Saturday, June 09, 2007

Interesting Stuff

6/11/2007 8:00:00 AM
Less than 5 seconds to publish. That's how fast our new liveblogging system is. We'll be able to deliver the words from El Jobso's mouth to your LCD faster than any other blog by minutes. With nice...
6/9/2007 1:45:40 PM
The Mini God line of speakers are our new Powers of choice. Towering at a height of 16 inches, we will have a tough time genuflecting at their feet, but that won't stop us from trying. Each unit...
6/9/2007 1:00:49 PM
Macrumors seems to have gotten their hands on AT&T's iPhone Sales Training Workbook and posted it for the world to see. Oh, and it has some new info/clarifications on the device... While we haven't...
6/9/2007 12:32:22 PM
Lisa Bufano is a dancer and performing artist who has gone through bilateral below knee and finger amputation. Here is a performance from "Five Open Mouths" in which she wears some extremely awesome...
6/9/2007 11:45:48 AM
The Oscar-winning Departed is the first hi-def-disc-movie-thing to break the 100,000 mark in sales. Why the long, awkward hyphenation? This sales number is a combined total, drawing reserves from...
6/9/2007 11:00:28 AM
Han Solo: I'm captain of this ship. Chewie here tells me you're lookin' for passage to Burning Man." Obi-wan Kenobi: Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship. Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the...
6/9/2007 10:14:01 AM
For those who just can't get enough of their keyboard, there are the $15.26 Command Key Wall Clocks. Run off one AA battery, what the 10"x10" clocks lack in technology is made up in pure,...
6/8/2007 7:21:56 PM
Logitech's apparently planning a run into the air mouse market with its MX platform. It looks to sport both gyration-based movement and a standard laser, though they're supposedly holding off on...
6/8/2007 7:12:31 PM
It's been nearly a year since Leopard, the 5th incarnation of OS X, was announced. If you can't recall all the public features, here's a refresher you can glance through before the big show on...
6/8/2007 6:40:24 PM
Got iPhone fever? While the only prescription is an actual iPhone, this Slide 2 Unlock app for Windows Mobile should hold you over until the 29th. It's a Windows Mobile startscreen app that makes it...
6/8/2007 6:10:00 PM
A new Mickey shaped music product is in the works, and unlike this crazy speaker set, Disney actually appears to be involved, along with iRiver. Molded after Mickey's bulbous likeness (and Minnie's,...
6/8/2007 5:40:13 PM
You're all familiar with the features announced for Leopard at last year's WWDC: Time Machine, Spaces, and new iChat/Mail apps. But there's definitely going to be more. Wired has a piece on core...
6/8/2007 5:10:08 PM
It seems like only yesterday Toshiba was showing off their first HD DVD equipped notebook, and now they've decided to make HD DVD standard in all of their notebooks by next year. While this may not...
6/8/2007 4:40:23 PM
SpeakerCraft TIME One speakers stay hidden in your ceiling until you need them; as soon as you touch a button on their infrared remote control, a robotically controlled speaker ballet begins. It's...
6/8/2007 4:20:00 PM
A Teddy Bear MP3 player is not exactly a new idea, but Baby Bidou's sleek junior version, in pink and blue, will allow France's tech-savviest toddlers to drool to 128MB of MP3s and OGG Vorbis files,...
6/8/2007 4:00:45 PM
I have an old lousy mousepad made in China that has a lousy calculator on it that I thought was pretty ridiculous. I was wrong. This; this here is ridiculous. No, it's ricockulous. Not only does...
6/8/2007 3:59:33 PM
It's the weekend again, and I know what I'm going to be doing: kicking Crecente's ass at Shadowrun. And by "kicking," I mean bombarding him with friendly fire when he's not looking. That, and naming...
6/8/2007 3:45:37 PM
So we know that Apple embeds your user data in those DRM-free iTunes Plus songs. Some people have gotten up in arms about it, saying it constitutes a form of DRM, while others say you don't have...
6/8/2007 3:20:44 PM
Steve Ballmer said he wasn't worried about the iPhone and maybe the reason is this mysterious iPhone knockoff Sharp smartphone. It will be released in Japan on Willcom's PHS network, just like the...
6/8/2007 2:50:42 PM
There's similar designs, and then there's Amigo's Wireless Router. The R622AG looks exactly like Microsoft's Xbox 360 no matter how you look at it. However, if you're really a fan of the design, then...
6/8/2007 2:45:26 PM
