Opinion: Should You Buy An iPad?
Apple's iPad was finally launched yesterday to eager Australian crowds yesterday, with numerous media reports of enormous crowds being piled up outside
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Opinion: Should You Buy An iPad?
The iPad is finally here - so here's an open an frank discussion on whether its design is right for you. Image: John Mahoneymore>>
Gizmodo Grabs Early Hands On Photos and Video of Apple's Next iPhone
Real or fake? Internet goes ablaze with speculation. Image: Gizmodomore>>
Panasonic Reveals Its 3-D TV Flagship
3-D definitely works, but it’s going to cost as much as a complete home theatre make-overmore>>
Tired of Looking at the Yard? Turn Two HDTVs into a Magic Window
Winscape let's you choose what goes by outside your windows.more>>
Canon To Deliver Season Finale of House MD
Last episode to come courtesy of Canon's HD video-shooting 5D Mk IImore>>
Multitoe Turns Floors Into Massive Multitouch Screens You Control With Your Feet
Multitoe Multitoe. Image: Hasso Plattner Institutemore>>
iPad Launch Delayed In Australia and Rest of World
…but Apple execs have given fans a little something to look forward to…more>>
MIT's Surround Vision TV Lets You Watch the Action Even After It Moves Offscreen
Image: MIT Media Labmore>>
24.02.11
Gizmodo Grabs Early Hands On Photos and Video of Apple's Next iPhone
In an unprecedented breach for a notoriously secrecy-obsessed company, what appears to be a late-stage prototype of a next-generation iPhone has surfaced in the wild
In an unprecedented lapse for one of the world's most secretive companies, Apple has lost control of
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Panasonic Reveals Its 3-D TV Flagship
Electronics giant Panasonic yesterday unveiled its 3-D TV lineup for 2010, a launch it describes as its “biggest ever”. But while competitors such as Sony and Samsung are rolling out their 3-D offerings with LCD displays, Panasonic is sticking resolutely to plasma – or what it’s now
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Tired of Looking at the Yard? Turn Two HDTVs into a Magic Window
Tired of waking up in the morning only to find yourself in the same lame place you woke up in yesterday (and the day before that)? Winscape is a DIY project for you: install two HD plasmas in faux window frames that display whatever scene
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Canon To Deliver Season Finale of House MD
The director of hit television series, House MD, has revealed via Twitter that the season finale of the latest series was filmed entirely on a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR camera. We’re not sure if this is part of a directorial stunt or pre-arranged marketing activity between Canon and the makers
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Multitoe Turns Floors Into Massive Multitouch Screens You Control With Your Feet
Multitouch screens are being integrated into surfaces all around us; not just our computer monitors, but our walls, our tables, our countertops -- pretty much any surface that is somewhat flat. So why not take advantage of the vast amount of flat workspace going un-utilised beneath our feet?
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iPad Launch Delayed In Australia and Rest of World
In what can only be described as a textbook case of 'driving up demand by limiting supply', Apple has today issued a brief statement to say that all international shipments of its eagerly anticipated iPad have been delayed until the end of May. The company has attributed the delay to strong
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Although It's Been Said Many Times, Many Ways: The iPad is the Future
After a weekend using the iPad, I've realised I'm not interested in hedging my reaction to it with careful considerations of its lack of a USB port or webcam. It's not every day, or every year or maybe even every decade that we're able to see a piece of technology that takes a familiar human
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MIT's Surround Vision TV Lets You Watch the Action Even After It Moves Offscreen
Surround sound at the movies allows audiences to get a 360-degree auditory experience, but MIT researchers want people to see the off-screen action as well. Their Surround Vision technology could let viewers turn towards the sound of copter blades and see the incoming helicopter before it appears
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TiVo boosts its offering with Disney and ABC content
It wasn’t so long ago that TiVo arrived in Australia to offer consumers another option for premium television programming. And, as would be expected in our capitalist society, this upset the likes of Foxtel, with a mini scuffle breaking out between the familiar premium content provider (Foxtel)
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Canon To Deliver Season Finale of House MD
The director of hit television series, House MD, has revealed via Twitter that the season finale of the latest series was filmed entirely on a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR camera. We’re not sure if this is part of a directorial stunt or pre-arranged marketing activity between Canon and the makers
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NASA introducing "Moonbase Alpha", a 3D game set on the moon
A meteor strikes, damaging solar arrays and life support systems, and as you watch the billowing dust cloud move ominously toward your lunar camp, you have to restore critical systems and oxygen flow. Starting July 6, a new NASA video game will let you save the day, in
