— is actually offering the real post now. The best thing: It’s part-time. More »
Entertainment
James Bond Museum Permanently Blows Bond’s Cover
5:40AM Mark Wilson | After 20 years of collecting, one Bond enthusiast has amassed enough James Bond memorabilia to open a museum. More »
QOTD
3:30PM Nick Broughall | I watched Quantum of Solace on Blu-ray over the weekend, and while watching the 1080p version on my 50-inch Panny plasma was an exhibition of ocular pleasure, when it came to special features, plus my current lack of surround sound, I began to wonder whether having the DVD version may have suited me just as well. More »
QOTD: Quantum Of Solace On DVD Or Blu-ray?
3:30PM Nick Broughall | I watched Quantum of Solace on Blu-ray over the weekend, and while watching the 1080p version on my 50-inch Panny plasma was an exhibition of ocular pleasure, when it came to special features, plus my current lack of surround sound, I began to wonder whether having the DVD version may have suited me just as well. More »
Gadgets
James Bond’s Weird World of Inventions Chronicles 007 in 1966
7:00PM Elaine Chow | The James Bond series has always had gushing reviews of their gadgety goodness, even before Jesus’ take on Quantum of Solace. This January 1966 article, “James Bond’s Weird World of Inventions” look backs to the time when Sean Connery was filling 007’s shoes. Remember the Disco Volante, the110-foot hydrofoil floating fortress? How about the Bell jet-pack Bond uses in the opening scenes of Thunderball? More »
Entertainment
Quantum of Solace Is the Perfect Bond Movie
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | The latest Bond is the perfect Bond Movie. Yes. It is. In fact, Quantum of Solace is not only the perfect Bond movie, it’s the best Bond movie ever, period. Even surpassing Casino Royale–and I mean both the Craig’s one and the original Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen’s delirium–which to me surpassed Connery’s best (I know, sacrilege). It has everything a Bond film must have and more: Cars, cocktails, airplanes, boats, cocktails, smart hot girls, evil baddies, slimy baddie sidekicks, cocktails, and gadgets. Yes, the new Bond has some really cool gadgets in it. I don’t mean cheesy stupid mini-rockets firing from the exhaust pipe of an Aston Martin or laser watches that can cut through steel and french lingerie. I mean cool, believable technology that integrates in the movie transparently. More »
Entertainment
Ex-CIA Officer Laments Q’s Absence from Modern James Bond
4:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie scheduled for release in mid-November might be a fine movie, but something is missing. There is no Q. More »
Vehicles
007-Gadget-Filled Superyacht For Sale, One Insane Owner: Saddam
7:33PM Kit Eaton | For a cheap-at-half-the-price sum of just $US30million you could be the owner of the Basra Breeze—a 270-foot superyacht that Bond himself, or perhaps, more fittingly, a Bond-style supervillain would be proud of. Why? Because as well as your standard superyacht golden faucets, the Breeze has a helicopter landing deck, and a bullet-proof atrium.
Gadgets
11:30AM Nick Broughall | Sony just can’t seem to get enough of Bond. James Bond. Not even a week after wrapping up their not-officially-a-Bond-promotion-but-it’s-called-the-”Quantum-Code”-so-you-don’t-have-to-use-too-much-imagination-to-see-where-they-got-the-idea-from Quantum Code promotion, they’re at it again, this time offering a range of Bond-style adventures.
To be eligible for this promotion, you’ll need to pony up the cash: “For every $50 spent on participating Sony products, consumers will have the opportunity to win one of seven world-class Bond-style adventures.” There are also daily prizes including PS3s, 007 DVD box sets, movie vouchers, BigPond music download credits and adrenalin vouchers (whatever they are).
Of course, Sony are pimping the QR codes again, with the chance to double your chances in store by scanning a QR code. Considering each of the seven major prizes is worth up to $30,000 each, this isn’t exactly a bad promotion to try and win. For a full run-down of the prizes and specifics on how to enter, see the full release below… More »
Sony’s Milking Quantum Of Solace For Everything It’s Worth
11:30AM Nick Broughall | Sony just can’t seem to get enough of Bond. James Bond. Not even a week after wrapping up their not-officially-a-Bond-promotion-but-it’s-called-the-”Quantum-Code”-so-you-don’t-have-to-use-too-much-imagination-to-see-where-they-got-the-idea-from Quantum Code promotion, they’re at it again, this time offering a range of Bond-style adventures.
To be eligible for this promotion, you’ll need to pony up the cash: “For every $50 spent on participating Sony products, consumers will have the opportunity to win one of seven world-class Bond-style adventures.” There are also daily prizes including PS3s, 007 DVD box sets, movie vouchers, BigPond music download credits and adrenalin vouchers (whatever they are).
Of course, Sony are pimping the QR codes again, with the chance to double your chances in store by scanning a QR code. Considering each of the seven major prizes is worth up to $30,000 each, this isn’t exactly a bad promotion to try and win. For a full run-down of the prizes and specifics on how to enter, see the full release below… More »
Computers
