May 2010
Fujitsu's curved plasma displays make Roman columns look a little...
by 3 others What, your plasma display is flat? How very quaint! Fujitsu would like to make you feel a little less adequate by showing you the wonder that is a curved PDP, seen here stretched around a column for the sake of providing digital signage. Yes, it's per...
Google-Backed SCVNGR Takes On Foursquare, Looks To Boost Fun With...
by 3 others It was only a matter of time. Since last summer , we’ve been tracking the progress of SCVNGR , a location-based gaming platform that allows users to build engaging, real-world scavenger hunts that use their mobile devices to both receive clues a...
TomTom slips out XL 350, XXL 550 nav units for the US
by 3 others Intrigued by those XL IQ Routes edition 2 navigation units TomTom rolled out for Europe back in March? Then it looks like you'll soon be able to get your fix in the form of the XL 350 and XXL 550, which recently turned up on TomTom's US website. In li...
Jack Henry Spends $300 Million On iPay Technologies
by 3 others Jack Henry & Associates , a publicly listed provider of integrated technology solutions and data processing services for financial institutions, this morning announced that it is acquiring Kentucky-based iPay Technologies , a portfolio company of ...
How would you change Nintendo's DSi XL?
by 3 others It's bigger, it's bolder, but is it really that much better? Nintendo's heralded DSi line grew in more ways than one late last month, and now that you've had a handful of weekends to toy with yours, it's time to answer one majorly important question: ...
April 2010
Palm Developer Day reveals interesting bits on the webOS 2010 roadmap
by 3 others It's hard to mention the word "Palm" without also mentioning either "takeover" or "shakeup" in the same sentence these days, but the company was able to change the subject -- rather refreshingly, may we add -- to the more pleasant topic of new webOS f...
Steam for Mac beta reveals possible Linux compatibility in the...
by 3 others Gaming on Linux ? That's not something we hear every day just yet, but it looks like the good folks at Valve might be considering a penguin revolution. In one of the latest beta releases of Steam for Mac , Phoronix spotted a mention of the open-source...
Finally A Green Story I Can’t Mock: The Sun Chips Biodegradable Bag
by 3 others I love our planet as next as the next person, but I despise efforts by companies and people to get credit for caring about the earth with empty gestures. Like Pepsi’s ridiculous Aquafina press stunt . Or all this black screen Earth Day nonsense ...
Inhabitat's Week in Green: lights, water, action
by 3 others The Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat , recapping the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us. All eyes in the design world have been focused this week on the Milan Design Fair 2010 - the biggest a...
Should Tech Startups Outsource Product Development?
by 3 others When startups ask me whether they should outsource product development, I usually advise against it. If they’re desperate to save money, they should outsource some testing or ancillary-product development, not core products. That’s because the d...
15-inch Core i5 MacBook Pro torn asunder: no alarms and no surprises
by 3 others By now, the fine folks at iFixit have probably seen the insides of more MacBooks than they care to count , but the guilty pleasure of ripping those aluminum cases to shreds keeps them (and us) coming back for more. This week, while we gave our new 15-...
Canon 5D Mark II used to shoot entire House season finale, director...
by 1 other May 17, folks. That's the date when the grumpy doctor you wish you were and the snazzy camera you wish you owned will join forces on American network television. The final episode in this season's run of House has been shot exclusively using Canon's 5...
How would you change Olympus' E-PL1?
by 3 others It's half retro, half compact, and chock full of adventure. It's Olympus' PEN E-PL1 , and it's the first Micro Four Thirds camera from the company to boast an MSRP that you aren't terrified to tell your friends about. We've spent some quality time wit...
Nokia Buys Geographic Search Technology Company MetaCarta
by 3 others Nokia this morning announced that it has acquired MetaCarta , a privately-owned geographic intelligence company, for an undisclosed sum. Nokia says it will use MetaCarta’s technology in the area of local search and other services. MetaCarta was ...
Toshiba Camileo S20, H30, and X100 HD camcorders finally available in...
by 2 others Toshiba has long been out of the US market camcorder game, but now it's jumping back in with... well, a trio of Camileo 1080p video recorders that have been sold across the sea for many months at this point -- gotta start back somewhere, right? First ...
Footage Of Crysis Running On The iPad
by 3 others Earlier this evening, as early adopters across the country started getting acquainted with their iPads, a very interesting (albeit short) video landed in our inbox: Crysis running on the just-released device. We’ve embedded the video below. No, ...
Chevy Volt passes key production milestone, US government buying first...
by 3 others The Chevy Volt has already passed quite a few significant milestones on the long road to production, and it's now crossed another big hurdle, with the first pre-production vehicles rolling off the line at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant. Those wo...
March 2010
Made.com Secures $3.75m To Assault Designer Furniture Industry
by 3 others Made.com , a web-based furniture company, has raised £2.5million from investors to launch its service which connects buyers directly with manufacturers thus cutting out middle men. The backing comes from Lastminute.com cofounder Brent Hoberman now of...
Traducción Necesita? Smartling Raises $4 Million To Do It For You.
by 3 others 70% of users on the web do not speak English. Considering how many web sites and services are done entirely in English, obviously, this is a problem. Smartling thinks it has the solution. And now they have $4 million in funding to prove it. The realti...
Tesla switches gears, plans to keep Roadster till 2012
by 1 other Well, that was quick. Just weeks after hearing that Tesla would be nixing Roadster production prior to the world ending, it looks as if those planning to blow their life savings in the next 18 or so months took issue with the intentions. So much so, i...
Meizu MStore open for business, Mr. Jelly on sale now for 29 cents
by 3 others We have some news on the app store that Meizu announced for the M8 a while back . The official name is apparently MStore, and it is indeed open for business with its first paid app, Mr. Jelly, going for about 29 cents (we believe it's a productivity t...
Brazil: The New Home of Financial Innovation?
by 3 others Brazil is sort of a strange country to throw into the “emerging market” category. It’s not a particularly young country like India or Israel, nor is it a country like China or Russia that embraced capitalism fairly recently. Brazil is as old as ...
Cascaad Personalizes Your News Stream In Real Time, Raises Funding
by 3 others Cascaad , which is billed both as an ‘awareness engine’ and a ’smart social media browser’ by the Italian startup behind the service, aims to make the realtime streams you tap into more about you. Essentially, the tool is desig...
Evan Williams, Marissa Mayer, Steven Chen Named World Economic Forum...
by 3 others Every year year the World Economic Forum names its Young Global Leaders, a list of up-and-comers from the worlds of business, politics, culture, and non-profits. Last year’s list included YouTube founder Chad Hurley,, Facebook founder Mark Zucke...
Apple files for Magic Trackpad trademark
by 3 others This one slipped under our radar this week, but it's interesting nonetheless: Apple's filed for a "Magic Trackpad" trademark, which would seemingly indicate that there's a companion to the Magic Mouse in the works. That's all we know for now, but reca...
