Google Chrome browser ads to run on TV
May 29, 2009
Wow. When’s the last duration you saw a TV commercial advertising a browser? Google plans to start running that ad by the weekend. (props to The Official Google Blog)
Engineers seek to patent “cone of silence.” What?
May 29, 2009
Those who don’t learn the lessons of 1960s sitcoms are doomed to repeat them. MIT eggheads Joe Paradiso and Yasuhiro Ono have filed a patent application for a “cone of silence” — a device that keeps private conversation private. It works by sensing where nearby humans are, and generating “subtle ma…
If you don’t have a “penis” phone, you’re nothing
May 29, 2009
You can’t manufacture that stuff up. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez personally launched a cheap Venezuelan cell phone called the “Vergatorio,” a type name based on the Venezuelan slang word for “penis.” The phone is produced by a cell phone company that Chavez nationalized, and now he’s acting as …
Found Photo: keyboard made from a tea-bag
May 29, 2009
This whimsical ad for a Thailand tea beverage makes no sense, but I want one anyway…
Hackers “wipe out” flight sim site; backups gone, too
May 29, 2009
The web site Avsim, which is popular among flight simulator enthusiasts and has existed since 1996, was “destroyed” by a hack attack. Unbelievably, the site owners did their backups amidst two servers, both of which were wiped out in the hack. The site is/was heavy on participation, with forums, Twi…
China copies Star Trek logos for space agency
May 29, 2009
China is well known as the global capital of intellectual property theft, composition piracy and counterfeiting. Even the government can’t resist. China’s National Space Administration logo combines two Star Trek logos — the United Federation of Planets crest with the communicator badge logo worn o…
iPhone App shows camera view during e-mail
May 29, 2009
A new iPhone app called Email ‘N Walk replaces the plain white background of the e-mail application with a live view of the camera. Why? So you can write an e-mail while walking — and watch where you’re going through the iPhone’s camera lens. Good thing they didn’t shout it “Email ‘N Drive”!