the wrap

Intel Atom’s Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
That’s one more for the good guys.

Video: Sony’s Massive 280-inch (711cm) 3D LED Display
The world needs more 280-inch screens.

Dell’s Net Income Drops 54%
Ouch! That’s gotta hurt.

Amazon Preparing Better Kindle Ebook Management System In 2010
Hope that means books stop disappearing from the Australian Kindle store…

Hansa Smart Shower Has Three Options, One Is For Your Crotch
That sounds like a shower fit for a King!

Adidas Imperial Stormtrooper Sneakers
I’ll take enough for an army. My army.

Windows 8 Expected In 2012 According To Roadmap
Hope it has a better name than Windows 8…

Apple Denying Support to Smokers?
…. I’m not touching that with a 10 foot pole.

Oh God how I missed you Friday! Welcome back!

Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Gets Its Very Own App Store
I’ve had a quick look at it – being able to translate a word on the fly is awesome.

Rumour: Apple Tablet Delayed For OLED Upgrade
Oh, please. OLED is still way too expensive for this to be true.

Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS [Liveblog]
Very interested to see how the world takes to Chrome OS…

Apple Exec Wants You To Puke All Over His Mind-Bending Deck
Somehow I don’t think he really does. Nice design though…

The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon
Nope. Won’t happen. Google have said time and again that they’re not into hardware, so why would they?

Nokia’s N-Series Will Ditch Symbian For Maemo By 2012
Finally! Symbian just can’t handle smartphones…

NEC’s New TV Remote Uses No Batteries
Brilliant in every way. Bring on production models!

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Is Now Available
For the spreadsheet fanboys…

“Unfriend” Declared Word Of The Year
In other news, “Stupid” declared “adjective to describe Word of the Year judges” of the year.

Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Is Stronger Than The Wall It Papers
Probably a bitch to take off though…

Facebook Continues Ruthless Attack On Gadgets By Conquering PS3
How many people will actually use it?

Xperia X10 Looks Much Snappier In New Hands On Video
Ohh, snappy…

Awkward Microsoft Store Dances Are Why I Shop Online
I remember staff at the Sydney Apple Store breaking into song on opening night when somebody bought something. This is worse.

Dell Streak MID With Android 2.0 On AT&T Next Year?
Still not sold on the whole MID thing…

27-inch iMac Benchmarks: Core i7 Vs. Core i5
Verdict: i5 is iAwesome, but i7 is iBetter.

All Barcodes Should Be This Creative
It would make the world a much better place.

Sony Xperia X10 Landing Sometime In February
Hope it’s as good as it looks…

Aussie Silversmith Makes Jewellery Out Of Teeth
Aussie ingenuity for the win?

Mechanical Tauntaun Costume Pushes It To The Galactic Outer Rim
Best thing ever. Ever!

PSPgo Finally Getting A Bit Cool With Sega Genesis Emulator
Finally! Still not worth the price of admission…

Is Google Chrome OS Launching Next Week?
Doubt it.

BlackBerry App World Gets Carrier Billing Next Year
Which means it might launch in Australia then…

Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple
Those guys should get BFF tattoos…

10 Machines That Have Taken On Important Human Roles
We’re all doomed?

AMD Phenom II Breaks 7GHz Barrier
Hard core.

Normal Was Never Cool: Inception Of Perception
Wow. This Aimee Mullins is an amazingly talented individual. If you haven’t already, read all her posts here.

How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
Lock them in a room until they work out their differences?

I know I say it every week, but TGIF! This has been a long week…

Leaked Shots: PlayStation 3 To Get Facebook In Next Update?
Which I’m guessing nobody will use. Well, almost nobody…

Readius-Like Folding eReader Planned For Next Year
2008? I remember seeing this at 3GSM back in 2007. Cool concept – hopefully we’ll see it come to market.

Dell Zino HD: $US250 Mini Home-Theatre PC
Looks like our leaked specs were right on the money…

Fujitsu’s Crazy Little Modular Pico-Projector Phone
That’s right! The phone is ker-raiz-eee!

The First Movie Shot On A Canon 7D? It’s About Zombies, Of Course!
Did you expect something different?

Video: Nokia’s Vision Of Mobile Devices In 2015
Should I make a joke about them all having Apple logos? No?

Mac Mini Upgrade Kit Installs Blu-ray, Too Bad OS X Can’t Use It
My guess is next year will be the year Apple endorses Blu-ray and claim it as their own technology.

Zune HD Gets Its First 3D Games (And They’re All Free)
But are they Doom?

Samsung Dumping Symbian
I’m thinking that’s a pretty good move, right there.

Me And My Exoskeleton: The Trick To Super Strength
I want one. Just for a day.

Kindle For PC Beta Now Available To Download
Anyone tested to see if it’s available for Australia yet?

Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adaptor Arrives For $US100
Microsoft are having an Xbox event today, so hopefully they’ll announce a local release then.

Canon 7D Review
I’ve been playing with it for a couple of weeks and really enjoy it…

Why Did Samsung Just Announce Another Mobile OS?
Because they like watching baby angels cry.

Google To Murdoch: Whatever, Dude
Pretty sure they didn’t actually say “dude”.

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime Squashes Wii HD Rumours
Does this really surprise anybody? Anybody?

Avatar: James Cameron’s $US500m Folly In Three Dimensions
I wonder how far that amount of money would get us towards discovering a real planet with blue people.

Video: Hacked Roombas Used To Play Pac-Man, Finally!
I’m amazed (and a little disappointed) that this hasn’t happened before.

Demand For The Nook Is Pushing Pre-Orders Into December
Or is it just a case of limited first run manufacturing to build hype?

ZiiLABS’ ZMS-08 System-On-A-Chip To Bring 1080p To Netbooks
Because we need to watch Full HD on a screen res of 600 lines…