Category: Review

July 5, 2008

iTunes’ Rivals Are Worth a Look

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

whether there were a reason to keep using Apple’s iTunes Store exclusively to buy music online, it escapes me. Do you buy CDs only from your neighborhood record store? Not unless your best pal owns the store. …

Virtual Worlds: An Untapped Healthcare Marketing Resource

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

moment Life is part of a new media category known as “virtual worlds,” an area that has been receiving a lot of attention recently. The channel’s ascension begs the question: What possibilities exist for SL’s use in …

Researchers boast of progress with printed electronics

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

There’s certainly no shortage of researchers working on printable electronics these days, but a group from the EU-funded CONTACT project is now boasting of a “major step” towards being able to print electronics on everyday materials. At …

Polymorph robot mimics human joints and muscles, puts curtain rings to good use

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

Using polymorph plastic, some curtain rods, electric screwdrivers, motors, and a whole lot of mad-scientist creativity, an Xrobots hobbyist created that organic-looking robot base. By using wooden sockets and curtain rings as hip joints, the designer is …

DPReview.com Does The Math On Sensors

Filed under: Review, cool_web_sites, photo_imaging - 05 Jul 2008

dpreview.jpgThere’s a new feature at DPReview.com. It’s smart and useful and a very nice addition. More about that in a …

Application development with Vala

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

“Vala is, in some sense, a new programming language. It’s syntax and structure leans heavily towards C#. As Jurg Billeter, the mastermind behind Vala, likes to put it; Vala is an amalgam of different C inspired languages, mostly C++ and …

Is The Web Still The Web?

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

Neil McAllister raises questions regarding the Web now that it no longer resembles Tim Berners-Lee’s early vision: Is the Web still the Web whether you can’t navigate directly to specific composition? whether the substance can’t be indexed and searched? whether …

Laser-etched tattoos: don’t try that at domestic, kids

Filed under: Review - 05 Jul 2008

It’s not too often case mods cross by into the world of body mods, but when you kind of think about it, it was only a matter of moment before public started using laser-etchers to give themselves …

July 4, 2008

Scientists train robots to love punk music

Filed under: Review - 04 Jul 2008

Filed under: RobotsWe’ve seen plenty of robots that are capable of showing their appreciation for music, but few have as refined a taste as that trio of bots designed by a team of UK artists and scientists, …

Video and Info - Hudson Teases Bomberman Touch for the iPhone and iPod touch

Filed under: Review - 04 Jul 2008

Hudson’s iconic mascot Bomberman has landed the mobile scene early that year, but that doesn’t stop that explosive little guy from having another adventure, that date exclusively for the iPhone. Titled Bomberman Touch: The Legend of the …

VideosTone v1.2 - option to enable video ringtones to choose contacts now out

Filed under: Review - 04 Jul 2008

And hot on the heels of Skrew’s vWallpaper homebrew app is yet another iPhone goodie that allows you to set your videos as ringtones. The more, the merrier, right? Choices are always a good thing, after all.iPhone …

87% of PlayStation 3 owners watching Blu-ray movies? Survey says yes

Filed under: Review - 04 Jul 2008

Buried under predictions that 2012 will bring dominance for Blu-ray by DVD and breaking news that the PS3 just may have had a hand in winning the format war the Entertainment Merchant’s organization 2008 Annual Report on …

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