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Gizmodo Grabs Early Hands On Photos and Video of Apple's Next iPhone
In an unprecedented breach for a notoriously secrecy-obsessed company, what appears to be a late-stage prototype of a next-generation iPhone has surfaced in the wild
In an unprecedented lapse for one of the world's most secretive companies, Apple has lost control of
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Panasonic Reveals Its 3-D TV Flagship
Electronics giant Panasonic yesterday unveiled its 3-D TV lineup for 2010, a launch it describes as its “biggest ever”. But while competitors such as Sony and Samsung are rolling out their 3-D offerings with LCD displays, Panasonic is sticking resolutely to plasma – or what it’s now
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Rumour: New iPod touch to have a front-facing camera
It’s that time of year when the lead-up to the traditional early-September new iPod announcement from Apple is heating up. This results in various theories, rumours and a liberal dash of misdirection as to what we can all expect to hear from the big Apple. There were recent rumblings that
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PopSci's Guide to The Best New Kids' Toys for Adults
From Toy Fair 2011, a dozen amusements for grown-ups
This time every year, PopSci spends a couple of enjoyable days scouting out the blinkingest, fastest, smartest, most glee-inducing
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iPad Launch Delayed In Australia and Rest of World
In what can only be described as a textbook case of 'driving up demand by limiting supply', Apple has today issued a brief statement to say that all international shipments of its eagerly anticipated iPad have been delayed until the end of May. The company has attributed the delay to strong
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The Australian App for iPad announced: But at what cost?
Doubtlessly, by now you’ve all heard the news of Apple’s latest product: the Apple iPad. And while it may look like an oversized iPhone, considering Apple’s track record the consumer world is bound to go gaga for it.
And as we await the April release of the iPad, many
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3D TV reaches for the Sky
Not so long ago the notion of viewing 3D visual media was gimmicky at best. One had to travel to special cinemas to ‘enjoy’ the red and green stereoscopic 3D experience; the problem was, it wasn’t terribly enjoyable. The 3D effect was only really noticeable when things jumped at you from
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Which Currently Available 3DTV Is Best?
There are just two 3DTVs on the market right now-a plasma from Panasonic and an LCD from Samsung. Luckily, that means it's really easy to spot which is the best.
The method
We tested two HDTVs that use the new Full HD 3D standard: the $2900USD
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Blu-ray Scores New Bells and Whistles
A few more features for fans of high-definition playback
It doesn?t seem so long
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Kogan's Kevin 37 Goes Full HD!
Kogan announces win for Australian consumers
Kogan have had a few stuff
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Queen Elizabeth II Gets Her Groove On
President Obama shows her a move or two while presenting Her Majesty with a personalized iPod
The
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Screen saver
Bang & Olufsen?s new plasma screen knows how to look after itself
It?s
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Loewe Releases New Premium LCD TVs
Pioneer may have stepped out of the flat panel TV ring, but Loewe is just getting ready to put its gloves on
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Kogan Release Budget 37-inch TV
Also release really bad image and terrible catch line
If you look past
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Toshiba UX600: TV and internet rolled into one
With the rise of YouTube and other such video streaming services available to any internet-connected computer user these days, the TV has lost its role as the entertainment centrepiece of the house. Laptop and desktop computers are ever improving their entertainment capabilities and the TV
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3D TV reaches for the Sky
Not so long ago the notion of viewing 3D visual media was gimmicky at best. One had to travel to special cinemas to ‘enjoy’ the red and green stereoscopic 3D experience; the problem was, it wasn’t terribly enjoyable. The 3D effect was only really noticeable when things jumped at you from
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Adventurous Germans grill sausages with an industrial welder
"Eventually, the tube was so hot that the arc had to be shut down because the fat was on the verge of spontaneous combustion"
Barbecue grills don't typically require eye protection, but then, they're typically not made from a giant TIG welder and an industrial sausage
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Which Currently Available 3DTV Is Best?
There are just two 3DTVs on the market right now-a plasma from Panasonic and an LCD from Samsung. Luckily, that means it's really easy to spot which is the best.
The method
We tested two HDTVs that use the new Full HD 3D standard: the $2900USD
Read more...
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