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Windows Mobile’s been around the block a few (6.1?) times, so there are endless lists of apps for it. What the phone OS doesn’t have is a universal place where users can buy and download programs. This job listing, which Long Zheng of Istartedsomething.com wrote about, reveals Skymarket, Microsoft’s solution to this problem. The marketplace…
Kara at All Things D and Phil at Google Blogoscoped predict a Google Browser soon, maybe as soon as tomorrow, that is open sourced, with an intelligent “omni” search/address bar, a multithreaded javascript engine called v8, and tabs on the top of windows. Part of their source material includes a comic which explains its design.…
The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog continues its incredible coverage of all things wonderful to look at today with a spread relating to the space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is scheduled to launch on October 8, equipped with all manner of instruments, batteries and gyroscopes for Hubble. Pictured above is one…
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The Fraunhofer Institute-the guys who invented MP3 and screwed the music labels as a result, which is why we like them so much-have a booth at IFA with their latest inventions. The best one is this stunning magic mirror, an augmented reality display that gets any piece of clothing and transforms its fabric in real…
The March 12, 1961 Independent Star-News (Pasadena, CA) ran an article which heavily quotes Ed Dolker, deputy director of the California Department of Natural Resources. A short excerpt appears below. You can read the entire article here. “There will be 60 million people in California in the year 2000,” Dolder said. “There will be two…
The Siemens HB 78P570 oven looks like any other oven until you notice that it has no door, which is precisely when it starts to open automatically from its bottom: The glossy black food platform slides down mechanically until it is at the same level as your kitchen top. Sounds a bit crazy, but it’s…
Back in 2006, Oscar Diös heard there was a dead Boeing 747-200 built in 1976 on one of the runways at Arlanda Airport, the largest international airport in Sweden, north of Stockholm. It was once owned by a Swedish company called Transjet, who used it to fly muslim pilgrims to Mecca, as well as doing…
This is the Gorenje Foldable Qube prototype, a hob and hood system that can be hung on the wall of a small kitchen to save some serious space. It’s also a kitchen-to-go: “You can take it with you anywhere-just like a laptop,” said the IFA booth laeedee. You know, for those very special times in…
Believe it or not, this beautiful Gorenje fridge is an official Apple-licensed Made for iPod refrigerator. And believe it or not, it’s not just a speaker and a dock glued to a glossy black fridge: You can control the fridge itself using your iPod touch or iPhone using an application called iGorenj, which in fact…
I groped and used the LG X110 netbook for some time here at IFA. As Mark pointed out, this is the first netbook where “net” actually means something else: direct 3G network access without additions. The Good: The LG X110 felt solid and compact in my hands, heavier than I expected for such size. Good…
Apart from their Spinn 70s-retro analog goodness, iRiver had two beautiful concept products in their IFA 2008 stand which had a design that looked further into the past, as far as the beginning of the 20th century. As you can see in the video, both their Clix speaker-inspired by the shape of cathode ray tubes-and…
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One more IFA, one more gallery of absolutely crazy PC mods by nutty Europeans. The best of the lot was, without a doubt, this menacing Unreal Rocket Launcher. But there are others, each of them more silly, pointless, and horrendous than the previous one. Click to viewThe worst: that two-headed furry blue monster that moved…
We already saw the HTC Dream on video. Now, as the release date gets closer, more people are getting to play with-and leak pictures of-the first Android cellphone. Slide this, slide that, it looks exactly as we expected. [Engadget]
Yamaha and KDDI put together a group of concept cellphones with musical themes, including a trumpet, guitar, DJ scratch pad, and drums. [MobileMentalism and AkihabaraNews]
The Zune 120 and 16GB models are on their way, but here are some unconfirmed spy shots of the 120GB and the boxes for both. (There are more images post-jump.) [ZUnited, thanks Jared]
I love the new analog controller in the iRiver Spinn as much as I love its simple brushed aluminum design, the old radio-inspired user interface, and the whole packaging. While I’m still partial to direct touch interfaces-which the Spinn has as well, although it’s not multitouch-the Spinn rolling thingie feels great, giving it a heavenly…
With Bill Gates’ part time transition in full effect, Steve Ballmer will be picking up Keynote duties at 2009’s CES, but only for the pre show speech. Opening night honors go to the charming and witty Sir Howard Stringer, who is like Sony’s CEO answer to Benny Hill. I’d say I’m satisfied with these two…
The RED camera’s Jim Jannard mentions the next generation Mysterium “Monstro” sensor, which be offered as a free upgrade to the Mysterium-X piece shipping in the Epic cam. Then he blows my mind by revealing he’s getting into the DSLR race with the same kit. [REDUSER via Engadget, image not of anything remotely made by…