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DARPA pushes forward with military flying jeep program
Remember when movies and television shows from the past promised that all of us would be using flying cars in the year 2000? I don’t know about you, but I am still waiting for mine to land in my driveway. A new military project may pave the way for a premier breed of flying jeep; [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-04
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Dead astronauts in space will be frozen, pulverized into dust by NASA robot arm
As they say: in space, no one can hear you scream… but your fellow astronauts can see you die, and death in space presents so many practical, psychological and moral challenges to NASA that they recently teamed up to with Swedish ecologists Susanne Wiigh-Masak and Peter Masak to invent the first ever space coffin.
The Masaks [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-04
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Make iTunes 10
Internally, many of us here at Geek have been pretty disgusted by iTunes 10, but it all really boils down to one niggling thing: Apple has dumped all over their own user interface guidelines by making the window controls in iTunes 10 run vertically instead of horizontally, a big Mac no-no.
Presumably, Apple made the change [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-04
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Broken Sword: The Director
The point-and-click adventure Broken Sword from Revolution Software got a re-release last year on Nintendo DS and Wii. It was retitled Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars The Director’s Cut, and with good reason. The graphics had been updated and a whole new section of gameplay was added to the start of the game.
Now [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-04
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Digital cameras are for the young, simplicity seekers should try film
Who needs a complicated digital camera to take pictures? Apparently everyone except for older folks according to marketing for the Vivitar 35mm camera.
You read right. It’s a 35mm camera. Besides being able to buy two cameras, each with a roll of film, for only $10, plus $6.99 shipping and handling, it seems the folks marketing [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-04
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Wicked Samsung Galaxy Tab advert gives Apple
The Galaxy Tab slate is finally a reality. A new advert Samsung created to push the device into mainstream gives Apple’s iPad commercials a run for their money. The fast-paced video sports an energetic soundtrack and flips between a series of scenes highlighting the features missing on Apple’s device.
Pitching “more possibilities on the go,” the commercial [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-04
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Herkie on "A TRIBUTE TO STEVE JOBS"
A TRIBUTE TO STEVE JOBS
I want to extend my appreciation and gratitude - to Mr. Jobs for making a legend in its own time. So many others try to compete - but no one can. It
Publication date: 2010-09-04
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Cave
If you fancy playing a shmup on your iPhone or iPod touch there’s no better developer to look to than Cave. Renowned for their pedigree in shmup creation, the iPhone is a key new platform for the Japanese developer.
Last month Cave released Do-Don-Pachi Resurrection on the App Store for $8.99, which has sold more than [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Samsung Galaxy Tab will cost
We remained skeptical of Samsung’s would-be iPad-killer, the Galaxy Tab all through the rumor and leak cycle… but we have to admit that when Sammy actually pulled it out onstage and officially revealed it yesterday at Berlin’s IFA expo, we were pleasantly surprised by the oomph of the device.
Of course, it takes more than [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Canon demos 4K concept camera
Yesterday at the Canon Expo I got a chance to go hands-on with Canon’s 4K concept camera. It’s capable of shooting 4K video at 6o frames per second, using a 2/3rds-inch sensor. This concept design was video-only and basically missing all the controls you’d expect to see on a camera (let alone a high-end one).
4K [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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iTunes Ping is drowning in spam
Apple may have entered the social network arena with 160 million potential users already on board, but the company’s lack of experience in this area is already showing. iTunes Ping is weighed down with spam just a couple of days after it launched.
Security company Sophos is recommending iTunes users upgrade to version 10, which introduces [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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NVIDIA makes good on Fermi with seven new 400M-series GPUs
Although NVIDIA has teased us with the promise of their Fermi–based GPUs before, they’re now opening the floodgates on the Fermi-driven graphics future, revealing seven new Fermi GPUs in their 400M series of graphic cards.
NVIDIA’s promising new 400M line covers both the performance (48 cores) and enthusiast (288 cores) segment of the market. Supporting DirectX [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Apple violated Facebook
Apple’s new iTunes-based social network, Ping, launched with official Apple documents saying that Ping could be integrated with Facebook.
It can’t, though, although it seems like this deal fell through at the last minute. According to Steve Jobs, Ping launched without Facebook integration because the network’s “terms were too onerous.” Apparently, though, Apple still tried to [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Royal Mail start using intelligent postage stamps in the UK
Around the world the stamps we use to send snail mail have different designs on them. There’s also usually a few special edition stamp sets released every year. But unless you already know what the picture on a stamp represents, it can take a bit of searching to find out.
Royal Mail aims to change that [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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For the first time ever, Google will turn a profit on YouTube this year
It was only a year ago that it seemed hopeless that Google would ever be able to make YouTube profitable. First purchased back in 2006 for $1.65 Billion, the popular online video service has operated at a loss ever since. As we wrote back then:
Unlike Hulu, almost all of YouTube
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Archos announces five new Android tablets from $100 to $350
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab wasn’t the only Android tablet to pop up at Berlin’s IFA show this week: Archos also decided to enter the tablet market with not one but five different slates, including the shining star of their line-up: a 10.1-incher that costs only $300.
Called the Archos 10-1, this tablet weighs only 16 ounces [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Easter egg in GameCube game that turns announcer into a jerk discovered after 10 years
These days, there’s no magic to discovering a cheat code or Easter Egg in a game. It used to be that finding a code was an almost cryptographic affair, involving endless hours of random button pressing on your NES controller, or hearing about the existence of the Konami Code through an endless chain of friends, [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Back to the Future video games to include the voice of Christopher Lloyd
While Telltale has yet to divulge the details of the storyline for the upcoming Back to the Future game, the developer has revealed that Christopher Lloyd, who portrayed Doc Brown in the movies, will be lending his voice and likeness to the title.
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Want Avatar in 3D this year? You
What is James Cameron thinking? Avatar is already the best selling movie of all time, so you’d think that Twentieth Century Fox and Cameron would want to push sales as high as possible. But for some reason the release of Avatar in 3D is going to be very limited. So limited in fact, that you [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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Dangerous laser hack lets you build your own 1W blue laser
If you are a laser aficionado, you know about the Spyder III Arctic Laser that drew George Lucas’ attention because the device was so powerful and looked an awful lot like a light saber.
Well, if you have been itching to get your hands on a powerful handheld blue laser device for yourself, there are some DIY instructions [...]
Publication date: 2010-09-03
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