speeds
Phones
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Well, the iPhone 3GS has been out for a few days now. I’ve been playing around with an Optus version of the handset, and, in a side by side comparison with my iPhone 3G, I’m getting some pretty mixed results. More »
How Are You Finding The 3GS Speeds?
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Well, the iPhone 3GS has been out for a few days now. I’ve been playing around with an Optus version of the handset, and, in a side by side comparison with my iPhone 3G, I’m getting some pretty mixed results. More » 
Vehicles
Crazy Jumpsuited Man Sets New Speed Record for Jetpacks
9:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Like some kind of cross between NASCAR and Evel Knievel, Eric Scott of Jet Pack International recently set a new speed record for jetpacks: A surprisingly-fast 98kph. More »
Hardware
24 Solid State Drives Open ALL of Microsoft Office In .5 Seconds
4:11AM Mark Wilson | Warning: This clip is a piece of Samsung marketing material. Warning 2: It’s actually pretty fracking amazing, and it might change your view of computers. More »
Peripherals
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Spec Finalised: It’s Fast
2:00AM Matt Buchanan | We already know most of what there is to know about USB 3.0—officially dubbed SuperSpeed USB—but today it’s officially set in stone. To recap, with transfer speeds of 4.8Gbps, it’ll dump a 25GB HD file in about 70 seconds, and the architecture has been beefed up with extra data lanes to make for more sustained, rather than bursty transfer speeds, making it better for camcorders and the like. Even though it delivers more power than USB 2.0 to charge gadgets faster (and it’ll revive a completely dead one too), its new polling architecture makes it more efficient. More »
QOTD
Question of the Day: Which One of You Has the Fastest Internet Connection?
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Much like the typing speed question I asked over the summer, this question is designed to pit you head-to-head against one another to see who has the biggest e-wang (so to speak). All you need to do is follow this link to test your internet connection speed. The poll after the break is broken down to get a basic range, but make sure to include your exact figures in the comments. More »
Hardware
