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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 »
Gadgets
5:20AM Sean Fallon | Taking cues from devices like the Chumby, Squeezebox and HP’s DreamScreen, Pure is throwing a kitchen sink full of features into their new Sensia radio—including Wi-Fi, DAB and FM support, a 5.7-inch touchscreen and plenty of popular widgets. More »
Sensia Wi-Fi Radio Has Touchscreen, Twitter, Facebook
5:20AM Sean Fallon | Taking cues from devices like the Chumby, Squeezebox and HP’s DreamScreen, Pure is throwing a kitchen sink full of features into their new Sensia radio—including Wi-Fi, DAB and FM support, a 5.7-inch touchscreen and plenty of popular widgets. More »
Gadgets
New Chumby Model Spotted, Looks Retro-Adorable
2:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Ryan Block, founder of gdgt (and possible alter ego of Mr. Blurrycam), spotted a new model of Chumby, the connected-widget desktop companion. He promises it’s a little more square and alarm-clock-like, as well as smaller, than the previous version. More »
Gadgets
‘Powered By Chumby’ Gadgets To Be Dropped Off In Time For Santa
2:30AM Joanna Stern | We already knew that Chumby, maker of that adorable little Wi-Fi widget beanbag, was planning on porting its open-source platform to other gadgets, but we now have an ETA: this Christmas. More »
Phones
The Verizon Hub Widget Phone Just Got a Lot More Exciting
3:42AM Matt Buchanan | I’m reviewing the somewhat anachronistic Verizon Hub connected phone. Now that I’ve seen its future—an open platform built on Linux with sleek hardware from this decade, like capacitive touchscreens—it’s way more exciting. More »
Design
Slap Widgets Bring Physical Controls To Multitouch
8:40AM Sean Fallon | Everyone knows that the future is in multitouch devices, but some may find it difficult to go cold turkey with their physical peripherals. Researchers believe that Slap Widgets might be a solution. More »
Screens
1:52PM Nick Broughall | One of the coolest features in all the top of the line home entertainment kit coming to market over the next year or so is the inbuilt IP connectivity for access to online service. In Samsung’s upcoming LED backlit TV range, that content will be coming directly from NineMSN. More »
Samsung LED TVs To Offer Online Content From NineMSN
1:52PM Nick Broughall | One of the coolest features in all the top of the line home entertainment kit coming to market over the next year or so is the inbuilt IP connectivity for access to online service. In Samsung’s upcoming LED backlit TV range, that content will be coming directly from NineMSN. More »
Software
Dashboard Widgets For Jailbroken iPhones: Hot or Not?
12:50AM John Mahoney | This work-in-progress Dashboard implementation (seen here running through the SDK) looks like it’s coming along nicely; I just can’t decide if it’s something I’d want. What do you guys think? More »
Gadgets
Chumby Is Merging With TVs and Blu-ray Players
2:20AM Matt Buchanan | I’m not sure if Chumby’s widgets, minus the Chumby, are all that appealing—while everything with a power button has widgets nowadays, Chumby’s adorable, squishy form factor was why we liked it. More »
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