Thanko’s Spy Button video camera, because you’ve already failed
So what if Thanko’s Â¥5,980 (about $62) Spy Button Camera doesn’t look exactly like the other buttons on your shirt.
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Toshiba’s TG01 outed on Orange UK
Well, well, there it is. The world’s first and only Snapdragon phone available for retail, Toshiba’s TG01, is up and dancing on Orange’s UK site
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Motorola’s Aura Celestial Edition soon taking “giant leaps” for “mankind”
Here’s a fact: the world really doesn’t need another mildly tweaked Aura. Sorry, it just doesn’t. That being true and all, we’re still pretty jazzed to see Motorola giving the ultra-luxurious handset another go with the moon-themed Celestial Edition.
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REPORT: Cadillac DTS to be replaced by XTS, which will be built in Canada alongside new Buick Regal
The days of Cadillac’s big DTS sedan are numbered as the plant that builds it will soon be shut down and re-tooled. The Detroit Hamtramck assembly plant that builds the DTS and Buick Lucerne will switch over to building the Chevy Volt in 2010 and the current products are both long in the tooth.
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U2 Takes Massive Transforming Screen on Tour
Twenty years ago, as one of the world’s biggest rock bands, U2 could appease their fans by simply playing “Where the Streets Have No Name” on a building rooftop. Twenty years later, U2 is still huge, and their live performance has evolved into a gargantuan show of lights, screens, and over-the-top stage props. Don’t believe us? Check out the band’s expanding screen currently in use on the U2 360° tour.
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Steeda announces 2010 Sport Edition Mustang
Ford tuning specialists Steeda Autosports have been teasing the 2010 version of their Q-Series Mustang for quite some time, and apparently for some of their customers, it can’t come soon enough. To help deal with requests,
Battlefield 1943 declares war next week, starting July 8
Battlefield 1943 is ready to let bullets fly and bombs drop on July 8th and 9th for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, respectively. The final declaration of release was made by the official Battlefield 1943 Twitter account, intriguingly named “officialbf1943.”
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AMD’s RS880 integrated graphics chip could make netbooks usable
Tired of hearing that your next favorite netbook / nettop is hamstrung with one of those woefully underpowered GMA950 graphics chipsets? Eager to see what all AMD is going to do about it? If The Inquirer is to be believed, an up and coming integrated chipset should elevate the multimedia prowess of low-end machines, as the RS880 would actually be based around the new Radeon HD 4200 core. In theory,
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Family Pack license for Windows 7 could cover 3 machines on the cheap
Got three computers at home? There is reason to believe that Microsoft will let you license Windows 7 on all of them for a very competitive price.
In recent leaked RTM branch builds of WIndows 7 Home Premium, there’s been an interesting language chance in the license agreement under “Installation Use and Rights”:
b. Family Pack. If you are a “Qualified Family Pack User”, you may install one copy of the software marked as “Family Pack” on three computers in your household for use by people who reside there. Those computers are the “licensed computers” and are subject to these license terms. If you do not know whether you are a Qualified Family Pack User, visit go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=141399 or contact the Microsoft affiliate serving your country.
No, the link doesn’t work yet, but this seems to indicate that Microsoft is going to offer a multi-license pack of Windows 7 Home Premium. Other builds (Ultimate, Pro, etc.) don’t contain the Family Pack wording.
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Video: D-Touch drum machine keeps heads, hands bobbing
Oh sure, we’ve seen countless drum machine hacks over the years, but there’s just something special about one that’s so simple,
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