Archive for April, 2009
Kindle’s Wireless Document Delivery Gets a Hefty Price Hike, Now Charged by the Megabyte
By Gizmodo at 30 April, 2009, 6:07 pm
Initially, Amazon’s Personal Document Service would push converted files to your Kindle for a flat $US0.10 each. Well, changes are afoot: Amazon has announced expanded format support, but a higher fee of $US0.15—at least.
Read More >>Apple Assembles Chip Design Team, Plans Custom iPhone Guts
By admin at 30 April, 2009, 5:02 pm
The WSJ reports that Apple is putting together an all-star chip design team, starting with the former CTO of AMD, to work on in-house units for mobile devices. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Read More >>Spying Lions with Elephant Poop
By AutoBlog at 30 April, 2009, 4:55 pm
Sometimes, nature’s best images are not taken with the best cameras and the largest objectives . Sometimes all it takes is a load of elephant dung. The results are cute, frightening, majestic, and always stunningly beautiful.
Read More >>Architecture Student Proposes Bacterially-Grown Wall Across the Entire Sahara Desert
By yanko at 30 April, 2009, 1:30 pm
To combat the Sahara Desert’s ongoing growth, student Magnus Larsson has proposed a 6,000km wall that will be—wait for it—constructed by letting a bacterium have its way with the sand, forming sandstone.
Read More >>Google Chrome Short Films for the Browser That’s Warm and Fuzzy
By AutoBlog at 30 April, 2009, 1:00 pm
Google commissioned 11 short films about its Chrome browser, ranging from exceedingly slick and excellently-soundtracked (below) to cool stop-action films . They’re all very well-done and variously informative and adorable. [ Google Chrome via TechCrunch ]
Read More >>Flip UltraHD Camcorder Lightning Review
By Engadget at 30 April, 2009, 12:01 pm
The Flip UltraHD is the true sequel to the cheap, crappy-but-good enough camcorder that’s smuggled 13 percent of the market and was once our favourite cheap camcorder . So, how is it in HD?
Read More >>What’s the Most Important Gadget Ever Made?
By Gizmodo at 30 April, 2009, 11:30 am
From the printing press to the personal computer, the radio to the iPod touch, gadgets have changed how we communicate, learn, absorb entertainment, and laugh at nerds . But which was the biggest game-changer of all?
Read More >>TiVo Now Offering Over 100 Blockbuster Movies On Demand
By Hong Kiat at 30 April, 2009, 11:21 am
They’ve been trialling the service for a few months already , but triVo have officially launched their movie on demand service in conjunction with Blockbuster, with over 100 films on offer.
Read More >>Pogue Says Panasonic’s Pseudo-SLR GH1 Makes a Great HD Camcorder
By yanko at 30 April, 2009, 11:00 am
Hopefully things are cloudiest before they clear up: Nobody buys real camcorders anymore, entry-level DSLRs are all about HD video, and NYT’s David Pogue picks Panasonic’s Lumix GH1 as the current 1080p shooting champ.
Read More >>Energizer Brings Induction Charging to Wiimotes
By AutoBlog at 30 April, 2009, 10:30 am
The best part about the Energizer’s Wiimote Induction Charging System is that if you choose to play it safe with the rubber sleeves and wrist straps, you can charge them without remove that extra stuff.
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