December 2008
121 posts
Google Streetview Catches Porsche Prototypes... →
Images captured by Google Streetview show engineers testing a series of new Porsche models. These shots taken high up in the Colorado Rockies show the next-generation Cayman and Boxster, as…
Dec 30th
Power Enterprises developing Nissan GT-R... →
Filed under: Tuners, Supercars, Nissan If the Nissan GT-R’s 478 horsepower twin-turbo engine isn’t powerful enough for you, the tuners at Power Enterprises has some hardware to…
Dec 29th
Jeremy Clarkson's Car of the Year: the Corvette... →
Feel free to read that headline as many times as necessary, but yes, it’s true: Clarkson-san wrote “Out of nowhere, my car of the year,” the Corvette ZR1. The man who pooped on the…
Dec 29th
“Crayon Physics Deluxe” is coming to iPhone! →
Το “Crayon Physics Deluxe” (Grand Prize Winner του Independent Games Festival 2008) έρχεται στο iPhone! Characteristics Replicated the familiar feel of a crayon, loved by both kids…
Dec 29th
Honda F1 SOLD! to a man named Slim →
Filed under: Motorsports, Honda According to La Stampa, Honda F1 has a buyer: Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim Helu. Reports claim he paid the single dollar Honda was asking….
Dec 28th
Finding What Preferences You Can Change →
Hey I mentioned a lot of tips and tricks on this site which involve changing preferences. Take a quick look through the Terminal Tag section of this site you can see what I am talking about. What…
Dec 23rd
Changewave produces latest iPhone vs. Blackberry... →
Changewave continues the glut of iPhone data with this month’s installment from their user surveys.  Check the pretty tables below: Don’t forget about the 27% of other category which is…
Dec 23rd
iPhone Nano gets really, really, realler →
XSKN appears to be Apple’s designated iPhone Nano PR agency at this point, releasing Photos of the, until now only rumored, device (we still don’t buy it btw - imagine trying to type on that…
Dec 23rd
'New' iMacs to begin shipping in January →
We were pretty sure we’d see upgraded iMacs introduced at Macworld, but according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) via Digitimes: .. sources inside the component…
Dec 23rd
Mac vs. PC - More than meets the eye →
Filed under: Humor, Multimedia We’re late to the party on this one, but it absolutely still deserves attention. Created by Nick Greenlee as a short visual effects piece, this video…
Dec 23rd
'New' iMacs to begin shipping in January →
We were pretty sure we’d see upgraded iMacs introduced at Macworld, but according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) via Digitimes: .. sources inside the…
Dec 23rd
Changewave produces latest iPhone vs. Blackberry... →
Changewave continues the glut of iPhone data with this month’s installment from their user surveys.  Check the pretty tables below: Don’t forget about the 27% of other category…
Dec 23rd
iPhone Nano gets really, really, realler →
XSKN appears to be Apple’s designated iPhone Nano PR agency at this point, releasing Photos of the, until now only rumored, device (we still don’t buy it btw - imagine trying to type on that…
Dec 23rd
Intel ships 160GB solid state disk drives →
Intel is expanding its X25-M solid-state drive line with a larger, 160GB version.
Dec 22nd
Apple updates MobileMe web service yet again →
Apple is on a roll with updates to various MobileMe web components. Last week, it was sync and Mail updates to coincide with the release of 10.5.6. Now, it’s more tweaks and fixes for contacts,…
Dec 22nd
G-Power M5 Hurricane RS Goes 228,4 mph - Breaks... →
G-POWER has G-forces in mind when they modify a BMW M5. This one, called M5 Hurricane RS, is now officially the fastest sedan in the world at 365.7km/h.
Dec 22nd
BMW Engines: From M to N - Part 1 →
BMW has been a leading force in automotive technology for years, especially on the electronics side. Their engines are no exception. The “New Generation” engines incorporate the most cutting edge…
Dec 22nd
$1 Million Pagani Zonda F Wrecked In Poland... →
According to WreckedExotics, the driver of this $1 million-plus Pagani Zonda F was speeding, lost control and slammed into a tree in reverse. What makes news worse? The engine caught fire…
Dec 22nd
Dev Team To Stream iPhone 3G Unlock →
The Dev Team just announced that team member MuscleNerd will be doing a live demo of their project codename yellowsn0w (a software unlock for the iPhone 3G). It will be done live over Qik,…
Dec 21st
Student Increases Phone's Battery Life By 12x By... →
Atif Shamim, a PhD student at Carleton University in Canada, has stumbled on what appears to be a breakthrough in the energy efficiency of mobile devices. He created a module that replaces all…
Dec 21st
Mac Giving Tree - 2 Free Applications For OS X →
Mac Giving Tree is giving away 2 free applications now for visiting their site and supplying your email address. You get 2 applications FREE now and Christmas morning you get 4 more FREE…
Dec 21st
iPhone 3G unlocked: “This is the 01.45.00... →
Η iPhone Dev Team μας ανακοίνωσε πως στις 31 Δεκεμβρίου θα δώσει σε κυκλοφορία το unlock του iPhone 3G, με την κωδική ονομασία yellowsn0w. Ας παρακολουθήσουμε τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις πάνω στο…
Dec 20th
Is this the new Mac mini? →
An anonymous tip (the best kind). Thoughts?
