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Yahoo’s “Hack Day” Lap Dancers Get The Web’s Panties In A Twist
6:15AM Danny Allen | Ruh oh! Yahoo has been forced to apologise after hiring scantily clad dancers for its “Hack Day” in Taiwan last weekend. The pictures (pretty tame, but not necessarily SFW) are from a now-removed video posted on its Developer Network Blog. More »
Phones
Garmin’s WinMo Nuvifone M20 Finally Launches In Taiwan
1:24AM Sean Fallon | Despite repeated delays, Garmin/Asus have managed to get their Windows Mobile-powered Nuvifone M20 out on the Taiwanese market. The HSDPA phone features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera and, of course, Garmin GPS navigation. More »
Hardware
Massive 1TB OCZ Colussus SSD Priced, Ships Soon
5:30PM Danny Allen | Taiwan’s OCZ Technologies is reportedly just three weeks out from shipping its Colossus solid state drive range, which will come in 128GB to 1TB capacities. And courtesy of Engadget, we now have pricing. More »
Business
Foxconn Increases Compensation For Suicide Employee’s Family
8:22AM Jason Chen | Foxconn just increased the compensation for their worker that killed himself as a result of possible beatings and interrogations over a lost iPhone. More »
Phones
Garmin Neverfone Nuvifone G60 Ships Next Week To Someone
9:31PM John Herrman | Garmin, which has been fairly frank about how totally, like, hard it is to make a new smartphone, has finally announced they’ll be shipping the Nuvifone S60 to Taiwan on the 27th. It only took the—wait, 19 months? More »
Music
8:20AM Sean Fallon | Earlier this month, Grzebik Design completed work on what they are calling the “world’s largest solar powered loudspeaker system” in the Taiwan National Stadium in Kaohsiung. It is capable of cranking out 105 dB of sound to 40,000 spectators. More »
World’s Largest Solar Audio System Delivers 105dB To 40,000 Spectators
8:20AM Sean Fallon | Earlier this month, Grzebik Design completed work on what they are calling the “world’s largest solar powered loudspeaker system” in the Taiwan National Stadium in Kaohsiung. It is capable of cranking out 105 dB of sound to 40,000 spectators. More »
Design
Tornado Tower Looks Like A Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy
9:00AM Adam Frucci | The Tornado Tower is a design for a performing arts centre in Taipei, Taiwan, and man is it crazy. That huge bubble on top is where the theatre sits, and the whole thing harnesses the wind for energy. More »
Business
Dell Forced To Honour Accidental $US15 Monitor Listing
2:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Dell Taiwan accidentally priced one 19-inch monitor, normally costing around $US150, at only $US15, and received a whopping 140,000 orders within the 8 hours it was live. Now, the Taiwanese government is forcing them to honour the sales. More »
Computers
Acer Quietly Poised To Surpass Dell As Second-Largest PC Maker
6:00AM Jack Loftus | Don’t look now, but Acer—yes, that Acer—is on the verge of unseating Dell as the second-largest PC maker. More »
Computers
