Archive for June, 2009

Palm Moves 300,000 Pres In June, Dwarfs Previous Sales Totals

We’ll see plenty of “Pre sells X units in Y amount of time; not as many as iPhone” stories in the next year—in fact, we already have . That may be the wrong way to look at it. (more…)

More About Buying A Printer Than You Possibly Wanted To Read

The bottom line of Bill Howard’s epic consideration of a new colour laser printer is that cheap printers can cost more over their lifetime than nicer, slightly pricier printers, so you might as well get a good one. [ Gearlog ] (more…)

Get Firefox 3.5 Final Right Now

It’s not up on Mozilla yet, but Softpedia and some others are already pushing out the final version of Firefox 3.5. It’s worlds better than 3.0 with powers like geo-location , and brings back some serious speed to compete with Chrome and Safari 4, so grab it nownownow. [ Softpedia via Download Squad ] (more…)

Just A Stylish ‘Wall Socket’ USB Hub

It’s not a formal wall socket replacement, but this Elecom U2H-TC410B 4-port USB hub will look sharp (and a bit misleading) when mounted to a desk or table. (more…)

HTC Launches Pro2, Diamond2 and Snap Handsets

HTC went handset release crazy today, launching the Pro2, the Diamond2 and the Snap Winmo handsets upon suspecting Australian tech journos. Here’s what you need to know: (more…)

Entire 13-Story Building Collapses In Shanghai, Only One Person Killed

This past Saturday, an entire apartment building in Shanghai collapsed. To be fair, the building was under construction and thus unoccupied, but it’s still a minor miracle that there was only one fatality. (more…)

Parkour Is Way Crazier When It’s Computer Animated

Without the limitations of, you know, human bodies and gravity and all that junk, the already-crazy sport of parkour (or “extreme running”) becomes even more amazing. This bit is from a Nike ad and features a computer-animated, hoodie-wearing robot. [ DVICE ] (more…)

Birdfeed Twitter Client For iPhone Features Caching For Offline Browsing

Birdfeed, a challenger to the throne of iPhone Twitter clients currently held by Tweetie, might have the edge in some ways. It caches Tweets, so you can read your feeds even without wireless coverage, and looks super slick to boot. (more…)

Journo Interrupts Obama With Quacking Duck Ringtone

1300 RECORD Makes Recording Prank Calls Easy

One of the few things I learned at Uni that is actually useful in my day job is that recording a telephone conversation is only legal with the consent of all parties involved in the conversation. So there’s a lot of potential for criminal activity with this new service that records your conversation and emails you an MP3 of the call. (more…)