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February 2009



Asus P835 Touchscreen Phone Packs WVGA Display [Asus]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
Asus' out-of-nowhere P835 smartphone is packing some pretty decent specs, from an 800x480 touchscreen to HSPA support for lightning-fast downloads, but it's still packing Windows Mobile 6.1. Still, it's worth a look. Here's the rundown: • HSPA (DL: 7

Amazon Caves to Snippy Authors: Kindle's Text-to-Voice Feature Now Optional [Kindle 2]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
We reported the Author's Guild's litigious anger about the Kindle 2's text-to-voice feature, claiming it violates audio book copyrights. It's an arguable position, but Amazon has gone ahead and caved to the literate man. Amazon has backed down for th

Image of the Day: Sony's Innovative New Business Strategy [Image Of The Day]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 4:17 P GMT-06
I don't know about this one, Howard. Will your vegetables network properly with your fish? [thanks, Edan!] Original Entry

How Broke Would You Have to Be to Revert Back to Dial-Up? [Recessionomics]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 4:17 P GMT-06
In an effort to cut costs wherever possible, some consumers are going back to the cheaper, crappier-in-every-way dial-up we all cast aside years ago. This recession has just gotten serious. Sales of the often sub-$10 dial-up subscriptions have increa

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 4:17 P GMT-06
Welcome to another edition of Gadget Deals of the Day. Today we've got the cheapest 1.5 TB external drive ever seen, TVs, PMPs, and for you slobs, a bargain-priced Snuggie. HDTVs: • Sharp AQUOS 720p 32" TV for $480 (normally $580) • Sharp 720p 32" TV

The Japanese Turn Up Their Noses at Your Precious iPhone [Japanese Dealzmodo]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 4:17 P GMT-06
Apparently our beloved national institution, the iPhone, isn't such a big hit in Japan. It's doing so poorly that Softbank, its Japanese carrier, is offering the 8GB iPhone free with a contract. Update: Wired points to the iPhone's high monthly plan,

Bluetooth Headsets Will Never Be Attractive or Cool [Bluetooth]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 4:17 P GMT-06
This water droplet-shaped concept from Ilshat Garipov makes a good run at it, but no matter how small or slick or arty they are, Bluetooth headsets are just never going to look good. Is it the association they have with bankers, lawyers, and other do

Obama's New 2010 Budget Promotes Radical Pro-Science Agenda [Science]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 P GMT-06
President Obama's proposed 2010 budget goes where no Bush has gone before by including significant spending for scientific agencies, including NASA, the EPA, and Department of Energy, on top of the stimulus package. NASA will get $700 million from th

Would You Buy Steve Wozniak's PowerBook on eBay? [Apple]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 P GMT-06
Looks like Apple Employee #1's old 17", maxed-out PowerBook is for sale on eBay, remarkably devoid of Cheetos fingerprints. But who acquired it from Woz to begin with? The answer might surprise and disappoint you. It's those guys from that awful, pai

iPhone Comes Free With Contract... In Japan [Japanese Dealzmodo]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 P GMT-06
Apparently our beloved national institution, the iPhone, isn't such a big hit in Japan. It's doing so poorly that Softbank, its Japanese carrier, is offering the 8GB iPhone free with a contract. Wired points to the iPhone's high monthly plan, lack of

$200 Acer Hornet Is Nvidia Ion-Based PC-Wii-Console Hybrid Thingie [Nettop]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 P GMT-06
Apparently, the Acer Hornet is an Nvidia Ion-based Atom-powered small PC which can be mounted on displays. The most interesting thing: Acer wants to sell it with a Wiimote-like device for gaming and remote control. Or that's what turkish site Donanim

How To: Rip Blu-ray Discs [How To]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 P GMT-06
Included digital copies are still the exception rather than the norm in the Blu-ray world. Lame. You'd like to rip those discs for playback elsewhere, right? But there is something you should know first. And that is this: Ripping Blu-ray discs sucks.

