Archive for: May 9, 2008

May 9, 2008

.Mac to get overtake, re-launched with new iPhone?

Filed under: Review, apple - 09 May 2008

Here’s another juicy piece of Apple-flavored rumor to chew on while waiting for the unconfirmed iPhone 2.0 release. According to an anonymous tipster at TUAW, the .mac application will undergo a major overtake, and will be relaunched sometime soon alongside with the new Apple iPhone (which may possi…

Daily Bunny: Your Recommended Dose of Cute

Filed under: Review, cool_web_sites - 09 May 2008

Sylvia.jpgThere are quite a few rabbit fans at AppScout. This beauty on the left is Sylvia, our own Brian Heater's roommate. Who can resist their fluffy, cuddly goodness? Seeing their cute, fluffy faces and soft bushy tails can make a bad day instantly better. At Daily Bunny, you can get your fix of adorable bunny goodness anytime you choose, chat with other rabbit lovers, and check out adorable bunnies from all over the world.

If you're tired of LOL Cats, try bunnies instead. Everyone loved kittens, but not everyone truly understands how much a bunny can brighten your day. Daily Bunny is updated every single day with a new photo or video of someone's beloved bunnies. Cute bunnies, disapproving bunnies, extravagant bunny cribs, wild bunnies, piles of bunnies, and more. There are categories listed on the right side of the page that will take you directly to bunnies in their natural habitat, silly bunnies, fluffy bunnies, and even bunny videos.

DailyBunny - Site

Featured bunnies at Daily Bunny come from a variety of sources. The site takes submissions from the public, and it's not uncommon for a reader's bunny to be featured as the bunny of the day. At the same time, a number of bunnies are from rescues and shelters, where readers are invited to adopt them or any of their neighbors in the shelter. The site partners with the shelter or rescue to provide contact information to adopt the bunny, and links to individual bunnies' Petfinder pages to provide more information.

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Carl Freer dishes dirt on the new Gizmondo

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
whether you were starting to get worried that the new Gizmondo device would never see the light of day, fear not! According to an interview with Carl Freer, the company is tough at work on its next handheld, which he claims will feature a number of improvements on the …

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Canon Rebel XSi review roundup

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008


We’ve already seen it unboxed, but whether you’ve been waiting for a slightly more thorough look at Canon’s new Rebel XSi DSLR (otherwise known as the EOS 450D) before you drop $800+ on it, you can now get your fix thanks to a regular stream of reviews that are now pouring in. Among the earliest t…

Yahoo acquisition to aid Apple searches

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008


Correction 6:18 p.m. PT: I misinterpreted the announcement; Inquisitor founder David Watanabe isn’t joining Yahoo.

Inquisitor augments Safari by autocompleting search queries and showing results.(Credit: Yahoo)

Yahoo has acquired Inquisitor in a move to improve how search results seem on Apple …

Vostro 500 appears on Dell’s support site

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008

Dell might have announced its “500″ laptop for emerging markets final month, but we didn’t get so much as a screen size out of the company as far as details, main to speculation that it was working on an Eee-class ultraportable of its very own. Sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the case — the Vost…

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How would you change RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 8330?

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008

Yeah, those GSM carriers have been offering up RIM’s BlackBerry Curve for eons (we’re measuring in cellular years, kids), but not until recently have the major CDMA operators in the US been able to scoop up their own. Now that Alltel, Sprint and Verizon all have the Curve 8330 available to custo…

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Team up to take out telemarketers with Caller Complaints

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008

Cold calls from telemarketers and other companies that disregard the do-not-call list are one of the banes of contemporary day civilization.

A simple Google search for a mystery number you’ve received generally lets you know who’s on the other end before you have to pick it up. The problem is th…

MWg releasing Windows Mobile 7 gear before the year’s out?

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008

Not distant after spinning off from former corporate parent O2, Windows Mobile purveyor MWg is moving out of its Asian consolation zone to attempt to sell its wares by in Europe with a splashy press conference to kick things off — and whether the aggressive roadmap they’re pursuing for the next…

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DARPA aims to create virtual environment for cyberwar simulations

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008

Considering that mechanical beings will be fighting our real wars here in just a few years, it’s no shock to see more focus placed on the areas where actual humans will still be the ones waging. DARPA is looking to create what it calls a National Cyber Range, which would essentially act as a tra…

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Netflix Watch Now: lost too much popular content

Filed under: Review - 09 May 2008

March of the Penguins: the only film in Netflix's top 100 that you can stream(Credit: CNET Networks)

The “Watch Now” feature on Netflix is a great concept: instant access to thousands of movies and TV shows, available for instant streaming to your browser at the touch of a button. There’s just …

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