Geek. Com Newsletter – April 22, 2010 – great stories this week
Posted by Gary on April 23, 2010
This was poised to be the first week not dominated by Apple news in some time. As it turned out, that wasn’t the case…
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Geek Thoughts — Top Stories on Geek.com |
| This was poised to be the first week not dominated by Apple news in some time. As it turned out, that wasn’t the case…
After a possible look at the fourth generation iPhone the leak was confirmed and cracked wide open by Gizmodo. That story exploded and branched into other stories, about Apple’s engineer who lost the device, the responsibilities of what an outlet should do with a found product, and so forth. While all this happened Apple had an important (and possibly revealing) earnings call and more issues with the iPad’s WiFi appeared.
WePad Caught on Film, Looks Terribly Clever
In other tablet news we got a little video of the German WePad in action. The Linux-powered tablet is looking like it might be a really solid experience, with a cool grid-based OS and support for USB devices. It’s not looking like a game-changer but it should be a nice choice for some users.
Microsoft Will Not Patch Windows XP if Rootkit is Present
A really interesting situation has come up for Windows users where MS is not allowing an update to be performed is a certain rootkit is present in the system. It sounds bad, but if the update won’t take the users knows something is wrong and then can act. This makes sense but, as with anything with as many users as Windows, you can’t please all the people all the time.
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This Week on Geek — April 16th – April 22nd |
Apple |
Steam running on a Mac (video)
Hacker gets Android running on iPhone
Apple considering ARM acquisition?
Square Enix releases Chaos Rings RPG on iPhone
Check out LandingPad, an eye-candy showcase of beautiful iPad app design
Apple approves app from Pulitzer Prize artist after rejecting it
WD Photos lets you remotely access photos on your Western Digital NAS
Just what are those “extraordinary” new products in Apple’s 2010 pipeline?
Adobe throws in the towel on Flash for iPhone
Gizmodo exposes the iPhone HD’s guts to the world
Two new iPhone adverts air: Backpack and Doglover
AAPL earnings: Apple stuns again, sells more iPhones than in the holiday quarter
Steve Jobs: Want porn? Go Android!
3G iPad due in US on April 30, Apple confirms
Apple asks Gizmodo for its iPhone back
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Gadgets |
Olympus E-PL1 tilt-shifting video samples
Winscape virtual windows let you change the outside view from inside your home
The Yeti is the world’s first microphone certified by THX
Hewlett Packard now offers 3D Desktop Printing
Panasonic announces release date for new Viera Skype webcams
Jetyo HDV-T900 camcorder features dual banks of solar panels
Nook to get software update after some consumers report freezing
USB Flash Drive concept glows different colors according to its contents
Review: Olympus Stylus Tough-6020 digital camera
JOBO brings two new geotaggers to your DSLR’s hot-shoe
Panasonic prices their Lumix G2 and G10 Micro Four Third digicams
Vision Research’s Phantom Flex films 1080p at 2,800 frames per second
Electro-wetting technology will bring color and video to e-readers
Ping concept garment automatically Tweets and Facebooks when you put it on
Marusys’ latest set-top boxes stream to your iPhone and iPod Touch over WiFi
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Mobile |
Nokia sales chief says digital cameras to become obsolete
T-Mobile USA to carry first Android-powered Garmin smartphone
Hacker gets Android running on iPhone
Apple considering ARM acquisition?
Square Enix releases Chaos Rings RPG on iPhone
Check out LandingPad, an eye-candy showcase of beautiful iPad app design
Apple approves app from Pulitzer Prize artist after rejecting it
WD Photos lets you remotely access photos on your Western Digital NAS
Ford SYNC equipped vehicles to control mobile apps through AppLink
The new Facebook app for Palm webOS 1.2 is now live
Adobe throws in the towel on Flash for iPhone
Gizmodo exposes the iPhone HD’s guts to the world
Two new iPhone adverts air: Backpack and Doglover
Palm webOS gets a new Facebook app with notifications next week
Thrifty Watch Phone is cheap enough to let you play Dick Tracy
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Games |
Halo: Reach to come in Standard, Limited, and Legendary editions
Steam running on a Mac (video)
Microsoft rumored to be in talks regarding new Xbox Live television channel
Square Enix releases Chaos Rings RPG on iPhone
Valve announces April 22 release for Left 4 Dead 2 DLC “The Passing”
Warner Bros. acquires online gaming studio Turbine
Blizzard bans 320,000 Warcraft III and Diablo II accounts
Bionic Commando Rearmed creators launch new studio, Might & Delight
Quick Review: Rooms: The Main Building for Nintendo DS
Penny Arcade accepting scholarship applications until May 30
Capcom announces Okami sequel, Okamiden, for the Nintendo DS
Frozenbyte offers free Trine DLC plus temporary 75% price cut on the complete game, exclusively on Steam
Nintendo 3DS launch expected in October
Review: Splinter Cell: Conviction on Xbox 360
Ubisoft to use eco-friendly cases, stop shipping paper manuals with games
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Chips |
Apple considering ARM acquisition?
WD Photos lets you remotely access photos on your Western Digital NAS
Socie announces sPad A11 development platform for tablet manufacturers
HP Slate: “Just a slow netbook”
VIA release ARTiGO A1100 tiny desktop PC Kit
New chip will automatically detect Martian life… by melting it!
The Amiga returns with the AmigaOne X100!
ThinkPad L series arrives, right in time for Earth Day
Sharp updates NetWalker to be Linux tablet
NEC announces 3D all-in-one PC for the Japanese market
Cheaper flash memory coming your way thanks to Samsung’s 20nm NAND process
Apple may be considering OLED for next iPad update
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subject: Good Sites). Here are a couple of my faves:Octopus Steals Recording Camera
One of the most incredible videos ever to hit YouTube. The setup: a diver has his video camera, which is recording, stolen by an octopus. The cephalopod swims away but the diver pursues him and ultimately gets the camera back. Unplanned, but brilliant.
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