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Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Wednesday Night

Nick Broughall — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:48 +0000

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.

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Monday Night

Nick Broughall — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:31:38 +0000

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!

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Thursday Night

Nick Broughall — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:30:33 +0000

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?

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Wednesday Night

Nick Broughall — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:30:45 +0000

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.

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Tuesday Night

Nick Broughall — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:09:22 +0000

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”.

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Monday Night

Nick Broughall — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:49:24 +0000

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…

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

Nick Broughall — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:30:20 +0000

First Dell Adamo XPS Prototypes Had Multitouch TouchPads
Wouldn’t it be nice if prototypes were always this cool…

Microsoft Research Demos Touchless, Transparent Glass Display
Queue Minority Report’s theme music. Wait, did Minority Report even have theme music?

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: What You Need To Know
What if you’re not moving from the iPhone?

Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking
This is definitely my next big project at home…

The Queen Of Google: “I Do Code All Night!”
For some reason, this quote makes me think of the Family Guy…

Nanoparticles Can Rip Your DNA Apart Without Ever Touching It
Doomed. Doomed! DOOMED!!!!

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Thursday Night

Nick Broughall — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:19 +0000

I’m so glad this frakkin’ week is almost over. Bring on the weekend!!!

Somali Terrorists Ban Musical Ringtones
It’s stories like this that remind me just how lucky we are in Australia.

Tango Autonomous Vacuum Has A Built-In Upskirt Camera
I guess that’s useful.

Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Is Vulnerable To 8 Out Of 10 Viruses
I don’t like those odds…

Dell Adamo XPS Hands-On: Insanely Thin, Plain Insane
In the membrane?

How Much Of Your Life Does Google Own? Dashboard Tells You
Let’s hope they remember the whole “Don’t be evil” thing…

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Wednesday Night

Nick Broughall — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:49:55 +0000

Parallels 5 Runs Win7 Next To Snow Leopard With Multitouchiness
Multitouchiness? Really?

The Beatles’ Catalogue Now On Limited Edition USB Stick
Blech, more music on USB stick. I’ll stick with CDs, thanks.

Leaked: ISPs Worldwide To Become Copyright Cops?
Hmmm. This sounds kind of familiar.

Alex Reader Hands-On Lusty Pictures
It does look nice…

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

Nick Broughall — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:21:01 +0000

Slightly late wrap today – we were all locked out of the office building, and I forgot my wireless internet key. But now we’re back, baby!

LG Says OLED Panels Will Cost Less Than LCD Panels In 2016
So we all upgrade our TVs in 2016, huh?

NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train In Real Time
Hey Cityrail. Watch this and catch up.

Ghostbuster Proton Pack Can Probably Hunt Real Ghosts
Want!

Google Navigator For Android Review: Far From Perfect
This does not surprise me.

This Is Why You Shouldn’t Put Drunk Ewoks On Live TV
Do I need to add anything to that headline? I think not.

The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
There goes my next commute.

Sony Ericsson’s “Rachael” Android UI: Android Meets Zune HD, Looks Slicker Than iPhone
It looks like Sony Ericsson is on a winner here…