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September 2008

Gears of War 2 Zune Coming on Nov 7, Preorders Start in the Morning [Zune]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

Killing two marketing birds with one stone, Microsoft's bundling some of its Zunes with various Gears of War 2 (launching soon!) paraphernalia. Each 120GB Zune will sport a laser-etched “Crimson Omen” and come pre-loaded with 244 pieces of media, inc

Water Invisibility Barrier Protects Against Tsunamis [Invisibility Cloaks]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

Research into invisibility cloaks, which work by bending light around 2D objects, could end up protecting offshore rigs and vulnerable coastlines from water. Scientists at the Fresnel Institute in Marseille, France said that established cloaking prin

Microsoft, Washington State Sue Scareware Makers Over Fake Error Messages [Microsoft Mad]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

Picture this: You're trying to figure out why your grandmother's computer is running so slow when she mentions that an error message told her to download a $39.95 “fixer-upper,” and you realize that some rat bastard out there tricked the poor old dam

Podcaster Version 1.1 Available on iPhone App Black Market [Podcaster]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

Podcaster, the app that just won't quit no matter how many times Apple tries to shut it down, is now up for download on Cydia as version 1.1. People who want Podcaster can now get it through the iPhone app black market, though questions about why it

Field of Light: Nikolai Tesla Meets Lenny Kravitz [Design]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

When I see images of Bruce Munro's Field of Light installation, whatever glumness I might have felt during the day disappears, and that Beatle-esque Lenny Kravitz song of a similar name starts playing in my head. If I had the chance to check out Munr

Netflix To Open API and Databases To The Public [NetFlix]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

Netflix will introduce their API to the public tomorrow at the Experience AJAX conference, and according to ReadWriteWeb, it will allow free access to movie data and stats stored on their servers. This doesn't mean that anyone will be able to write a

Ars Technica Plays With LiquidTV/Tivo PC, Thinks It's Pretty Good [Tivo Pc]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

Ars got their hands on Nero's freshly-announced LiquidTV/Tivo PC team up, and thought the Tivo software and Hauppauge TV Tuner hardware was a good experience for $200 ($100 for software only). They looked not only at how the UI functioned in the PC e

Which of the EIGHT Versions of the Iron Man DVD Should You Buy? [Iron Man]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:47 P GMT-06

Okay, so you don't have a Blu-ray player and you're not getting a new Dell. That still leaves you with eight—EIGHT—different versions of Iron Man to choose from, with everyone from Walmart to Borders hawking their own exclusive kit. Best

Sony Cuts Price on Fancy S550 Blu-ray Player (Still No Dealzmodo) [Blu-Ray]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

Yesterday Sony dropped the $400 BDP-S350 Blu-ray player to $300, a fair line to cross. Today Sony made the next logical step, dropping its $500 BDP-S550 to $400. It's a sizeable price decrease, and it comes well before Thanksgiving, indicating that t

Glitch Drops Google Stock Price $200 in Four Minutes, Wiping Out $62 Billion [Oops]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

At probably like the worst time ever for your stock to plummet harder than a meteor on a collision course with Bruce Willis, a glitch knocked $200 off of Google's stock price—that's half—in the span of four minutes as the markets were clo

Pandora and Other Webcasters Saved By Act of Congress [Web Radio]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

Today the otherwise preoccupied Senate quickly passed the Webcaster Settlement Act many of you petitioned for, granting Pandora and other net radio services the right to negotiate royalties with the record industry's SoundExchange coalition for the y

TDK Crams 260 GB Into 1.8-inch HDD, Sets A New Density Benchmark [Storage]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

TDK has announced a new hard drive at CEATEC that manages to fit 260 GB of data into a 1.8-inch form factor. Using their prototype TMR head, TDK is able to attain a surface recording density of 803 gigabits per square inch, besting Toshiba's previous

Transformers 2 Will Be Shot in IMAX, Get Ready for Five-Story Transformers [Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

