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Phones

So LG Phones Are Made Of Wood Now?

11:00AM Nick Broughall | I can sort of understand the message this video is trying to push out about the new Chocolate phone – that it’s really well made. But seriously – flowers for icons? Touchscreens made from ginseng, jujube, sesami (their spelling) oil and salt? Pomegranate for colouring? This does not make me think high-quality manufacturing, LG. No it does not…
Phones

Verizon Levels Guns At Apple, Not AT&T, With Droid Phone Blitz

2:50AM Jack Loftus | This 30-second Droid spot started airing last night during the ALCS. Dan may not like it, but even so there’s no denying that Verizon, in the words of Matt Buchanan, has gone totally balls in with an Android phone. More »
Games

NES Controller Mod Unlocks With Pure Nostalgia

3:00AM Jack Loftus | The “security code” installed on this NES controller flash storage mod isn’t going to keep anyone from accessing the files inside, but that’s not really the point: More »
Networks

Yesterday’s PPC-1 Pipe Video

9:45AM Nick Broughall | If the idea of 7000 odd kilometres of cable being laid on the ocean floor kinda gets you hot and steamy, this video has a heap of cable porn for you to watch and enjoy. Not to mention a soundtrack that could replace the global need for coffee…
Music

Zune HD Promo Vid Offers Peek At Its 3D Gaming Capabilities

7:32AM Jack Loftus | As the Zune HD launch looms ever closer, a smorgasbord of purported launch videos have offered up what appears to be the best demonstration yet of the sleek, sexy portable’s 3D gaming capabilities. More »
Gadgets

BMW’s Augmented Reality Glasses Turns Man Into Master Mechanic

2:20AM Mark Wilson | If BMW’s research labs have a say, future service staff will learn the intricacies of working on German cars through a pretty handy looking augmented reality interface. More »
Entertainment

Hitler’s A Gun On Flight Control

6:10PM Nick Broughall
I admit that the whole Hitler subtitle meme has had its day in the sun, but this one had me literally laughing out loud. Is it weird that I actually felt bad for the guy? I mean, it can’t be easy to lose a top 5 ranking in Flight Control, or the ability to read news on the toilet…
Random Stuff

Stolen In 31 Seconds: 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, 9 iPods

1:20PM Jesus Diaz | Quick: How can you get 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones and nine iPod Touches in 31 seconds, for free? Tip: According to this security video, you need four friends, a brick and proximity to the Apple Store in Marlton, NJ. More »
Toys

Homemade Air Horn Flamethrower: DIY If You Dare

10:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Artist and sculptor Ariel Schlesinger somehow (his site is down, so the guide is AWOL at the moment) replaced an air horn’s compressed air tank with butane to create what we can only refer to as a fire horn. Awesome. More »