In an attempt to lock into some kind of deal before their board re-election August 1st, Yahoo! is trying to resume talks with Time Warner about a possible merger with their internet arm AOL in a deal worth up to $10 billion. These talks have come to the forefront after it came to light that Microsoft is also talking to companies including Time Warner in an effort to launch a break up bid of Yahoo!. Microsoft is attempting such a breakup in order to place themselves on a more level playing field with their big search competitor Google, and snag a larger slice of the advertising market pie estimated to be worth about $40 million. (This number is set to double in the next two years). (Read the full post about ‘Yahoo! fights back against Microsoft break-up by re-entering talks with Time Warner’…)
by Paul Miller, posted Jul 7th 2008 at 1:42PM Well, we suppose the first two Orange Box mods we saw were Portal-related, but a love for Half-Life 2 is really implied in anything Valve-related, and this here Team Fortress 2 case mod feels like the end to a beautiful, Orange story — or perhaps the beginning of another. We’ll confess, we got our ass handed to us enough times in TF2 to make it a rare incident when we’d even make it to a Dispenser, but there’s love for this glorious blue box all the same, and TiTON has certainly done his homework in building the thing. Props all around. (Read the full post about ‘Team Fortress 2 Dispenser case mod completes Orange Box trifecta’…)
If you worry for the sanity of your precious lawn gnomes, please don’t continue reading. This is not for you. Your lawn ornaments will not be happy with this cree[y addition to your greenery. Law enforcement might not be too happy with this either. There is sure to be some unwanted calls to the police about the corpse which is seemingly emerging from your garden. The Garden Zombie is not for the faint of heart. It will scare the hell out all of the other doodads you have lying around your grass. Created by British artist Alan Dickinson for Toscano design, the Garden Zombie would be an awesome addition to your exterior decor for the Halloween season or just simply a way to scare those damn kids off your lawn. (Read the full post about ‘The Garden Zombie haunts your lawn gnome’…)
In case you haven’t already seen the trailer for Rolando, you should definitely spend the 86 seconds to check it out.
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by Donald Melanson, posted Jul 7th 2008 at 12:41PM
Casio’s EX-F1 camera already had a pretty solid claim to fame with its 60 fps burst mode and ability to shoot 1,200 fps SuperSloMo video, but it now looks like it’s getting another solid boost with its new, slightly unnerving firmware upgrade. According to Casio, it adds a so-called “prerecord movie” function that apparently bends time and space to begin recording five seconds before the user actually presses the movie button. That feature will work will all movie modes, including the full high definition mode and the aforementioned 1,200 fps mode. (Read the full post about ‘Casio EX-F1 gets “prerecord movie” function with new firmware update’…)
I’m not certain whether we are at the point where everything is visible on a genetic test, but in case you don’t know, those DNA tests are pretty complex. Fortunately, some scientists at Berkeley have created a technique that uses something called electrostatic tech. All a user has to do is put their DNA sample on a microarray surface. Then these negatively charged things called microspheres are spread across the surface, which can push themselves into clumps as they move away from the like-charged DNA and RNA areas. These clumps are apparently easy to see, so easy that they can be recorded by an ordinary cell phone camera. Putting DNA on a mircroarray and taking a picture of it on a cell phone camera is a lot easier than chemicals and instruments. This new process could be used in underdeveloped third world countries, and help them prevent disease and other genetic disorders. So, what will this lead to? Perhaps an age where DNA testing becomes a lot more common. I suppose that might be good thing if we could really prevent some problems. Of course, how good is genetic testing anyway? Via [DVICE] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Excuse me, I need to check my DNA on my cell phone’…)
FROM APPLETELL - PocketMac has introduced a way for you to turn that blackberry into something you have always wanted, “…one that looks and feels like a Mac.” MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: gadgets, cellphone, CD, speakers (Read the full post about ‘Make your Blackberry more like a Mac’…)
We told you about the LG Chocolate 3 (VX8560), but since then, a pricing scale and release date have since surfaced. To recap quickly, the 3rd edition of LG’s high selling Chocolate will be wrapped in a clamshell form factor, unlike the previous two iterations which were candybar-styled. The LG Chocolate 3 will have 1GB of internal memory, with up to 8GB of additional space through microSD cards. The phone’s external display is 1.76-inch (176×220) and the internal display is 2.2-inch with a QVGA resolution. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, stereo speakers, Bluetooth (with stereo support). Finally, the Chocolate 3 will have an FM transmitter, so you can listen to your music on any FM radio. (Read the full post about ‘LG Chocolate 3 for Verizon Wireless release date, pricing details’…)
Those of you who have invested money in a widescreen monitor or one of the smaller LCD TVs may have either not noticed, noticed but not cared, or been annoyed to find it is a 16:10 format instead of 16:9.
Most large screen TVs are the standard 16:9 format, where as the smaller screens and monitors have for some reason or another been different. That is all set to change, however, according to market research company DisplaySearch. David Hsieh, vice president of the Greater China Market for DisplaySearch said:
In the near future, panel makers will take necessary phase-out tactics on the existing 16:10 lcd panels in order to drive the market to 16:9 panels.
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What would you store on Pioneer’s new 500GB optical disc? The monster platter consists of 16 layers sandwiched together, each one of which can store the same 25GB as a single Blu-ray disc. It even uses the same kind of lens as a Blu-ray player, so in theory it could be compatible with existing technology. The caveat? It’s read-only. The only use we can see is for delivering very high-definition movies on a single slab. Or perhaps you could squeeze a future version of Windows on there with some clever compression techniques. If it was read/write, though, we could have some fun. As things stand, I could fit my entire collection of movies, TV shows and music on a single disc. (Read the full post about ‘Pioneer Announces 500GB Optical Disc: The Ultimate in Sneakernet Piracy?’…)
