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Apple Approves ‘Asian Boobs’ App, Just To Mess With Us [NSFW]
5:11AM Adam Frucci | Apple loves rejecting apps for having swear words in them, but a database of scantily clad Asian ladies? Approved! Who needs a rhyme or reason when you can be random and inscrutable? [iTunes Link via TechCrunch]
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Let’s Look At Credit Score Rankings By Email Domains
3:40PM Rosa Golijan | Ranking the highest according to a sample of 20,000 credit scores and their corresponding email addresses are BellSouth and Comcast, with Gmail trailing right behind. Reasonable enough, but what’s AOL doing anywhere but at the bottom? [Mashable] More »
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LED Pocket Watch Will Have You Considering Monocles, Moustaches
4:20AM Sean Fallon | Using one of his Grandfather’s broken old pocket watches as a starting point, one modder [Paul Pounds] skilled in the ways of microelectronics replaced the face with a system of 133 hand soldered LEDs. More »
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Compaq Presario CQ61 Isn’t A Netbook, It Is A Full On Laptop For $US400
3:01PM Joanna Stern | Sometimes I forget that for less than $US399 you can still snatch up a pretty decent full size laptop or desktop. Thank you, Compaq for reminding me of this with the 15.6-inch CQ61 notebook and Presario 40101f. More »
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Full Details On Verizon’s Holiday Mobile Phone Lineup
8:09AM Jesus Diaz | A reliable source just sent the list with the 12 new smartphones that Verizon will release in American shops before the December holidays. It includes Android and not-Android phones from HTC, Motorola, LG, RIM, Casio and Pantech: More »
Software
3:10PM Chris Oaten | OK, sorry PC users. This one’s for Macsters only. But it’s required karma after hearing Foxtel’s Download Player is PC-only. We’re redressing a cosmic imbalance, so let’s not make a fuss about it, OK? Bento 3 has landed, bringing a bunch of new features to what is essentially the lite, fluffy version of Filemaker Pro, with capabilities tailored to home users and, at a push, small business operators. More »
Bento 3 Lands, Mac-only Zone
3:10PM Chris Oaten | OK, sorry PC users. This one’s for Macsters only. But it’s required karma after hearing Foxtel’s Download Player is PC-only. We’re redressing a cosmic imbalance, so let’s not make a fuss about it, OK? Bento 3 has landed, bringing a bunch of new features to what is essentially the lite, fluffy version of Filemaker Pro, with capabilities tailored to home users and, at a push, small business operators. More »
Software
9:25AM Chris Oaten | News broke recently that the very useful cloud service Dropbox attracted its two-millionth subscriber. With the release of a dedicated app for iPhone, the Dropbox juggernaut should pick up steam. Get the app here. Visit Dropbox here.
Dropbox Drops for iPhone
9:25AM Chris Oaten | News broke recently that the very useful cloud service Dropbox attracted its two-millionth subscriber. With the release of a dedicated app for iPhone, the Dropbox juggernaut should pick up steam. Get the app here. Visit Dropbox here.
Gadgets
9:00AM Chris Oaten | So far in this week’s Retromodo, we’ve highlighted two amazing pieces of hardware. The Hasselblad and Mamiya medium format cameras. But scour the secondhand stores for bargains such as these shooters and you’ll find so much more. Like this Gossen Profisix handheld light meter. More »
Retromodo. Not Just Cameras
9:00AM Chris Oaten | So far in this week’s Retromodo, we’ve highlighted two amazing pieces of hardware. The Hasselblad and Mamiya medium format cameras. But scour the secondhand stores for bargains such as these shooters and you’ll find so much more. Like this Gossen Profisix handheld light meter. More »
Cameras
9:30AM Chris Oaten | In the latter half of the 20th century, photography technology entered a golden age. The age of the medium format camera. Mamiya. Bronica. Pentax. Few would argue the very pinnacle of design in this class of camera was the Hasselblad. So highly regarded was this maker’s cameras they were chosen by NASA to be taken to the moon. More »
Retromodo. Bringing Back The Glory of Film
9:30AM Chris Oaten | In the latter half of the 20th century, photography technology entered a golden age. The age of the medium format camera. Mamiya. Bronica. Pentax. Few would argue the very pinnacle of design in this class of camera was the Hasselblad. So highly regarded was this maker’s cameras they were chosen by NASA to be taken to the moon. More »
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