Jack Gauvreau and his team are a bunch of badass sculptor guys. Watch as they construct Nite Owl’s ship. So. Rad. → Read More
A new, sinister study has shone the black light of shame upon video game controllers. Doctors have identified a new ailment called PlayStation palmar hidradentitis, which is a skin disorder that comes about as a result of squeezing video game controllers very hard while simultaneously pressing buttons. One small problem: the study was based on only one person, so… → Read More
Ginx, the third-party interface for Twitter that makes it easier to share news with friends, has added a new feature that organizes experts into groups so you follow their ongoing commentary on your favorite topics.
Each group on Ginx is created and administered by a single owner who determines who the experts are in a particular field or category. For example, here’s a group of journalists who are focused on covering Apple news. It’s run by the user mirthlab and members include John Gruber and Arnold Kim.
Currently there are 11 groups in total on Ginx, and all of them are listed in this simple directory. The others include one about China and another about Arizona politics. → Read More
I’m here in Redmond, Washington at Microsoft TechFest 2009, where Microsoft is showcasing many of the projects its researchers around the world have been working on. The event is filled with impressive demos covering diverse topics ranging from advanced user interfaces to improving computer-based learning in developing countries. We’ll be posting videos throughout the day, the first of which is a demonstration that essentially combines the mobile video broadcasting of services like Qik with Microsoft’s image and video stitching technology that can be seen in its impressive Photosynth product. The technology can take multiple live video streams focusing on the same subject (as you might find at a concert), and stitches them together to create one large panoramic video. For a full demo, see the video below.
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Apple and EMI have devised another way to pry precious dollars from your wallet. It’s called iTunes Pass, and it’s available right now. With it, music fans will gain access to exclusive songs, remixes, etc. that are automatically downloaded to your account. First band up? Depeche Mode. → Read More
What happens when you make paid search ads both relevant and visual? Searchme, the search engine startup which presents results as a stack of full-page previews that you can flip through, is hoping to find out with the beta launch of AdView. Its first foray into advertising, AdView is SearchMe’s version of AdWords, except that instead of selling of paid text links it will be interspersing into its results clickable previews of entire Webpages, videos, or other visual advertising.
If you are an advertiser and want to try it out, SearchMe is giving a free trial to the first 500 companies or individuals that sign up here. That’s right, you get to run a free ad campaign on SearchMe for 30 days.
To see how this works, search for “Ralph Lauren” and if you flip through to the third result, it will be an ad that shows a landing page for its fall collection. In other words, the Website becomes the ad itself. This approach is similar to what StumbleUpon does, with ads placed in every 20 or so Stumbles. But the ad unit can also be a YouTube video which can be played without leaving SearchMe. For instance, check out the third result when you search for “Mac” (SearchMe inserted one of the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads for demonstration purposes). → Read More
I call poppycock, good sir.
SanDisk is claiming that their ImageMate memory card readers have wicked fast transfer speeds. → Read More
Currently, if you want a netbook, you’re going to get an Intel atom chipset. This is just understood. They are fast, have low heat and power consumption, and are the defacto standard. But AMD is looking to get in on some of that action, and they could be a serious threat to Intel. → Read More
Details and specs on the Sidekick 2009 are slowly emerging and today we’ve got some info on the camera. It’s getting a bump up to 3.2-megapixels for a max resolution of 2038×1536. Danger and Sharp (assuming they’ll manufacture the 2009) have finally included a flash. Direct uploading to MySpace, Photobucket (What about Flickr?) and YouTube have been enabled and video recording could is set for 15fps, but could be bumped up. Oh, there’s a new AF mechanism and geotagging is supported. In other words, the Sidekick’s camera has finally caught up to the rest of the pack. via hiptop3 → Read More
MacRumors has some info pointing to a 20- and 24-inch iMacs with NVIDIA graphics. While anyone with a printer could make these exciting marketing materials you see before you, another Swedish reseller had a weird page describing an unusual configuration as well, so there’s some hope that the update will come sooner or later. → Read More
The Milkman delivers! 1UP’s just-launched, comprehensive Resident Evil 5 section includes a note from the site’s editor, one James Mielke, that caught our eye: “In what is destined to be the first genuinely epic game of 2009, Resident Evil 5 is practically guaranteed to be the last of its kind, with the game’s producer, Jun Takeuchi, assuring us that a reboot is in order for the inevitable Resident Evil 6.” You hear that, Resident Evil 6 is inevitable. But is that a good thing, in and of itself? → Read More
Any time a company holds a sale for a limited time, you MUST buy something. And what’s more limited than four hours? Three hours, sure, but a three-hour sale would be insane. Insane! → Read More
Erik and Leigh are now the proud owners of Spotlight Flashlights. There’s more stuff lying around my office where that came from, so don’t get discouraged! → Read More
Plasma TVs are quickly becoming an extinct breed. There was once a time when plasma was the only large flat screen option available but not anymore. LCD has seemingly taken over most of plasma’s territory and currently there are only three plasma manufacturers still out there. It’s sad cause plasma TVs can and do produce a better picture than LCDs. (flame away in the comments, I ) The death of plasmas date back to when they first were produced. Why? Well, if you don’t mind the shameless plug, I go into in this Sound and Vision article that’s worth your time. → Read More
Maybe the little guy isn’t dead. Heh.
Straight from the Destination PlayStation conference comes word that Little Big Planet, Assassin’s Creed and a flavor of MotorStorm dubbed Arctic Edge (coming to the PS2 in the fall) are coming later this year for the PSP.
Two new bundles will hit with a lilac colored Hannah Montana edition that includes a dancing and rhythm game along with a 2GB MSPD, stickers and episodes of her TV show on UMD. AssCreed will get a “piano black” version and other unannounced content.
MTV’s Rock Band will also debut on the PSP with RB Unplugged where players can download content over Wi-Fi.
Square Enix will offer up DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY for the PSP and EA is bringing out Madden NFL 10 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10.
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You don’t need that old SuperDrive, do you? Just pop it out of your MB or MBP and pop in this OptiBay hard drive for unibody laptops. You can use the system as a pair of separate drives or as a RAID drive. The upgrade uses SATA and comes in 250GB, 320GB, and 500GB versions. → Read More
The Goldilocks zone for netbook screen sizes might just be 11.6 inches. Those panels, which we’ll see later this year, will offer the portability that’s been the promise of netbooks all along while at the same time offering a usable resolution at 1366×768 instead of the short and stocky 1024×600 that’s plagued just about every netbook model available today. The slight increase in physical width, too, ought to provide for nicer keyboards. → Read More
