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Tinker, a game available right now for free through the Windows Vista Ultimate Extras program, is probably the first Ultimate extra that people actually like. The previous couple—Sound Schemes and DreamScene moving wallpapers—were nice, but hardly worth the extra money people paid for the premium version of Vista. Download the 60-level obstacle course game right…
Obviously, six Mac placeholders showing up in Future Shop’s inventory system isn’t a reason to jump to conclusions about new MacBooks—but it certainly doesn’t do anything to dispel any of the other rumors floating around out there either. [Future Shop and Macrumors]
For die-hard Yankee’s fans like myself, this has definitely been a year to forget. I think everyone would agree that the season itself was a total disaster, and I’m sure that there are a lot of people that are sad to see the old stadium go. Lego artist Sean Kenney is one of those people,…
After yesterday’s information explosion covering the good, the bad and the ugly about Android and the T-Mobile G1, I can’t help but wonder whether or not public perception of the platform and its first phone has changed. Are you more excited, less excited, or have your feelings remained the same? Did you even care in…
I have to hand it to the guys at Motorola for coming up with the idea to integrate a femtocell and a VoIP soft phone into a digital photo frame. Femtocells help cover weak spots in a cellular network by sending calls over the internet—which is a good idea except that it would involve yet…
The original Eco Player was a wind-up PMP that offered 40 minutes of music per one minute of cranking. It was chunkier than a nano, but it also wasn’t gonna run out of juice in the Himalayas, either. The new Eco Media Revolution is the sequel, a 4GB A/V player that also packs an SD…
Most R/C cars are controlled by radio frequencies and a miniature steering wheel, but this car follows a dot of infrared light wherever you want it to go (similar to a cat chasing a laser). The only catches are that the car doesn’t look to read throttle commands and it can only recognize light up…
Wired’s Nextfest opens to the public in Chicago’s Millennium Park on September 27th. So we figured it was the perfect time to throw a get-together for the Midwestern contingent of our readership. Those guys in Tahoe and New York have had their fancy parties, and it’s time to show ’em how we do it here…
Not sure what was going on yesterday with all that T-Mobile G1 Android coverage? We’ve got the solution. Here’s all you need to tell your push Gmail from your App Markets from your Street View Compass. • The full details and specs on the T-Mobile G1 • We get our hands on it • Sizemodo:…
Just when you think that every possible opportunity for Star Wars merchandising has been explored, the folks at England’s Wesco Limited come up with this 3D Vader helmet clock. Sure, clocks have been done before, but this particular version features glowing red eyes and a breathing sound effect that kicks in when the lights go…
This is the 2010 Chevy Orlando, a concept vehicle due to be shown off at the Paris Motor Show next week. It’s pretty similar to the 2010 Chevy Cruze, but as you can see, it’s got some pretty dramatic blue lighting on its exterior. I’m not quite sure if its completely ridiculous or totally awesome;…
Built in 1946 to protect Russia’s northern coastline, this base near Murmansk city was abandoned semi-intact, its once deadly weapons rusting in the grass like an old Chevy. The full gallery is strangely haunting, a post-industrial rendition of the Anasazi—here one day, gone another. [EnglishRussia via MAKE]
To shorten the time iPhone 3G buyers spend in Apple stores contaminating the pristine merchandise, the company has transferred some of their registration process online. From what we can tell without buying another iPhone ourselves, users can enter all of their billing info, go through necessary credit checks, choose a plan and then schedule a…
This week at TreeHugger: We have a look at how to make inexpensive DIY home-made solar panels using damaged solar cells bought on eBay. Apparently the Toyota iQ microcar is of museum quality: The London Royal College of Art is showing the iQ as an example of good design for urban living. Jay Leno has…
Whether or not such a two-sided conflict will actually play out in the larger mobile-phone industry, today Android vs. iPhone is the battle raging in the mind of every fanboy, gadget geek—and software developer. Since it has all the right themes for a Tolkien-esque epic whose outcome largely rests with small, furry-footed but pure-hearted creatures—developers—we…
One of the G1’s five most obnoxious flaws (okay, there were more than five) is that it’s locked to T-Mobile, which seems antithetical to the whole openness deal. Since T-Mobile is subsidizing the phone so heavily, it originally sounded like T-Mobile’s usual unlock policy wouldn’t apply, and a spokesperson wasn’t sure when we asked yesterday.…
What is the Apple Brick? It’s a rumor that started over at 9 to 5 Mac. A trusted source told the site that the (also rumored) October 14th Apple Event would be “all about the Brick.” The fun sort of spiraled from there, with plenty of guesses of just what the Brick could be…TGDaily (Netbook)…
We try not to tease you with concepts too often, but this Ferrari V4 superbike by Israeli industrial designer Amir Glinik is just too beautiful to pass up. Packed with a modified engine from a Ferrari Enzo, hand controls from a F-16 fighter jet and buttons from a Formula 1 race car, there’s not much…
Too bad the Samsonite OBAG, a rolling bag designed by Rooz Mousavi, is not a real product. Not only is it easier to maneuver and move up and down the stairs, it also looks better than any other suitcase we have ever seen and it can work as a replacement wheel for a Tron lightcycle.…
Britain is absolutely covered in closed-circuit TV cameras, ensuring that anyone walking through London is easily tracked by a shadowy group of law enforcement officials in some dark room somewhere. How unsettling and Orwellian! Well, one enterprising Brit decided to see just how long it would take for the cops to show up after parading…
