admin | November 10, 2010
The BBC’s iPlayer video-on-demand service has been an unqualified success since its rollout back in 2007 and now it’s taking the next logical step in expanding its reach: it’s going global. Such is the word from John Smith, the generically named head of BBC Worldwide, who sees the international market for British shows as “under-exploited” [...]
admin | November 9, 2010
If you much prefer the over-the-head type of headset, skip this review. I’m one of those people. I wear glasses and I never found the behind-the-ear style compelling enough to try. But try I did. The Logitech H760 wireless USB headset is another stereo headset and mic combo that works wirelessly with your Mac or [...]
admin | November 9, 2010
Filed under: Fun, Games, Time-Wasters I love World of Goo. I bought it a while back, and it’s one of the most addictive games I’ve played. That’s part of the reason why I was so excited to find Moonlights. It shares a lot of elements with World of Goo, but is very different, too. Like [...]
admin | November 9, 2010
Keen readers of the Financial Times will have been greeted this morning by a nice little bit of insider information regarding HTC’s future software plans. We already knew the phone maker was keen to play a more active role in the softer parts of the smartphone experience it offers, but two new sources have come [...]
admin | November 9, 2010
Continuing a fine tradition of large, high resolution prototype displays, Samsung Electronics picked today to show off its latest innovation, in the form of the world’s first 70-inch, “Ultra Definition” 240Hz 3DTV. That UD tag indicates a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels that puts your current HDTV and even larger projection 1080p 3D units [...]
admin | November 8, 2010
Over the weekend, a member of the NUI Group hacked the new Xbox Kinect to run on Windows 7, posting proof-of-concept videos, but not the code. “As a research project, I took a weekend challenge of getting this awesome new Xbox Kinect device to work on Windows,” writes Alex P, who previously hacked the PS3 [...]
admin | November 8, 2010
Are the diamond’s days as an indestructible substance numbered? Possibly. At about 170,000 atmospheres, scientists managed to use super-hard graphite to crack one in 2003, but the exact reason why was somewhat of a mystery. Now maybe it’s not. More » SUN MICROSYSTEMS STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS SRA INTERNATIONAL SPSS
admin | November 8, 2010
Editor’s note: Guest author Aaron Levie is the founder and CEO of Box.net In the enterprise, simplicity simply doesn’t sell. Complexity, on the other hand, justifies costly software licenses and a swat team of consultants and systems integrators. It explains why updates are available every three years instead of being pushed weekly. And it even [...]
admin | November 8, 2010
Need another use for those 3D glasses you were suckered into buying as an integral part of this year’s Halloween costume? Look no further, bubs. MSI has just outed its latest 3D-friendly laptop, the CX620 3D. Outfitted with a Core i5 (or a Core i3, if you’re looking to save a few bucks), this 15.6-incher [...]
admin | November 8, 2010
Filed under: Fun, Games Word Bubbles is a Flash game that’s somewhat similar to Amazon’s Every Word for the Kindle. You get three initial letters (“tru” in the screenshot above), and you need to compose as many English words as possible with those three letters. When you create a six-letter word, the bubble that says [...]