Archive for June, 2010

The Only Time You’re Ever Allowed To Say Android is Ballin’ [Android]

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

New start-up Gearbox looks to combine two of man's most innate pleasures: playing with balls and playing with gadgets. They envision their Android-controlled spheres facing off in games of golf and curling; I envision driving cats absolutely crazy. [FastCompany] More »



Android - Handhelds - Shopping - Android Market - Smartphone

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Graphite Kindle DX coming July 7th for $379, now available for pre-order

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

Amazon's having a field day with its Kindle lineup as of late. Hot off the heels of its Kindle price drop, bigger brother Kindle DX has gotten a new shade, a touted 50 percent improved contrast, and a $379 price tag -- much lower than the $489 it asked for when first hitting the scene. Not to worry, there's still a 9.7-inch E-ink display and free 3G wireless. Though not shipping until July 7th, you can go ahead and give Bezos and co. your money today, whether you're a domestic or international customer.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Graphite Kindle DX coming July 7th for $379, now available for pre-order originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s Time To Say Goodbye to Our Guest Illustrator [Announcements]

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

Barely a month has passed since I asked you to welcome Wendy MacNaughton, our guest illustrator, and now it's already time to say goodbye. We loved having Wendy around and will miss her very much. More »



Wendy MacNaughton - Illustrator - Arts - Time Tracking - Illustration

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House Of Representatives Says “Okay” To Financial Reform

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Consumer Interest

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First iPhone 4 Class Action Suit Filed Against Apple and AT&T [Iphone 4]

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

The first iPhone 4 class action suit against Apple and AT&T has been filed today in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuit focus on the antenna design problems, making several claims: More »



IPhone - Apple - Smartphone - AT&T - Handhelds

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Bye Bye, HDMI! There’s a New A/V Cable Standard in Town [Hdmi]

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

A group of consumer electronics manufacturers got together and finalized the specifications of a new A/V cable standard. It's called HDBaseT and is based on standard CAT5e/6—meaning we should wind up paying less for our home theater wiring. More »



HDMI - Business - Electronics - Consumer Goods and Services - Home Theater

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Facebook for iPhone / iPod touch now iOS 4 compatible

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

We'll get right to the point: the Facebook app for your iPhone / iPod touch is now drinking the iOS 4 Kool-Aid. Fast app switching, high resolution icons (better than the one seen above, since that's pre-update), Korean / Russian localizations, and... that's about it for now. Maybe background image / video uploading is on the list of to-do's, but at least it won't look quite as pixel-deficient on the home screen next to Twitter.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Facebook for iPhone / iPod touch now iOS 4 compatible originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lucasfilm Thinks the Spyder III Arctic Laser Is a Little Too Much Like a Real Lightsaber [Scarylasers]

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

We now know that the crazy-powerful Spyder III Arctic laser actually emits a visible, fearsome blue beam, just like a real lightsaber. George Lucas' lawyers saw this thing and fired off a cease and desist faster than Han shot Greedo. More »



Laser - Arctic - Polar Regions - Hong Kong - Lightsaber

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Milestone XT720 spec changes again, this time for the worse

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Technology

Hey, we admit it, as far as Motorola's concerned hacks like us probably have no business browsing its Motodev pages, but we can't help but be a little peeved at the freestyle updates the company is making to its Milestone XT720 spec sheet. The processor hasn't changed -- it's always been a 720MHz-capable TI OMAP3440 -- but its speed rating has fluctuated between 550MHz, 720MHz exactly, and now the most enigmatic value yet: "up to" 720MHz. The RAM too has gone on a rollercoaster journey, jumping from 256MB at first, to a tasty 512MB, and now back down to a lean quarter gig. What's going on over there, too many webmasters spoiling the spec soup?

[Thanks, Marius]

Milestone XT720 spec changes again, this time for the worse originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Woman Pissed After Google Street View Captures Her 3-Year Old’s Naked Booty

Posted by Ry on Jun 30 2010 | Cool Stuff, Interesting News

put-some-pants-on.jpg Claire Rowlands is a British woman who's ultra-pissed after the Google Street View car inadvertently captured a shot of her 3-year old son's bare asscheeks. Pfft, I played in the front yard naked till I was 17.
She said: 'I just felt sick to my stomach when I saw the naked picture of Louis on the internet. I'm angry, disgusted and upset about it - they should be checking every image before it goes up. 'They should be extra careful on warm days because this is what children do - he was just playing in the garden and we didn't expect in a million years he'd have his picture taken and put on the internet for anyone to see. 'It's such a clear image, I see it as an indecent photograph - my concern is that paedophiles could see it and there's no way I ever wanted my son to be seen naked all over the world. Google has now apologised and said it has blurred the image.
Two Three words: throw some pants on the kid and stop complaining. Nobody wants to see the little bastard running through the sprinkler naked anyways. Except the ice cream man, and he has his own camera. Mother's fury after Google Street View publishes naked picture of her son, three, online [dailymail] via Woman's Horror at Google Street View Photo of Child's Bottom [gizmodo]

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