Quick reminder, gang. Nokia is expected to announce all sorts of stuff in the next few hours from London, including the details of its first touchscreen phone, something we noted last week. It’s also expected that Nokia will talk about its Comes With Music program. You know, the free-songs-with-cellphone-purchase that the music industry desperately wants to succeed (so it doesn’t have… → Read More
Fossett’s belongings were found over the weekend and now the wreckage of his plane was just located.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rescue crews have found the wreckage of a small plane that appears to be the aircraft piloted by millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
His plane has been missing for 13 months tomorrow and now the world might finally… → Read More
I’ve ganked ‘em straight from the source just so you don’t have to guess which button it is that takes you to the good stuff. The new DS stuff looks fun, of course, but the Wii lineup is looking hot as hell. Punch-Out looks filthy, space exploration game looks awesome, whatever Tales game that is looks phantastic, and I’m sorry but I may have to buy a Wii solely on the… → Read More
Apple responds to toxic Mac Pro claims True iPhone killer: the BlackBerry Terminator Steampunk phone does nothing useful, is very cool Man turns on train tracks, causes accident because his GPS told him to Video Review: WowWee Tri-Bot → Read More
CBS Labs, which has been testing new HD streaming products, has also rolled out a labs version of a new product called Social Viewing Room. The idea is that you show up to the site, pick a show that’s on right now, and watch it with your friends or whoever is there. You can comment, LOL or take quizzes for points.
The link is live, but I’m not able to see any actual shows going on right… → Read More
Israeli blogger Tal Siach, one of the authors of the Walyou blog, seems to be one of the few people who can actually access the new, toolbar-free version of StumbleUpon. The new version was set to launch to everyone on Wednesday, but so far everyone I’ve spoken with is still on the old design, which requires the downloaded toolbar to function properly. Lucky for us, though, Tal is in, and wrote a… → Read More
Spotify, founded by the former Tradedoubler team, is understood to have raised €15.3m from Northzone Venture Partners at a monster €71.6m pre-money valuation. The service is still in private beta. → Read More
The DSi is 2.6mm thinner than the DS. The GBA slot has been axed. Screens are 17 percent larger, 3.25-inches. VGA camera. Music playback. SD slot allows you to transfer images to the Wii Photo Channel. Onboard memory. A DSi store will be launched to download content via Wi-Fi. You can use your Wii points, which is now being called Nintendo Points. Built-in Web browser. November 1 launch in Japan… → Read More
My colleagues over at TechCrunch.com have done some great number crunching and come up with a list of startups in CrunchBase that have raised at least $25 million over the past two years. The next two years are generally being referred to as another “nuclear winter” when startups will find it very hard to raise cash. They came up with a list of 160 startups, with Facebook topping the… → Read More
Well, look at that. We caught wind of HDX last month and today Vudu made their full high definition content service official. HDX is aimed directly at HD aficionados with 1080p screens larger than 42-inches. Pricing for HDX content won’t cost you anymore than the HD content they currently offer. A total of 65 HDX titles rolled out tonight, which include The Spiderwick Chronicles, In Bruges… → Read More
Embedded video from CNN Video Hikers have found items near Mammoth Lakes that may have belonged to missing daredevil Steve Fossett reports CNN. A weathered sweat shirt, cash and a pilot’s certificate with Fossett’s name were found Tuesday near Mammoth Lakes, police Chief Randy Schienle said. The certificate did not have a photo, he said. “We’re not certain that it belongs… → Read More
AOL’s budget cuts across the board have been well reported, but the bloggers were the most vocal about it (as bloggers tend to be).
