Nikon has been sending out press invites for an event on September 3rd. What could they possibly want to speak about just a few weeks before Germany’s Photokina expo? It could be Nikon’s sequel to their D80, the D90. Or, it could be the 24.4-megapixel D3x that was spotted in Nikon firmware. Or, in a slight breach of etiquette, Nikon could skip the D90 and just release the D100, making the entire photography world crap itself. Because that would be a pic op. [Nikon Rumors via electronista]
I love finding stuff like this in Chinatown. Here in Seattle I found two awesome dart guns that fired those little orange darts like 30 feet. Incredible. And Geeksugar has located a collection of prank shock-gadgets — joy buzzers for this modern age. And here I thought this was a shock mouse! There’s an iPod version […]
I love finding stuff like this in Chinatown. Here in Seattle I found two awesome dart guns that fired those tiny orange darts like 30 feet. Astounding. And Geeksugar has located a collection of prank shock-gadgets — joy buzzers for this modern age. And here I thought this was a shock mouse!
“Why does this work in Wal-mart” Marc Whitten asked, rhetorically. He’s the General Manager for Xbox LIVE and the guy in charge of the new Xbox 360 dashboard system known as The New Xbox Experience. “Visual is a better way of exploring…you’re actually good at discerning things visually.” And if such is the case, it makes sense why Microsoft has ditched the endless lines of icons and text in their Xbox 360 setup, opting for a minimal experience not so different from Apple’s Front Row.
The current Xbox 360 dash (the blade version) has a problem. While there is plenty of functionality under the hood, the development team can’t simply add a new blade any time they wanted to bring new content. Meanwhile, Xbox LIVE hopes to bring users more dynamic content on a daily basis. Something had to give, so Microsoft ditched their dashboard.
“There’s no reason we have to decide what we did originally was the right thing,” Whitten explains.
Under the new dash, a simple list including categories like “Games” and “Video” will be maliable at any time without a firmware update. And, hopefully, users will also have an easier time discovering features like iPod support with more massive, prettier icons and a simpler layout.
And so far, it’s all looking pretty good—and very different from Sony’s XMB, an interface that we’re pretty fond of as well. So what’s the one thing Whitten would change about Sony’s system?
“I’d ask why some icons are 3D and colorful and others are 2D and dull.”
Laptop has some hands-on footage of Voodoo’s Splashtop browsing system for instant-on functionality in its Envy laptop. It offers instant messaging, browsing, and Skype. It then takes about 50 seconds to boot into Vista.
Laptop has some hands-on footage of Voodoo’s Splashtop browsing system for instant-on functionality in its Envy laptop. It offers instant messaging, browsing, and Skype. It then takes about 50 seconds to boot into Vista.
A handful of rogue NASA engineers have gone underground and spent their spare time from the Constellation program working on a rocket dubbed “Jupiter”—an alternative that they believe will be “safer, cheaper and easier to build than the two Ares spacecraft that’ll replace the space shuttle.” Jupiter is being developed with the help of a team that includes retired NASA engineers and enthusiasts who are working (mostly) anonymously.
The Jupiter design would require two separate launches to get to the moon (one with payload, one with astronauts), but both rockets would utilize the old shuttle fuel tank at the core. Its backers claim that it could save NASA $19 billion in development costs and another $16 billion in operating costs over two decades. However, NASA formally reviewed the plans last fall and determined that the design was not feasible—a claim that some are disputing. At least one engineer and former NASA contractor has come forward saying that he believes NASA is suppressing information that Jupiter would perform better than Ares. As a result, he is calling for an independent review—something that he is not prone to get when you take into account how far along NASA is with the Ares project. [Space via DVICE]
This flash-happy Terminator 4 — ahem, Terminator Salvation — teaser trailer posted on io9 teaches us the film will have skull crushing, robots running around everywhere, explosions and Christian Bale looking really, really confused. Then it pulls a “One More Thing…” and breaks out the AQUA KILL-BOT, which looked pretty epic for the half second of which you could see half its body. Whoa. [io9]
Nikon has been sending out press invites for an event on September 3rd. What could they possibly want to speak about just a few weeks before Germany’s Photokina expo? It could be Nikon’s sequel to their D80, the D90. Or, it could be the 24.4-megapixel D3x that was spotted in Nikon firmware. Or, in a slight breach of etiquette, Nikon could skip the D90 and just release the D100, making the entire photography world crap itself. Because that would be a pic op. [Nikon Rumors via electronista]
I love finding stuff like this in Chinatown. Here in Seattle I found two awesome dart guns that fired those tiny orange darts like 30 feet. Astounding. And Geeksugar has 
“Why does this work in Wal-mart” Marc Whitten asked, rhetorically. He’s the General Manager for Xbox LIVE and the guy in charge of the new Xbox 360 dashboard system known as 
A handful of rogue NASA engineers have gone underground and spent their spare time from the 
This flash-happy Terminator 4 — ahem, Terminator Salvation — teaser trailer posted on 
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