Ryanair's New Emergency Instructions Could Be Real One Day [Fakemodo]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 A GMT-06
After today's $1.40 airplane lavatory charge, the disco girl with the long legs and the lovely smile has sent us proof that Ryanair is going way too far in their demands to passengers. Yes, it's a fakemodo, which means it's fake. [Graphic by The Coas

Carlin-esque Architects Put Driving Range Atop Water Filtration Plant [Drink And Drive]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 A GMT-06
Somebody wanted to build a water filtration center on the spot of a Bronx, NY golf-course driving range. Bad idea? It was until the architects decided to build the plant and keep the range. "Green roofs" are nothing new—one day soon all of us w

Microsoft's Child 'I'm a PC' Ads Only Works With Little Girls Apparently [I'm A PC]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 A GMT-06
The first two I'm a PC ads from Microsoft used little girls, and were super super cute. This latest one? Not so much. Nothing against little boys, but nobody likes them using a computer. Original Entry

DAB Kitchen Digital Radio Should Withstand the Ultimate Food Fight [Concepts]

Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:17 A GMT-06
Designed with greasy hands, soapy gloves, and cookie-dough-covered fingers in mind, the minimalistic DAB Digital Radio was created for a nitty, gritty kitchen environment. With a splash-resistant design featuring large touch-sensitive buttons, users

BlackBerry 9630 is Verizon's Niagara World Edition? [Rumor]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
Boy Genius's tipsters are telling them that an upcoming BlackBerry 9630 is Verizon's world edition phone, meaning you can travel overseas and DO STUFF WITH IT. BG says it's going to have "CDMA 1x, EV-DO Rev. A, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and 2100MHz UMTS". The

Epson R-D1xG: A Poor Middle Class Man's Leica M8 [Digital Cameras]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
On one hand, the Epson R-D1xG is a gorgeous retro rangefinder camera that captures the style (and the compatible lenses) of Leica tradition. On the other, it's almost as expensive as the real thing. Priced at $3000 (the Leica M8 runs about $1000 more

Ryanair's New Emergency Instructions Just Go Way Too Far [Fakemodo]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
After today's $1.40 airplane lavatory charge, the disco girl with the long legs and the lovely smile has sent us proof that Ryanair is going way too far in their demands to passengers. [Thanks Addy!] Original Entry

These Shoe Phones Are Made for Walkin' (...and Talkin') [Spy Gear]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
Apparently a shoe phone similar to this was a really big deal in some dumb movie or TV show. But now the thing actually exists, using common cellphone gear and a hollowed-out heel. Australian Paul Gardner-Stephen originally created his Gen 2 prototyp

Mad Catz Street Fighter IV FightSticks Review [Review]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
Just a few months ago, Mad Catz was known for making generic, mediocre console accessories to undercut companies like Sony and Nintendo. Then they announced their Street Fighter sticks and the gaming world went nuts. galleryPost('sfivmadcatz1', 7, '

Acer Hornet Is Nvidia Ion-Based PC-Wii-Console Hybrid Thingie [Nettop]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
Apparently, the Acer Hornet is an Nvidia Ion-based Atom-powered small PC which can be mounted on displays. The most interesting thing: Acer wants to sell it with a Wiimote-like device for gaming and remote control. Or that's what turkish site Donanim

Four "Tropical Skyscapers" Commissioned To Keep Shenzhen Stock Exchange HQ Nice and Shady [Architecture]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
Steven Holl Architects' winning design from the "4 Tower in 1" competition calls for a quartet of towers to be built around the brand new Shenzhen Stock Exchange and its surrounding plaza. The four buildings in the complex have a variety of features

How the New Sony Will Become Awesome Again [Sony]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
What you might've missed about Sir Howard becoming Emperor of Sony is that it means he won the war to reorganize it—meaning Sony's stuff could become awesome again. There'd been rumors of a drastic shakeup at Sony involving the slaying of "sacr

Flame War: Plasma or LCD? [Weekend Flame War]

Friday, 27 February 2009 8:17 P GMT-06
Which flat panel technology is the best? LCD or plasma? Get mean, get personal, because you can't be banned for anything you say in this thread. And anecdotes are as valid as scientific study. Original Entry