Sharp's WillCOM W-Zero 3, which we likened to an iPod for dirty old businessman when we showed it to you last November, just got itself an upgrade, and now it's called the W-Zero 3 Advance. What we...
6/8/2007 2:05:00 PM
If this Nerd Energy Drink could actually increase memory retention and "brain focus" as its makers claim, it would probably sell for $100 a can. But heck, if it makes you think you feel sharper,...
6/8/2007 1:50:21 PM
Ash over at Kotaku has the scoop on a tarted-up PSP supposedly headed our way sometime soon. According to his sources, the new PSP isn't PSP2, but a slimmer, faster version of the original. The PSP...
6/8/2007 1:37:31 PM
For those of you with short memories, Sony and Nintendo were working together in the mid '90s on a CD-based Nintendo console when negotiations fell apart and both Japanese companies went their...
6/8/2007 1:12:07 PM
What better way to celebrate Father's Day (Sunday, June 17th) than a good old lightsaber fight? Here's the next best thing, a Hasbro Star Wars Father's Day card with figurines of Darth Vader and...
6/8/2007 1:00:47 PM
This week at iLounge: We did a little celebrating at iLounge this week, as our release of The Free iPod Book 3.0 led to more than 300,000 downloads of the guide to all things iPod, iTunes and more...
6/8/2007 12:33:40 PM
Now those eggheads at MIT have done something truly magic, figuring out a way to send power seven feet away, and look ma, no wires. Their trick uses resonant coupling, turning electricity into...
6/8/2007 12:15:22 PM
Remember that Astute-class nuclear submarine that looked like a whale? Well, scrap that, because it really looks like a Calamari Cruiser or a Zentraedi mothership. At least, that's what people must...
6/8/2007 12:00:00 PM
Kids who don't want to go to bed when it gets dark now have an alternative: swinging on glowing slabs in unlighted parks. The Swing Lamp is a concept by BCXSY, a joint endeavor by designers Boaz...
6/8/2007 11:14:40 AM
Park this Auto LED flashlight by Coast in your car's cigarette lighter, and it stands at the ready whenever you need to shine some light on the subject. It sucks power from that accessory outlet,...
6/8/2007 10:46:41 AM
Apple's annual WWDC is just around the corner, and you guys all know where to come for up-to-the-second coverage of all that's going to be unveiled there. The Keynote? That's 10:00 a.m. to 11:30...
6/8/2007 10:45:00 AM
You been hurtin' for a DS browser for soooo long. Well, guess what? It's finally here. That's not to say it's going to change your life or anything. Super-early reviews were not so psyched. Still, a...
6/8/2007 10:30:00 AM
For mothers who simply aren't going fast enough when carting around their pint-sized overlords, a German company offers the Mama Board. Apparently, it latches to the rear axle of any stroller, after...
6/8/2007 10:20:31 AM
The UK city of Liverpool is playing host to a rather kooky piece of artwork for the next 18 months. Called Turning The Place Over (I do hope that's not a reference to Scousers being nifty burglars)...
6/8/2007 10:15:00 AM
JVC's monster 110-inch hybrid-tech HDTV is now available for sale. Yep, get your credit card ready and sit the kids down, as they're not getting help paying for college anymore. This $53,000 behemoth...
6/8/2007 10:00:45 AM
Internet devices are popping up all over the place nowadays, and the latest comes from the folks at EB. It reminds us of the Amtek a little bit...and the OQO2 a lot...but this one will pack Mobile...
6/8/2007 10:00:37 AM
Big ups to our sponsors this week who consistently keep us clothed, fed, and inebriated throughout the weekend. We raise a glass to Amazon Unbox, AT&T, Audi, Cazadores Tequila, Canon, Casio, Don...
6/8/2007 9:45:00 AM
A total rethinking of the traditional fold-up table and chair with, it appears, whole new ways to pinch your fingers in the process. Note: Failure to operate with black turtleneck and air of...
6/8/2007 9:30:09 AM
Of all the things that you need to keep locked up and secure, how far down the list is your console gaming controller? Is it even on the list? Yeah, it's not on mine either. But hey, apparently some...
6/8/2007 9:20:43 AM
So you got your Darth Vader phone, your Star Wars lightsaber, and if you're lucky, maybe you got one of these figures. Now you can pair all of that with the ultimate Star Wars accessory, a Darth...
6/8/2007 9:15:48 AM
Looking for some DirectX 10 action on the cheap? The guys at ExtremeTech are claiming Nvidia will release a sub-$100 GeForce 8400 card on the 19th of June. It'll come in 256MB ($79) and 128MB ($50)...

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