Archive for May 8th, 2008

Apple has a Wiimote-type Apple TV controller in the works? We wish.

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Filed under: GamingFor every Apple and Nintendo fanboy out there, there is another equally zealous person entertaining a hope against hope that if only these two companies could somehow join forces, the world would be free from war, disease and famine. Apple apparently saw it fit to entertain those fantasies, ...

Vonage to resell Covad DSL, call it Vonage Broadband

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Filed under: Networking After a good bit of hand-shaking and check-writing to close out last year, Vonage has managed to remain out of the press for the majority of 2008. Now, however, the firm is sneaking back out from its cocoon in order to announce a partnership with Covad Communications. In ...

Xbox 360’s 65nm Jasper chipset in the works for August release?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming While our primary gripe with the 360 continues to be drive noise, any improvements to the console that might subdue the impression it's eating our games and heating our continent would certainly be welcome. Microsoft's Jasper 65nm chipset has been in the works for the Xbox 360 for ...

BlackBerry 9000 gets extended interface video tour

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones A few weeks ago we got a quick tour of the new BlackBerry 9000's UI, but now that the folks at CrackBerry have a unit we all benefit by getting a far deeper look at what's going on. One highlight: (limited) YouTube support! Videos of this thing after ...

OS X-based multitouch project makes debut at science fair

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets As we've seen, it doesn't exactly take all that much to whip up a homemade multitouch system, but that doesn't make Bridger Maxwell's science fair project here any less impressive, which wraps everything into a fairly tidy, OS X-based package. Like other similar systems, this one relies ...