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The Week In iPhone Apps: Navigation, Inebriation, Multiplication [IPhone Apps]

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:17:30 +0000

Oh, I can keep going: financial news aggregation, slideshow presentation, carrier lamentation, lyrical collect-ation, and... and... tethering? Seven out of eight ain't bad. Anyway, enough of that—here's your weekly app dump:

Navigon Lite: Hark! Dedicated navigation units are dead, for the iPhone hath slain them! Except no, not at all, because navigation apps are still fresh, imperfect, and too expensive to… Continue reading

Packard Bell debuts updated ixtreme desktop PC

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:11:00 +0000

Packard Bell already rolled out its updated line of imedia desktop PCs earlier this month, and it's now done the same with its higher-end "ixtreme" desktop, which gets some upgraded specs and a sleek new look. While that exterior is certainly a step up for Packard Bell, it's not quite as eye-catching as the specs, which include your choice of

How would you change Sony’s OLED Walkman?

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:42:00 +0000

Sony's OLED Walkman is something else. Literally. In many ways, it's Sony's first formidable iPod rival to emerge in quite some time, and with its striking OLED panel, tastefully appointed graphite casing and absolutely amazing audio quality, it's certainly worth a look. For those of you around the world that have picked one up, we're curious to see if you think… Continue reading

Microsoft exec feels parents need to recognize consoles aren’t ‘toys’

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000

UK regional Xbox director Neil Thompson feels parents still fail to grasp that modern consoles aren't "toys." Thompson, who is also a member of ELSPA, explained to MCV that "every responsible member of the video game industry" needs to play an active role in keeping the education process "front of mind." He is speaking specifically about letting parents know that… Continue reading

Microsoft exec feels parents need to recognize consoles aren’t ‘toys’

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000

See the (amazing) Mass Effect 2 gameplay we saw at E3

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000

More than a month after we got our hands on the E3 2009 build of Mass Effect 2, BioWare has finally released footage to back up what we saw and played. It's a sort of "developer's cut:" The video features good looks at character interaction, combat and exploration -- all in-game -- along with commentary on these systems by the game's makers. Just be forewarned that… Continue reading

Projecturf: Simple Project Management for SMBs

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000

You'd think the potential for new project management software had been exhausted. But then, you see something new like Projecturf. The company has aimed its sights squarely at small and medium-sized business, and its feature set is particularly well-suited to development teams.

With simple, elegant design, and a pricing plan comparable to Basecamp and other competitors, this new SaaS offering should capture a devoted following… Continue reading

Oh, by the way: July 10, 2009

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Handsets, Others, RIM, ATT, Bell Mobility, Windows Mobile, Apple, iPhone OS, BlackBerry OS

Here's some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of mobile for Friday, July 10th, 2009:

Russia's RoverPC is now shipping its G7, X7

Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up [Airplanes]

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Solid as it looks shown here with all of its precious ordnance, the F/A-18 F Super Hornet strike fighter gets assembled one tiny piece at a time like anything else. See it all happen in glorious time-lapse photography:

Funny to me how much the beginning of the process is all about straight lines, while… Continue reading

Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up [Airplanes]

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Funny to me how much the beginning of the process is all about straight lines, while… Continue reading

King of Fighters XII punches through with a new video

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:45:00 +0000

If you had told us five years ago that 2009 would be a year to remember for 2D fighters, we would've called you a crazy person and erased you from our buddy list. Sure enough, with solid releases Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue already dropping this year, and Marvel vs Capcom 2, Tatsunoko vs Capcom and, as the above video shows, King of Fighters XII

Einstein robot learns to smile, teaches us how to feel

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:36:00 +0000

By now, you're no doubt well acquainted with the Albert Hubo Einstein robot developed by the mad scientists at KAIST, but some researchers at the University of California, San Diego has also been working on their own Einstein bot for the past little while, and they've now managed to teach it some new tricks. While the bot has previously… Continue reading

T-Mobile UK’s Calling the HTC Hero the G2 [G2]

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:30:00 +0000

T-Mobile US's decision not to launch the HTC Hero isn't going to stop T-Mobile UK, which is going to go ahead and release the updated Android phone under the G2 label.

The obvious question is what the T-Mobile US will call the G2. Obviously not the Hero, but maybe the upcoming keyboarded version that we've been hearing about? [Android Community via Into Mobile via Mobile

Just Don’t Drop It in the Toilet [Image Cache]

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Oops. [Interbent]

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Messless Charger: The Showoffiest Way to Charge Four Gadgets Simultaneously [Chargers]

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:30:00 +0000

Like the Callpod but fancier since it props up your gadgets on a shiny platform, the Messless Charger comes with six connectors for charging up to four gadgets simultaneously. It's about 0 thanks to the gloss factor, though. [pocket-lint]

Rubin: Android getting more social features; Donut, Eclair, and Flan all in the oven

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:07:00 +0000

Filed under: Software, Android

You don't have to look far past Palm's Synergy tech for webOS and smaller-scale operations like INQ to understand that social internetworking -- an intelligent aggregation of every corner of your life -- is the wave of the mobile future, and Google's going on record saying that it understands. At a T-Mobile-… Continue reading

Unconfirmed: China Gets iPhones Early, But With Disabled Wi-Fi [Apple]

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Good news and bad news for the Middle Kingdom: China Unicom will likely be selling an iPhone sooner than expected, but it will be one that does not have Wi-Fi functionality.

