1080p, 5.1 surround sound coming to Netflix Watch Instantly in 2010? Update: No, yes (and closed captioning)
Netflix Watch Instantly fans could be due for a big upgrade, as CNET has heard the company will roll out 1080p and 5.1 surround sound later this year. No word on timing or any other details, but this could mean its moving to version 3 of Microsoft’s Silverlight streaming platform with its additional tweaks for [...]
DIY wearable computer: now you don’t have to go to MIT to look like a total nerd in public
We admit it: despite our general disregard for the benefits of higher education, we’ve always harbored deep jealousy for those incredibly intelligent jerks at MIT’s Media Lab, traipsing around Massachusetts in their incredibly great wearable computers. Well, now that a MicroPCTalk forum member has built his very own wearable computer from a few spare parts [...]
TweetGenius grows up, rolls with the bees
You might have heard of a little Twitter client called TweetGenius around these parts… Ok, maybe it’s not so little, but you know what I mean. What started out as a side project just for me (and lucky friends) to use quickly grew into a public software offering. We’ve been so blown away by the [...]
ASUS Eee PC T101 tablet reportedly facing uncertain future
Last we had heard, ASUS’ Eee PC T101 tablet (or T101H) still had a place on ASUS’ massive Eee PC roadmap, and was on track for a late August / early September release after being pushed back from its original June launch date. According to DigiTimes, however, the device’s future now looks to be even [...]
TerreStar successfully completes first call on new satellite
Remember that giant satellite TerreStar launched a few weeks ago, TerreStar-1? It’s now up and running, which means we’re that much closer to tiny smartphones that blur the boundary between “satellite phone” and “sexy” — something that we can’t really say has ever even come close to happening before. In addition to completing its first [...]
AT&T’s subsidized Acer Aspire One, Dell Mini 10 and Lenovo S10 netbooks launching nationwide
Not sure what AT&T’s thinking as it takes its subsidized netbook lineup nationwide, but it just announced the Dell Mini 10, the Lenovo S10, and the 10-inch Acer Aspire One will now be sold online and in stores, priced at $200 each with your choice of two-year contract: a totally pathetic $40/mo 200MB plan or [...]
Universal bringing BD-Live integration to the iPhone, irony to starving children
Although Apple still hasn’t managed to achieve feature parity with any of its competitors by enabling Blu-ray playback in OS X, it looks like Universal’s bringing the mountain to the Mac — or at least the iPhone. At first, the upcoming special edition of Fast and Furious will feature integration with a special iPhone / [...]
Parajet SkyCar flying vehicle evolves, now ready for pre-orders
The historians once pontificated that we’d all be cruising about in flying cars right around the year 2000, and while that whole Y2K fiasco threw us a tad behind schedule, it looks like the future may actually still be upon us. Parajet, the same company responsible for that downright unnerving personal flying machine we peeked [...]
Sony Ericsson’s 8.1MP C905a and W518a Walkman on sale at AT&T
Don’t act surprised — AT&T already told you that these two would go on sale this fine Sunday in July, and lo and behold, the carrier looks to have kept its promise. Starting today (officially, anyway), customers looking for a camera that doubles as a cellphone or a Walkman that occasionally makes calls can bring [...]
Recent Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM shows finger friendly approach
While the world patiently awaits the release of the first Windows Mobile 6.5 device, it seems like the devs behind the software are warming to the fact that folks love those touchscreens. While existing versions of WinMo — not to mention early builds of WinMo 6.5 –have focused on switching between screens via clickable tabs, [...]