Many bloggers have reportedly left. The group behind TVSquad is doing something a little different, though. They haven’t left, but much of the team has launched a directly competing blog called CliqueClack. The writers continue to punch the time clock at AOL, but my… → Read More
http://www.traileraddict.com/emb/6704 Oh WTF?! That looks like crap. via Trailer Addict → Read More
Will the madness ever end? BBNews is stating that inside sources have informed them that AT&T will begin training reps on the Bold beginning the 16th with a launch on the 20th. Apparently the delay was due to AT&T employees not signing up for training. Huh? Oh, and the Bold launching with AT&T is said to have a white keyboard, which is complete BS. Just you wait, I know I’m right… → Read More
I love that the technology TDK has used to increase maximum disk density to 803 gigabits per square inch is called “Tunneling Magneto-Resistance” and its replacement “Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane Giant Magneto-Resistance.” Man, those sound like stuff you buy for your ship in Escape Velocity. The precision and force necessary to reliably etch magnetic information into… → Read More
That’s Chuck Inglish, he’s half of the duo that makes up The Cool Kids. They make music and they’re cool. The Cool Kids produced an original track, 2K Pennies, for the NBA 2K9 soundtrack and both Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks will be playable characters in Blacktop streetball mode. That’s “straight fire” as John would say. In case you don’t know who these… → Read More
The first high-def footage off the Canon 5D Mark II was a commercial shot by renowned photographer Vincent Laforet. If you haven’t seen the video, it is simply amazing and will certainly be shown at countless camera shops for years to come. Canon has been hosting the raw footage for anyone to download and ‘cording to Laforet’s blog, the traffic is too much for Canon. The sample… → Read More
Sling Media, the creators of a hardware device that lets users stream their home television signal to an Internet connected device anywhere (with a software download), is preparing to launch their new video portal, Sling.com. The company first mentioned the new portal earlier this year but has been quiet since then.
Today though, several readers received emails from Sling Media with information… → Read More
Apple just responded to the report claiming Mac Pros produced before 2008 can give off leukemia-causing benzene by stating through a spokesman spin-doctor to Macworld the following: We have not found anything that supports this claim, but continue to investigate it for the customer. While we would love to give Apple the green light on this, what company would openly admit that they products could… → Read More
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Yeah I know, it isn’t even September any more, and we’ve already said Happy Birthday to Google twice. But this video comment left on the first post is just too good not to post. I have no idea who this is, but she’s a star. → Read More
This $99.99 robot can talk to you, guard you, and even notify you when a set number of minutes has passed. It’s quite a bit of fun and has a charming personality, as you’ll see in our video, but we did have some issues with the IR remote control – the bugger just couldn’t tell what we wanted him to do. Compared to other robots we’ve seen this season, however, the… → Read More
Most of us will never go to space – at least, not for a decade or so. But while we may not be able to go on a space walk or bounce around in zero-G, the prospect of being able to send something into the Great Beyond sounds like a decent consolation.
IntoSpace.org is hoping to make that happen for a mere $2.
The site is offering a deal that is reminiscent of the Million Dollar Homepage. You… → Read More
About eight years ago I adopted a little ritual before I travelled, swapping out my metal buckled belt with a piece of strapping from an old backpack. This black belt has served me well through the years but there might be a new belt on my radar. Read more… → Read More
Stephen Totilo of MTV Multiplayer fame had himself a fancy hands-on session with the PS3 keypad today and this is what he had to say about it. I pretend-typed some messages using the device, but I did not have time to input anything into the PS3. Like the 360 keypad, the PS3 add-on is designed to ease console user’s efforts to input messages and passwords. The add-on was light, adding no… → Read More
In one of these multi-part shuffles that characterize high-level business dealings, it looks as if Lenovo is going to be taking over the consumer PC part of the Fujitsu/Siemens joint venture. It seems Siemens has had enough and is selling its part to Fujitsu, and Fujitsu (not really loving the “end-user” market) will spin off that part of its PC business and sell it to whoever. → Read More
Does this remind you of your team? Maybe you should think about a new job. Check out the latest job listings on CrunchBoard. → Read More
Fret not for the game will still be coming out in NA and Asia on October 21 and Europe on October 24, but the pricing has been dropped from $80 to $70. Why? Because they’re ditching the premium box, five printed fate cards, and Hobbe figure. You will still get the following: – Fable II game disc – Bonus DVD with new ‘Making-of’ Feature – Bonus in-game content (requires Xbox LIVE®)… → Read More
The latest chapter in the David vs Golitha battle has just unfolded in the Northern District of California with a dismissal filing by Apple. Jobs & Co. state in the claim, Defendant Psystar Corporation is knowingly infringing Apple’s copyrights and trademarks, and inducing others to do the same. Psystar makes and sells personal computers that use, without permission, Apple’s proprietary… → Read More
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