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The Workstation With The Soul Of A Gaming PC
By yanko at 18 March, 2010, 1:20 am
Sure, Digital Storm’s new DaVinci workstation is designed for pros in fields like video editing, it sure looks like a rig a rich nerd would bring to a LAN party. (more…)
Read More >>3D Blu-ray Not Coming Until 2011
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 11:03 pm
While Avatar is coming to DVD/Blu-ray next month, it’ll be a completely bare-bones release in 2D. Hope you didn’t buy a 3D TV just yet! (more…)
Read More >>Braille Rubik’s Cube Would Take 54 Times As Long To Complete
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 6:26 pm
Somehow, I think this braille Rubik’s Cube would be a lot harder to solve than that other blind-friendly touch cube with different textures for each panel. Not saying I’ve ever solved a classic Rubik’s Cube, mind. (more…)
Read More >>Diane Birch Lives In A Projector Screen – And Now In My Head Too
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 10:20 am
newVideoPlayer( {”type”:”video”,”player”:”http://www.youtube.com/v/AMl0T8oNqfE&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22″,”customParams”:[],”width”:570,”height”:412,”ratio”:0.824,”flashData”:”",”embedName”:null,”objectId”:null,”noEmbed”:false,”source”:”youtube”} ); Diane Birch is very very very cute. She’s also a lovely singer. Her song Valentino is chirpy and sweet, and her music video – with its ghetto augmented reality – is quite ingenious. Watch it. You’ll like it. Then, watch the how-to: (more…)
Read More >>KaleidoVid Is A Fun Video Kaleidoscope For The iPhone
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 7:40 am
Kaleidoscopes: Fun for five minutes when you were a kid until you discover the joy of the opposite gender. KaleidoVid, however, is fun for considerably longer, because it involves your phone! (more…)
Read More >>In Defence Of No Multitasking: Microsoft Edition
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 6:44 am
Windows Phone 7 won’t have full multitasking for third-party apps, which, given Windows Mobile’s multitasking past, took people off guard. Here’s how Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie answers for this. Warning: The rationalisations might sound a little familiar. (more…)
Read More >>Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: What Lies Beneath Edition
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 5:50 am
In today’s Remainders: things lurking below the surface. Literally, a fuel cell-powered fish. Less literally, ISP’s seething contempt for the FCC’s new National Broadband Plan. Also: Samsung’s David Lee Roth tablet love and a helicopter with rocket-powered blades. Yikes. (more…)
Read More >>Android Marketplace Still Has Serious Catching Up To Do
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 4:58 am
We can finally put an official number on the apps in the Android Marketplace: 30,000. That’s more than double what was available in December, a crazy fast rate of growth. And they’re going to need to keep it up. (more…)
Read More >>Microsoft’s New Webcams Promise Brighter Colours For Cheap
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 3:03 am
Microsoft’s two new webcams, the LifeCam HD-5000 and the LifeCam HD-6000, shoot 720p video on the cheap, for $US50 and $US60 respectively. What makes them a little different is their new TrueColor technology, promising more vivid colours in any situation. (more…)
Read More >>Portable Sega Saturn Console: Virtua Cop On The Go
By yanko at 17 March, 2010, 2:40 am
Making something portable usually means stripping away the excess plastic and coming up with a streamlined beauty. Not in the world’s first portable Sega Saturn’s case though, which comes to us via the BenHeck.com forums. (more…)
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