“Tucked away in the Sound and Vision department of Harrods is a 42in LCD television set. As a not-for-sale display model, it draws only the occasional glance from the tourists and Christmas shoppers packing the store. Despite its unexceptional looks, though, this item of hardware offers the answer to that great unsolved problem of technology: 3D TV.”
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High-definition TV in 3D With No Glasses
Monday, November 3rd, 2008High-definition TV in 3D β and no glasses
Monday, November 3rd, 2008“Tucked away in the Sound and Vision department of Harrods is a 42in LCD television set. As a not-for-sale display model, it draws only the occasional glance from the tourists and Christmas shoppers packing the store. Despite its unexceptional looks, though, this item of hardware offers the answer to that great unsolved problem of technology: 3D TV.”
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Free, Professional Music Production for Linux
Sunday, October 5th, 2008“If you’re thinking of getting SONAR 8 Studio for your audio needs, be prepared to shell out $369 for it. OR you can do it totally free! With Linux we can make music, and from a software standpoint, itβs going to cost us nothing.”
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Google + Calculator = FAIL
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008“Google’s calculator has some trouble handling maths with some large numbers, an issue that’s not unheard of in computing circles but that might not sit well at a supremely nerdy company that’s named after a humongous number.”
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Man Flies Over the English Channel With a Jet Pack
Sunday, September 28th, 2008“Seriously. His name is Yves Rossy and he’s a Swiss airline pilot by day and adventurer by night. The 22-mile flight took him only 10 minutes and he had hoped to reach 125 MPH. He started by jumping out of a small, French plane and quickly flipped on the jet pack.”
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Canon 5D Mark II Short Film by Vincent Laforet
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Check out the long awaited (well, over the week since it was released) short movie from the prototype EOS 5D MKII by Vincent Laforet. The camera does very well and makes me look forward to the RED Scarlet even more!
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Android: Google’s Dream, Apple’s Nightmare?
Monday, September 22nd, 2008“On Tuesday, Google will unveil its new iPhone competitor: the HTC Dream smartphone from T-Mobile, which will run the Android operating system. How do the two match up?”
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Facebook Pirate Mode
Saturday, September 20th, 2008“Ok, it’s clever. Facebook added a translated version of the site today in honour of Talk Like A Pirate Day. But instead of seeing Facebook in French or Esperanto, you can see Facebook in “Pirate.” Just follow the link on this page and select English (Pirate).” Via TechCrunch
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EFiX Dongle Perfectly Transforms PC to Mac
Thursday, September 18th, 2008“When we first heard about EFiX – a simple USB dongle that’ll let you magically install Leopard on your PC – it sounded too fantastic to be true. Well, I used it to turn my gaming PC into a Mac Pro over the weekend, and I’m somewhat amazed to say this, but it works perfectly.”
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Nanoflowers Could Lead to Superior Batteries
Sunday, September 14th, 2008“Flower-shaped nanoparticles, or “nanoflowers”, might lead to superior batteries in the near future. Chemist Gaoping Cao and colleagues report in the latest issue of Nano Letters that they are working on developing nanoflowers which could lead to longer battery life for cell phones, laptops, and more.”
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