Archive for June, 2009
Cooler Master Offers The Smallest 95W Laptop Adapter You Can Get
By Hong Kiat at 30 June, 2009, 8:40 am
It’s tough to tell without anything to scale this image, but the Cooler Master SNA 95 is the smallest 95W laptop adapter around—yet still manages to integrate some convenient extras. (more…)
Read More >>A Whole Lotta Quake Will Be Blowing Up Your IPhone
By Hong Kiat at 30 June, 2009, 8:20 am
John Carmack says that not one , but three Quake games are coming to the iPhone—1, 2, and Arena—though his involvement will mostly be to “make sure certain specific things are done the way I want them to be.” (more…)
Read More >>Supreme Court OKs DVR-In-The-Cloud Concept
By Engadget at 30 June, 2009, 8:15 am
Hollywood apparently tried to make a federal case about Cablevision launching a virtual DVR, a cable box with no local hard drive that still lets you “record” shows to watch later, and even fast forward through commercials. Hollywood studios got mad because they deemed it unfair re-broadcasting of content. The Supreme Court looked at the case and took a pass—by not hearing it, they are allowing Cablevision and others to proceed with development unhindered. I like the concept of a driveless DVR, but I don’t like the cable company keeping my shows—stuff I’ve already recorded—under lock and key. [ NY Times ]
Read More >>Air Protect Baby Seat Is Strong Enough To Take A Punch
By AutoBlog at 30 June, 2009, 8:00 am
We don’t cover a lot of baby seat tech around these parts, but we found Air Protect, a new technology meant to soften the blow to a baby’s head in a side-impact crash, downright punchable. (more…)
Read More >>Please, Nobody Show This Twilight USB Drive To Any Girls
By Hong Kiat at 30 June, 2009, 7:40 am
Do you think that your eardrums being intact is a good thing? Then please, don’t show this Twilight USB drive to any girls between the age of 9 and 15. Or was it 45. Can’t tell these days. [ EntertainmentEarth ] (more…)
Read More >>A Tribute To Splendid Half-Assery
By yanko at 30 June, 2009, 7:20 am
Misadventures in do-it-yourself home repair, or lateral thinking of McGuyver-esque proportions? We’ve all pulled something stupid like this in our time. Hey, I once tried to fix a waterbed with duct tape, big mistake. (more…)
Read More >>Three Offering Free AVG Subscription To Mobile Broadband Customers
By yanko at 30 June, 2009, 7:15 am
The Internets can be dangerous, which is why Three has partnered with anti-virus software company AVG to offer a free 12 month subscription to all of its mobile broadband customers. (more…)
Read More >>Answer Two Questions, Get A Free Pop Sci Magazine [Updated]
By yanko at 30 June, 2009, 7:00 am
If you’re a fan of the recently launched Popular Science magazine, then this one’s for you. The science, tech and gadget mag, famous for blowing up buses, freezing phones and all those things we love, is giving away an issue of your choice to every person who completes a reader survey. Of course the offer is only until stock runs out, and is strictly one per person. But in these economic times, who’s going to turn down a free read of a quality magazine? [ Pop Sci ] (more…)
Read More >>Levitating Projector, Or Really Expensive T-Ball?
By Engadget at 30 June, 2009, 7:00 am
This levitating projector may just be a concept, but most of the science is fairly sound. (more…)
Read More >>Geek Squad At The Apple Store
By admin at 30 June, 2009, 6:40 am
No detail on this, but reader AJ has a lame joke to go along with this submission: (more…)
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