Friday, September 28, 2007

iPhone/iPod Touch Remote Control


Apple's bringing back the old plug in remote for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

MySpace Makes Big Changes

New features include:


• A new homepage look and layout
• Customized color combinations and multiple layout options
• Choose which modules you’d like to appear in what parts of your homepage using drag'n'drop capabilities
• Better music player with volume, history, and custom options
• New options for forums
• New friends view with filters
• Move and delete large groups of photos, pick album covers, and link images to friends’ profiles
• Compose messages without having to go to profile pages
• New privacy options with spam tab

Video: Robot Chicken - Mythbusters

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

The Totally Rad Show Episode 27 - Dandar


Does Cronenberg deliver on his Eastern Promises? What is Southland Tales? Heavenly Sword: More than just a pretty face? Reaper: A keeper? Journeyman: A quantum leap in storytelling or just derivative? Plus, TGS news from Sony, and the brand spankin' new TRS website!

Totally Rad Show Official Website

The Totally Rad Show just launched there official website that includes episodes and reviews of movie, tv, games, and comics.

InDigital Episode 26 - Fare Thee Well


Jessica, Hahn, and Wil reunite for this final episode of InDigital on Revision3. Some gadgets, laughs, and a farewell. What can we say, except - "It's been a peach. Have a good..." Cheers!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Video: The Voice Behind Mario

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Diggnation Episode 116 - Kevin's Big Announcement


Alex and Kevin are on the hunt for new HDTVs. Kevin cracked his iPhone. Leaked Media Defender Emails. Dr. Invents HIV Destroying Enzyme. UF Student Tazered at Kerry Speech. Plus Kevin's "Big Announcement"

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Helio is Here to Stay

Helio just received $270 million from SK Telecom, which means the cellphone provider should be around for a couple years at least, allaying any fears you may have about jumping on board. Sweet.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Bomberman Land Hits PSP January 2008

Bomberman Land will feature a traditional single-player story mode, more than 50 mini-games and will support Game Sharing. In the single-player mode, you will have the unenviable and no doubt maddening task of restoring "peace and tranquility to the beleaguered Bomberman world" by solving quests and puzzles. And to win over the series faithful, the "classic multiplayer" Battle Pack Mode makes a return.

19-inch Monitor from Samsung Connects to your PC via USB

New from Samsung is the CX940UX, a 19-inch monitor that you can connect to your PC via USB. From the Syncmaster range, it's got all sorts of tricks up its sleeve, such as being able to control up to six further monitors linked to your computer. You can forget about needing extra graphics cards or new drivers to manage the multiple screens too, as Samsung claims the CX940UX can do it all itself. There's also a couple of USB ports, so you can use it as a mini hub.

The Totally Rad Show Episode 26 - Dynatherms


3:10 to Yuma: Are the guys all aboard? Indiana Jones 4: Kingdom of the what now? Ninja Gaiden 2: Will it be fun or frustrating? Halo 3: The ad blitz begins. The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Terminator 2.5? Plus, this Fall's best pilot. Hint: It's Pushing Daisies.

Systm Episode 17 - Saving Energy


What uses more energy: tech toys, or AC that runs 24/7? On our first EcoSystm David and Patrick run an energy audit on everything from a desk fan to an HDTV, and take a close look at how ugly our energy bill is when we read the fine print.

New Digg Profiles Launch and More

"We’ve completely revamped our profiles from the ground up - making it easy for you to share your favorite stories and discover new interesting content by seeing what your friends are digging. It’s also even easier to find and add friends on Digg."

"And lastly, in addition to Digg Profiles, there are more new features coming later this year:

• Digg Images: A dedicated images section (with thumbnails). Still on track to launch in late October.
• Revamped Comments: No more ajax loads, new clean and lightweight design (similar to the old comment system).
• Digg Alerts: Alerts will give you the ability to create customized email alerts - when a story becomes popular, summaries of popular stories on specific topics, and when your friends recommend stories.
• Story Suggest: Dozens of servers crunch the math to provide you with real-time recommendations (stories and friends) based on what you’ve dugg in the past."

MySpace Optimized for T-Mobile Sidekick

So much for Helio exclusivity. Whores.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Diggnation Episode 115 - Time to leave home


Sub-$200 HD DVD player. Whiten your teeth with strawberries. Broadband speed ranked by country. Regrettable tattoos. Magnetic fridge needs no electricity. 25 interesting animals (Did we have to see a blobfish?)

Friday, September 14, 2007

SvSIP: Use Your DS as a Phone


We've just learnt that samuelv released his homebrew application that lets you make phone calls directly from your DS. All you need is an SIP account! Several members have already tried it and it is reported to work great!

Download

MySpace Getting a New Look?


MySpace is proposing a new default layout for MySpace pages that has significantly better organization of user information, and moves from a two column to three column approach. If you want a taste of what's to come, try out this script. It looks a little rough, but he promises updates.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Big Screen DS!


"Here's a little project I've been working on. It's a Nintendo DS hooked up to 2 Tablet PC screens, using an FPGA in between to do some translation magic. Pen input from the Tablet PC screens is sent back to the DS. It can also dump screenshots to a PC via serial port." This is ridiculously awesome!

Video: Saw 4 Trailer

The Totally Rad Show Episode 24 - Generosity


Alex, Jeff and Dan take a knife to Rob Zombie's Halloween, giggle through Metroid Prime 3, squabble over Warhawk's fun-factor, call NBC's The Bionic Woman and Chuck "one for two" and learn fondue in Rancho Cucamonga.

Diggnation Episode 114 - Back in LA


Diggnation goes HD. NBC dumps iTunes. Palm kills Foleo. Sony edits Wikipedia. Apple cuts iPhone price. ROGUE Digg Pictures page. C&C Freeware! Revision3 is hiring. DRAUGHTKEG of Heineken: Kevin and Alex kill it.

InDigital Episode 25 - Things


Helio: the service and the phones. EOS: wireless speakers for Jessica. Hahn delves into virtualization on his Mac, VMWare and Parallels and checks out Ooma, a $400 gadget for free phone service.

Google Reader Gets Search!

Google has recently added a searchbox to Google Reader allowing you to search your subscriptions and shared items from others. Other tweaks include the ability to hide the side navigation and unread counts that go all the way up to 1,000. They’ve also made the forward and back buttons work like you’d expect, despite the heavy use of javascript.

Monday, September 03, 2007

New Pownce Features

Pownce just rolled out a few new features including Upcoming Event Notifications, Inline Video Playback & Inline Image Previews, Display Your Social Networks & Links, and New Preferences Settings.

Diggnation Episode 113 - The Sensitive Episode


Alex would have put down Hachiko the patient dog. Kevin tops the ultimate wedding proposal. A sexy woman moons your IP. Who drinks a $1000 beer?

iToner 1.0 Released

iToner enables you to quickly transfer custom ringtones for your iPhone - without modifying, hacking or having to reset your iPhone. Simply drag and drop your MP3 or AAC audio files on iToner's window, click the Sync button, and you're done! Even better, your ringtones will continue to work with future iPhone OS updates. iToner is a $15 shareware app, but a fully functional demo is available for download.