Dec 20th
Land Rover cancels G4 Challenge →
Filed under: Etc., Land Rover The Land Rover G4 Challenge will no longer provide a “Lasting Human Legacy.” Why? Because it’s been cancelled. If you need a reason that an 18-month-long…
Dec 19th
Earth's Rotation Threatened By Too Much Boost... →
When Spiro Pappas plants his foot in this, the sickest Camaro ever, the car doesn’t run a 6-second quarter mile, but rather pulls a Chuck Norris and may actually spin the Earth backwards. …
Dec 19th
IND Distribution visiting Eisenmann Facility →
Our friends at IND Distribution sent me a fascinating story based on their recent trip to Germany. It’s a bit long but it has a lot of photos and it’s a great read. Last week, IND Distribution…
Dec 19th
YouTube pushes HD video, new landing pages →
Google’s YouTube has rolled out a high-definition option for video uploads and created new landing pages for music, news and…
Dec 19th
Toshiba rolls out 512GB SSD →
New solid-state drives from Toshiba will offer half a terabyte of storage.
Dec 19th
Breaking News: Radical Posts Record Sales →
UK sports car manufacturer has best year ever in 2008
Dec 18th
Blown Away: Philippe Starck iPod Speakers →
Philippe Starck, one of the most famous and prolific designers alive, has made these monumental iPod speakers. Called Zikmu and designed for Parrot, these sleek, wireless “couture”…
Dec 18th
MTM GIVES KTM’S X-BOW 380 BHP →
Browsing MTM’s website, we came across a few teaser pics, and virtually zero info, we spotted this tweaked KTM X-Bow. The quad tailpipes look like the only clue to any tweakage, which according to…
Dec 18th
iPhone thief thwarted by MobileMe sync →
Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, iPhone, MobileMe To say that MobileMe hasn’t made everyone happy may be a bit of an understatement. We don’t generally hear from the satisfied…
Dec 18th
SNIFF QUITS! →
It is with great sadness that Sniff Petrol has to announce that it is withdrawing from the internet with immediate effect. In these difficult financial times it has become impossible to justify this…
Dec 17th
Chrysler Ceasing Production Friday, Won't Promise... →
Chrysler just announced plans to stop production for at least a month. Did anyone else notice they wouldn’t commit to coming back? In a statement from Chrysler, the company acknowledges the …
Dec 17th
OPEC slashes daily oil production as oil demand... →
It’s hard to believe that gas prices averaged more than $4.10 a gallon across the country just six months ago, with most U.S. markets now seeing prices in the $1.50-$1.80 range. In fact, demand for…
Dec 17th
Tweetie: Twitter client with "oomph" →
Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, First Look Yesterday, Dave published an awesome gift guide for the Twitter addict. It wasn’t meant to be an all-encompassing list,…
Dec 17th
Amit Singh gives MacFUSE ancient filesystem... →
The veteran Mac OS X Internals hacker has created AncientFS and UnixFS plugins for MacFUSE, giving Mac OS X the ability to read FreeBSD, NextStep, Solaris, System V, Minix, and other archaic or…
Dec 17th
SimCity comes to the iPhone →
Filed under: Gaming, iPhone Electronic Arts has released a version of its famous SimCity game for the iPhone. SimCity now joins other EA-released games such as Spore, Scrabble,…
Dec 17th
Report: Honda / Acura NSX Supercar Cancelled →
The Honda NSX / Acura NSX supercar will not be released next year, and Honda will no longer continue to develop the supercar.
Dec 17th
First Look: OldBooth →
Filed under: iPhone, App Store Remember going to the circus as a child and putting your face inside one of those painted façades? Well, you can do the exact same thing on your iPhone,…
Dec 17th
PORSCHE 911 FUEL TEST RESULTS →
Porsche sports cars embark on record-breaking test drives time and again – but this time the purpose of the test was quite different: Driving a regular 345 bhp Porsche 911 Carrera with Porsche’s PDK…
Dec 17th
Apple Announces Its Last Year At Macworld, Steve... →
Today Apple announced that Macworld 2009 will be the last time they exhibit at Macworld Expo. According to the press release, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product…
Dec 16th
Officially official: Subaru leaving World Rally... →
Filed under: Motorsports, Subaru Click above to view Subaru’s 2008 WRC car in our high-resolution image gallery Rally fans who were troubled by the rumors yesterday that Subaru…
Dec 16th
30 years of Apple in three minutes →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends, Apple Megan’s great roundup of Apple history from the other day wasn’t enough nostalgia for you? It…
Dec 16th
Apple will unveil netbooks next month, says... →
“I don’t have any inside information,” said Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research Inc., as he spelled out his take on Apple’s next hardware move. “This is just by…
Dec 16th
iPhone Pwnage Cat & Mouse Game Continues with... →
Apple released the 10.5.6 update to Leopard on Monday with a feature that makes it impossible to jailbreak and/or unlock an iPhone or iPod Touch using PwnageTool or QuickPwn, according to a …
Dec 16th
Your Maps in Your Hands for the Holidays →
Just in time for the holidays I’m proud to present to you My Maps Editor by Google, now available for download in Android Market! In just four months of my 20% time and with a little help from the…
Dec 15th
SimCity coming this week, NFS delayed until 2009 →
Σύμφωνα με τον Craig Law της EA Mobile division το SimCity παραδόθηκε στο App Store σήμερα και αναμένεται η έγκριση του ώστε να αρχίσει η διάθεση του! Ας ρίξουμε μία ματιά στο τελευταίο…
Dec 15th
2009 BMW Z4: Official Catalog →
The 2009 BMW Z4 official catalog has made its way into our hands, so we decided to share it with you. Many information in the catalog could be found in the press release as well, but the catalog is…
Dec 15th
Warning: Mac Update 10.5.6 Breaks DFU Mode For... →
Mac users with a hacked iPhone or iPod touch should beware: Apple released update 10.5.6 for Mac OS X over the weekend. This update has been found to cause your Mac to stop recognizing your…
Dec 15th