Archive for March, 2010
The Mystery Of Project Natal Revealed
By admin at 31 March, 2010, 11:59 pm
The secret technology that powers Xbox 360’s Project Natal lollipop-free motion controls actually isn’t leprechauns, as we initially suspected. The guts are made by a little company called PrimeSense . (more…)
Read More >>Microsoft Electric Cars
By yanko at 31 March, 2010, 11:48 pm
Plugging in your electric car willy-nilly strains utility companies and costs you money. Ford’s new vehicles will use Microsoft’s Hohm, a cloud-based application for managing energy consumption, to make sure you’re being smart about charging your electric car. (more…)
Read More >>DoubleTwist Gives Android The Desktop App Market Interface It Deserves
By Gizmodo at 31 March, 2010, 11:27 pm
It’s nice to able to search, browse and download mobile apps from your computer as well as your handset. (See: iTunes.) Google doesn’t seem to realise or care about this, so third-party syncing app DoubleTwist picked up their slack. (more…)
Read More >>Weird Your iPad Up With A Lady Gaga Decal
By yanko at 31 March, 2010, 11:20 pm
The iPad isn’t even out yet, but you can have yours all Gaga’d out on day 1 with this decal. [ Etsy via Book of Joe ]
Read More >>Hamilton Time Player Watch Inspired By
By admin at 31 March, 2010, 10:40 pm
Here’s some interesting context for Hamilton’s watch: they recycled the design from a clock they originally made for 2001: A Space Odyssey . Director Stanley Kubrick was notoriously pernickety about design, so what was good for him is good for us. (more…)
Read More >>You’re Not Rich Until You Have Your Own Mothership
By Engadget at 31 March, 2010, 10:00 pm
This is absolutely insane. Apparently, there are people so rich that, not happy with having their own megayacht , get themselves a huge support ship to carry giant speedboats, sailboats, helicopters and even submarines. That’s what the Sea Axe is. (more…)
Read More >>ASUS 5870 Eyefinity Supports More Displays Than You Have Eyes
By admin at 31 March, 2010, 9:58 pm
When you’re about to drop a black market kidney payment on a graphics card, you may go for flat-out speed – which makes sense. But another option might be more than enough speed and support for six displays. (more…)
Read More >>Ebooks, iPads, And The Terrifying Death Of The Dust Jacket
By Gizmodo at 31 March, 2010, 9:31 pm
If publishers are good at one thing, it’s publishing. If they’re good at two things, it’s publishing and consecrating every aspect of the paper book, until changing anything about it seems unthinkable. This week’s e-crisis: The Death of the Cover. (more…)
Read More >>Linksys E3000 Review: Still A Lot Of Router
By AutoBlog at 31 March, 2010, 8:56 pm
The E3000 is Cisco’s new king of Linksys routers, replacing the WRT610N . It’s a pretty minor upgrade to the previous simultaneous dual-band beast, with two major exceptions. (more…)
Read More >>Cisco Valet Plus Review: The Flip Camcorder Of Routers?
By Hong Kiat at 31 March, 2010, 8:37 pm
You won’t see the word “router” or Linksys anywhere on the box for Cisco’s Valet. No, “it’s the simple way to create your own wireless hotspot.” It’s the router for everybody else . That’s the idea, anyway. (more…)
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