Holy crap. Parts of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen are being shot in IMAX, meaning you'll get to see literally five-story Transformers getting smashed, exploded and all of the usual Michael Bay craziness in the only screen size truly worthy of M

Get Your Directions From an Old, Washed Up Character from a Terrible Show [GPS]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

While I understand why people would want their GPS navigators to give them directions in the voice of KITT or Mr. T, I have no idea who in their right mind would want Kim Cattrall (the old one) from Sex in the City telling them where to go whenever t

Punching Bag Changes Color Just Like a Video Game Boss [Clips]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

Remember playing something like TMNT arcade, and Bebop and Rocksteady would grow increasingly red, tempting you to throw in quarter after quarter because every moment seemed like the moment they would be defeated? This punching bag works under the sa

Norway Forgets Who They're Dealing With, Demands Apple Open Up FairPlay DRM (Again) [FairPlay DRM]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

Norway is ostensibly big on neutrality, even when it gets them invaded and pulverized, so it's not surprisingly it hates Apple's FairPlay DRM, which only lets songs play on iPods. It even has a law requiring that consumers be able to use digital medi

EA Waiting to Release Android Games Until It Can Charge for Them [Android]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

While Namco jumped headfirst into the Android Market by giving away Pac-Man, EA Games is going to sit out for the time being, at least until there's a billing system in place for apps in the Android Market: "EA will support the Android platform...but

Oncore 6-Bay MacBook and iBook Charger Lightning Review [Lightning Review]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

The Gadget: Oncore's 6-Bay MacBook or iBook battery charger that really only charges three batteries at one time because it's a cluster of charging bays and not six individual chargers. Once the first battery in a single charging bay is full it will

Admit It, The Stormtrooper Hoodie is a Little Tempting [Fashion]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

By Mark Ecko, this Stormtrooper hoodie will ensure that, at a moment's notice, you will be ready for an impromptu Star Wars convention or back alley role-playing fest. It may sound like overkill, but to the die-hard Star Wars fan, it's a whole lot ea

Windows 7 Getting (Kinda) Optimized for Parallel Processing [Windows 7]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

Besides looking a lot like Vista—and we mean a lot—Microsoft has said Windows 7 uses a lot of the same foundation, too, to keep upgrade migraines to a minimum. The problem is that its core ain't so suited to parallel computing, one of riv

Synaptics Adds New Multitouch Gestures To Trackpads [Multitouch]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

newVideoPlayer("/synaptics_gestures.flv", 506, 306,""); Synaptics, best known for developing the Zune Pad and Android G1 screen, have unveiled two new multitouch gestures for their PC touchpads: two-finger flick and ChiralRotate. Two-finger flick is

The Paperclip iPhone/iPod Touch Stand [DIY]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

If $100 is just too much for you to pay for a homemade iPhone stand, then this paperclip version might be a better option. And to anyone who has ever paid more than 50 cents to hold any pocket electronic, hopefully this fan-made pwnage will keep your

iPhone Will Get Adobe Flash Soon, If Apple Says OK [Same As It Ever Was]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 6:47 P GMT-06

If you're still clamoring for Adobe Flash support to get Hulu on your iPhone, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that Adobe Senior Director of Engineering Paul Betlem says that as soon as Apple approves it, it would be out "in a very s

Space Station Astronaut Challenges Planet Earth to Chess Match [Internet]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 2:47 P GMT-06

Canadian astronaut Greg Chamitoff has challenged everyone in planet Earth to a game of chess. He will play from the International Space Station travelling at five miles per second, 200 miles above the Earth, while you can make your move from your liv

Fighting Reality, Microsoft Will Keep Charging for Windows Mobile [Delusions Of Grandeur]

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 2:47 P GMT-06

One of the reasons you're going to see Android on a ton of phones—aside from Google's juggernautical influence—isn't because of its ass-beating potential, but because hardware makers don't have to pay anything for it. They do have to pay