The Chinese government, which controls the nation's three major cellular carriers, said in the past that it objected to Wi-Fi in phones (perhaps because it's harder to… Continue reading

Spellcheck This: Microsoft Office 2010, The Movie

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:51:02 +0000

Yes, Microsoft has a promo video for Microsoft Office 2010, and we're posting it. This isn't slapped together by some corporate PR hack with iMovie (oops, did we say that?) Microsoft gave self-described YouTuber Dennis Liu of Traffik Film Works a free hand, and the results are pretty amusing.

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The official release of Office 2010 is still… Continue reading

No surprise: Intel has known about Chrome OS, worked with Google on ‘elements’ of project

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:41:00 +0000

So as it turns out, Intel isn't just casually accepting of Google's new OS initiative, it's actually been privy to the project for some time now, according to a spokesperson for the chipmaker. The two have apparently also worked together (and are potentially still working together) on portions of Chrome OS, he says, which really makes it all the more curious… Continue reading

Gadgets That Wring Amazing Video Out of Cheap Camcorders [Video]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Joel mentions a handful of gadgets to squeeze incredible video out of cheap camcorders: the Handy35 custom lens mount for 5D Mark II like depth-of-field, Glidetrack for smooth tracking, and the well-known Poor Man's Steadicam. What're your suggestions? [BBG]

Gadgets That Wring Amazing Video Out of Cheap Camcorders [Video]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Louis Vuitton’s 40th Anniversary Apollo 11 Buttplug Trunk [Apollo 11]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

This 40th anniversary buttplug from Louis Vuitton commemorates mankind's first lunar landing by giving you a miniature trunk-shaped buttplug that actually opens up and holds stuff. Wait, what do you mean it's not miniature. It's for giants? [Ilvoelv via Hypebeast]

Read and Understand Your Food Expiration Labels [Storage]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Use by. Sell by. Best if used by. Turns out not all food expiration warnings are created equal. Here's how to read between the lines to help gauge what needs to be tossed out from what's still fair game to chow down.

For starters, the post and accompanying video say it's best not to feel locked down by labels. Instead, try to treat expiration dates more as suggestions… Continue reading

How to Use Time Machine Backups on Windows Home Server (or Any Networked Storage) [Time Machine]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:40:00 +0000

One of the lame things about Time Machine is that backups over the network are only officially supported on Time Capsule. Luckily, even if you don't have one of HP's Time Machine-compatible Home Servers, you can make it work.

Brent Freidman lays out… Continue reading

Twittering a Bodily Collapse — and a Rescue

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:37:30 +0000

A tech marketer saved his nephew; a tech writer was rescued by an ambulance. The Twitterati saw the whole thing.

Tech writer Milo Yiannopoulos tweeted his medical collapse, until the mean old ambulance man insisted he stop. Compassion is truly dead.

Former Tesla exec… Continue reading

Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB [USB]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Calvin Klein's new sunglasses offer up a little storage with your UV protection thanks to a 4GB USB flash drive embedded in the right arm.

Too bad these glasses can't store the images you see. Last week at the beach I saw some things I would like to remember. Then again, I saw other things that I would… Continue reading

Refurbished iPhone 3G 8GB for $79 [Dealzmodo]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:18:13 +0000

You can save on the 8GB iPhone 3G if you're willing to forego factory freshness—refurbed models are with free shipping from AT&T. They don't have refurbed data plans for discount, do they? [AT&T via TUAW]

Refurbished iPhone 3G 8GB for $79 [Dealzmodo]

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:18:13 +0000

Report Offensive Google Images Results

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:17:01 +0000

Google Image Search, recently rebranded as Google Images, made it easier to change the SafeSearch filter by including a drop-down below the search box. The default option is "moderate", which excludes explicit images, but you can also disable SafeSearch or select the "strict" filter, which takes into account your keywords and the text from web pages.Now you can also report offensive images that aren't filtered by SafeSearch. "Many users… Continue reading

Valve showing off Left 4 Dead 2’s ‘Swamp Fever’ at Comic-Con

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:15:00 +0000

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A red-hot press release just landed in our inbox, informing us that Valve will be on-hand at San Diego's Comic-Con to show off a new campaign in Left 4 Dead 2 titled "Swamp Fever." If you're at the show, the game is in the EA Gaming Lounge from 2-9 pm Thursday-Saturday, and 12-5 pm… Continue reading