Archive for March 12th, 2008

iPhone SDK downloads exceed 100,000, upcoming games get outed

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming Just four days after Apple announced that the beta version of the iPhone SDK would be available to developers, some 100,000 downloads have taken place. 'Course, it's not like we're shocked by Cupertino's latest horn tooting, but we've all ideas that number pales in comparison to the ...

Chassis the beer pouring robot gets paint job, even more lovable

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Filed under: Robots Robots that assist in taking humans to their desired level of inebriation are far from new, but Chassis is just too darn likable to ignore. The beer pouring creature itself has actually doled out a few pints in its lifetime, but apparently, the latest spotting showed off a ...

Bio-electronic implant seeks to restore partial sight

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets We've seen initiatives all over the globe created in an attempt to beat blindness, but researchers based at MIT are feeling fairly confident that their development is within a few years of being able to "restore partial sight to people who have slowly gone blind because of ...

Malwarez project grows virtual 3D organisms from vicious code

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Ever had an urge to really get a visual on what masterfully written predatory code would look like if allowed to grow into a 3D organism? Okay, so maybe that hasn't been on the forefront of your mind recently, but there's no denying that Alex Dragulescu's Malwarez ...

Samsung’s latest SyncMaster LCD monitors look mighty fine

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Filed under: Displays What's that, you ask? No, it's not a miniaturized version of Samsung's LN40650T HDTV. Rather, it's the firm's 19-inch 953BW -- the oh-so-sexy $239 addition to its SyncMaster lineup. Said monitor boasts a 1,440 x 900 resolution, 300 cd/m2 brightness and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio, and it's joined ...

Details on Archos 606, SFR 3G+ plan revealed

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video We'd already heard about Archos' deal with France's SFR to build 3G+ into upcoming players, but the folks at PC INPact have now turned up what appears to be some of the firmest details yet of those plans, and the first player to support 'em. ...