Archive for January, 2009
RTFA: This Week In Giz Features
By Hong Kiat at 31 January, 2009, 11:30 pm
Throughout the week, writers take time to write longer posts, in-depth original stories you may not have had time to read during the week. Now that it’s Saturday, here’s your chance to RTFA!
Read More >>Proteus Motor Swims Through Bloodstream, Looks Pretty Much Like a Sperm
By Gizmodo at 31 January, 2009, 10:30 pm
The tiny Proteus motor , at only 2.5 times the width of a human hair, is small enough to enter the bloodstream and perform duties previously requiring some surgical slice-and-dice.
Read More >>Weekend Flame War: Canon or Nikon?
By AutoBlog at 31 January, 2009, 11:00 am
Which is better? Canon or Nikon? You cannot be banned for anything you say in this thread.
Read More >>Audio Ripping Cassette Deck Lets You Record Analogue to Digital, and Digital to…Analog?
By Gizmodo at 31 January, 2009, 10:40 am
Most analog-to-digital audio ripping devices hardly warrant mention these days. But the PlusDeck Ex’s ability to record MP3s to analogue cassette is so odd, I can’t help but be amused.
Read More >>Win 7 Tip: The Calculator Now Calculates Your Mortgage Payments and More
By AutoBlog at 31 January, 2009, 10:20 am
The first time I opened up Window’s 7 calculator, I was delightfully surprised, and that’s just not because I happen to be inept at math. It calculates mortgage payments!
Read More >>Google Street View Completes Tour of Real America With Dude Carrying Rifle
By yanko at 31 January, 2009, 10:00 am
Google’s really trying to get in touch with their inner red state lately, aren’t they? [ Google Maps via The Smoking Gun via Valleywag ]
Read More >>High Voltage Pet Brush Kills Fleas, Ticks, Pets
By AutoBlog at 31 January, 2009, 9:40 am
Call me crazy, but using a “High Voltage” pet brush doesn’t seem like the safest thing to be using on Fido. Although, the manufacturers claim it can kill fleas and ticks with extreme prejudice.
Read More >>MP3 Mirror: Let’s Hope The Glass Can Handle Your Music
By yanko at 31 January, 2009, 9:20 am
iPod toilet paper holder? Check . iPod sink? Check . iPod Shower? Check . I guess the mirror was all that was left.
Read More >>Apple Store Glass Door Explodes on Couple
By Gizmodo at 31 January, 2009, 9:00 am
Andrew’s parents went to the Apple Store in Leawood, Kansas to buy a new iThing. Bauble acquired, they headed for the glass door. The wind slammed it into the building, exploding it all over them.
Read More >>Print Is Doomed, By the Numbers
By Hong Kiat at 31 January, 2009, 8:40 am
“It would cost the Times about half as much money to send every single one of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead of a physical newspaper each day.” Over three months! [ SAI ]
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