You knew someone was going to do it, it was just a question of time. The real question is, does the iPod Nano actually work as a wristwatch? Well, that depends on your definition of “works”. There’s a few problems, right off the bat. First off: battery life. The Nano only has about 8-10 hours [...]
This is an interesting read if you like stretching your brain around bleeding-edge computing technology. IBM researchers explain the reasons behind and method of creating an optical bus, which replaces the electrical signals your computer uses to communicate with photons. The take-away is that this technology isn’t actually sci-fi; it’s easy enough to manufacture and [...]
Android continues to surge, Bing replaces Google search on some Verizon phones, and using your phone to jailbreak your PS3. Plus we cover the CNET News app and dig into the world of Widgets and shortcuts. This week’s special guest: Senior Associate Editor, Nicole Lee! Listen now: Download today’s podcast Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320×180) | iTunes [...]
An update to the popular Google service provides home screen access to common features. Originally posted at Android Atlas
Available on the application’s 4.5 update, Google’s Walking Navigation offers many of the company’s standard navigation features, but tailors them for pedestrians. Originally posted at Android Atlas
Remember that mysterious Windows Phone 7-powered ASUS from early August? Turns out it showed up at Gnomedex this year, and there’s video floating around to prove it. The phone stars in a nearly 12-minute epic detailing the various parts of the platform — all of which we’ve seen before — but obviously, our attention is [...]
Lasers. Is there anything they can’t do? The latest addition to the 50-year-old technology’s bag of tricks comes courtesy of a team of researchers from the Australian National University, who’ve managed to create a laser beam that effectively functions as a tiny tractor beam. The key, it seems, is that the laser beam is hollow, [...]
When the NPD Group released their August figures, there was a little summer surprise for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Turns out that while Wii sales have slowed down a bit, the overall volume hasn’t really changed that much. That translates to good news for the PS3 and Xbox 360, as their sales have gone up [...]
Hot on the heels of Apple’s decision to increase, ever so slightly, the opportunities for devs to use different frameworks for iPhone app creation, Adobe announced that its resuming work on its Flash-to-iPhone system for Flash Professional CS5. Here is the relevant quote: Apple’s announcement today that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer [...]
It’s becoming progressively easier to land LCD monitors with IPS panels (as opposed to the decidedly less stunning TN panels), but given that there’s rarely ever enough competition to truly push prices as far south as we consumers would like, we’re welcoming LG’s latest with wide open arms. The outfit has just issued a new [...]
